☰External Host Interface (EHI) Integration Guide
2. Scope
This guide covers Payblr’s client-facing EHI integration.
In this integration, Payblr forwards EHI messages to your configured endpoint, and your system return the required authorization response, acknowledgement, or cut-off result based on the message type.
This guide covers the following areas:
EHI authorization – Your system maintains the cardholder balance and makes authorization decisions for applicable transactions.
Transaction message forwarding – Payblr forwards EHI transaction messages to your configured endpoint.
EHI payload handling – Your system receives the EHI payload structure.
Request validation – Your system validates Payblr’s request before processing the transaction message.
Authorization responses – Your system returns approve, decline, or partial approval responses when required.
Reversals and advice messages – Your systems processes reversal, advice, and other transaction lifecycle messages.
Financial and presentment messages – Your system processes transaction events for posting, ledger handling, and reconciliation.
Cut-off messages – Your system processes cut-off traffic when
CutOffIdis present.Transaction matching – Your system applies EHI transaction matching logic using the EHI fields.
Duplicate handling – Your system prevents duplicate transaction, balance, block/reserve, or ledger impact when duplicate or retried messages are received.
Timeout and retry behavior – Your system responds within the required processing window and handles retries safely.