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Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings)

Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings) Transactions API

Manage completed Bread Pay transactions.

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Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings) Transactions API is one of 9 APIs that Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Transaction. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 8 operations across 7 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://api.breadpayments.com, https://api-sandbox.breadpayments.com, https://api.platform.breadpayments.com/api, https://api-preview.platform.breadpayments.com/api.

8 operations 7 paths 8 schemas 2 GET5 POST1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.platform.breadpayments.com/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings) Transactions API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2ClientCredentials) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 3 scopes.

  • bearerAuth — Bread Merchant Portal access token (legacy scheme).
  • oauth2ClientCredentials — OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow using API + Secret keys issued from the Bread Merchant Portal.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 GET, 5 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Transactions 8

Manage completed Bread Pay transactions.

GET
/transactions/{transactionID}
Bread Classic Get A Transaction
getTransactionClassic 1 param → 200
PUT
/transactions/{transactionID}
Bread Classic Update A Transaction
updateTransactionClassic 1 param body → 200
POST
/transaction
Bread Pay Create A Transaction
createTransaction body → 201400401
GET
/transaction/{transactionID}
Bread Pay Get A Transaction
getTransaction 1 param → 200401404
POST
/transaction/{transactionID}/authorize
Bread Pay Authorize A Transaction
authorizeTransaction 2 params body → 200400401403412500503
POST
/transaction/{transactionID}/cancel
Bread Pay Cancel A Transaction
cancelTransaction 1 param → 200401
POST
/transaction/{transactionID}/settle
Bread Pay Settle A Transaction
settleTransaction 1 param body → 200401
POST
/transaction/{transactionID}/refund
Bread Pay Refund A Transaction
refundTransaction 1 param body → 200401

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Transaction (7 properties), ClassicTransaction (7 properties), AuthorizeRequest (4 properties), TransactionRequest (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ClassicTransaction
object
7 properties
ClassicTransactionUpdate
object
2 properties
SettleRequest
object
2 properties
AuthorizeRequest
object
4 properties 1 required
RefundRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
TransactionRequest
object
4 properties 2 required
Transaction
object
7 properties
Amount
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

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Source

alliance-data-systems-transactions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
alliance-data-systems:alliance-data-systems-transactions-api
Base URL
https://api.platform.breadpayments.com/api
Docs
https://platform-docs.breadpayments.com/bread-developers
Provider
Alliance Data Systems (Bread Financial Holdings)
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