KNET

Last updated: 14th July 2022

Start accepting payments using KNET debit cards, the leading payment method in Kuwait.

To start accepting KNET payments, please contact your Customer Success Manager.

Model	GW only
Payment flow	Redirect
Payment method type	Card Payment
One-step payment
Authorization
Capture
Refund
Partial refund
Chargeback
Recurring payment

Overview

KNET payments follow a two-step process:

Request a KNET payment
Redirect the customer

Request a payment

For the full API specification, see the API reference.

post

https://api.checkout.com/payments

When sending a payment request that includes source.card_token, you can optionally pay via KFast. If the token is new, the first payment will happen via the usual flow, but with the option to "register for KFast" before submitting. This flow is not testable in the sandbox environment because the registration for KFast requires the customer to enter a one-time password sent to the mobile phone number registered with the bank, which is not present in sandbox.

Request example

    {
      "amount": 1000,
      "currency": "KWD",
      "source": {
        "type": "knet",
        "language": "en",
        "user_defined_field1": "first user defined field",
        "user_defined_field2": "second user defined field",
        "card_token": "01234567",
        "user_defined_field4": "fourth user defined field",
        "ptlf": "96033587c7b5"
      }
    }

Response example

If you receive a 202 Success response containing a status field set to Pending, your request was successful.

    {
      "id": "pay_4gubyq2w335upc54dx7a4257lq",
      "status": "Pending",
      "customer": {
        "id": "cus_r3cajfpbj3ju7jyq7afcg3qc4a"
      },
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments/pay_4gubyq2w335upc54dx7a4257lq"
        },
        "redirect": {
          "href": "https://sbapi.ckotech.co/knet-external/redirect/tok_tl6kftlhdpzephqelsbpyovl4i/pay"
        }
      }
    }

Redirect the customer

Redirect your customer to the redirect link’s href in the response. This will allow the customer to authorize the payment, before they are transferred to your predefined success or failure URL.

Get details about a payment

You can retrieve details about an existing KNET payment with the following endpoint.

Use the details below to set up your request.

Endpoints

For the full API specification, see the API reference.

post

https://api.checkout.com/payments/{id}

Response example

    {
      "id": "pay_4gubyq2w335upc54dx7a4257lq",
      "requested_on": "2019-05-23T17:04:05Z",
      "source": {
        "type": "knet",
        "language": "en",
        "user_defined_field1": "first user defined field",
        "user_defined_field2": "second user defined field",
        "user_defined_field4": "fourth user defined field",
        "card_token": "01234567",
        "ptlf": "96033587c7b5",
        "knet_payment_id": "100201914315601265",
        "knet_result": "Captured",
        "bank_reference": "914310000349",
        "knet_transaction_id": "201914384388126",
        "auth_code": "B00775",
        "post_date": "0524",
        "avr": "N"
      },
      "amount": 1000,
      "currency": "KWD",
      "payment_type": "Regular",
      "status": "Captured",
      "approved": true,
      "risk": {
        "flagged": false
      },
      "customer": {
        "id": "cus_kx75h5tcegyednxeyvtn6vy3sq"
      },
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments/pay_c2ynk5nnjacuxia3r4matf5wmu"
        },
        "actions": {
          "href": "https://api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments/pay_c2ynk5nnjacuxia3r4matf5wmu/actions"
        }
      }
    }

Refund a payment

KNET supports full, partial and multiple partial refunds. Refund a payment through the Dashboard or by using our refund API.

Before you can refund KNET payments, you need to contact your bank and ask them to enable refunds. Your bank will then send a request to KNET to activate the refund API.

Cancel a payment

If, after landing on the KNET payment page, the customer attempts to complete the payment after seven minutes, we will automatically void the payment and send a payment_expired webhook.

If the customer cancels their payment, we will send a payment_canceled webhook.

Webhooks

When using KNET, you may receive the following webhooks.

Webhook	Description
`payment_pending`	Occurs when a payment request has successfully initiated.
`payment_capture_pending`	Occurs when the customer has approved the payment on the banking page.
`payment_captured`	Occurs when a capture is successful.
`payment_capture_declined`	Occurs when a capture is declined.
`payment_canceled`	Occurs when the customer has canceled the payment or the payment has failed.
`payment_expired`	Occurs when the payment has expired.
`payment_refund_pending`	Occurs when a refund request has successfully initiated.
`payment_refunded`	Occurs when a refund is successful.
`payment_refund_declined`	Occurs when a refund is declined.

Testing KNET

To start testing, you'll need to contact your Customer Success Manager or Integrations engineer to activate KNET payments in the sandbox environment.

Create a KNET transaction as above, following the redirect link in the response to KNET's website.
Enter the following details:
1. Select your bank: Knet Test Card [KNET1]
2. Card number: 888888 000 000 000 1
3. Expiration date: 09 | 2025
4. PIN: 1234
Select Submit and then Confirm. You should then be redirected to your predefined success URL.

Overview

Request a payment

Request example

Response example

Redirect the customer

Get details about a payment

Endpoints

Response example

Refund a payment

Cancel a payment

Webhooks

Testing KNET

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