Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations {#payments-debit-prepaid-part-auth-intro}
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Partial authorizations and balance responses are special features that are available for debit cards and prepaid cards. This section shows you how to enable partial authorizations for a specific transaction.  
To globally process domestic debit transactions on `Visa Platform Connect` with Mastercard in Canada, you must contact customer support to have your account configured for this feature.

Field Specific to this Use Case
-------------------------------

Include this field in addition to the fields required for a standard authorization request:

* Indicate that this request is a partial authorization.  
  Set the processingInformation.authorizationOptions.partialAuthIndicator to `true`.

Endpoint {#payments-debit-prepaid-part-auth-intro_d7e16}
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**Production:** `POST ``https://api.visaacceptance.com``/pts/v2/payments`{#payments-debit-prepaid-part-auth-intro_d7e25}  
**Test:** `POST ``https://apitest.visaacceptance.com``/pts/v2/payments`{#payments-debit-prepaid-part-auth-intro_d7e35}

Required Fields for Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations {#payments-debit-prepaid-part-auth-required}
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Use these required fields for enabling debit and prepaid partial authorizations.

> IMPORTANT  
> When relaxed requirements for address data and the expiration date are being used, not all fields in this list are required. It is your responsibility to determine whether your account is enabled to use this feature and which fields are required. For details about relaxed requirements, see [Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in a Payment](/docs/vas/en-us/payments/developer/ctv/rest/payments/payments-relax-reqs.md "").

clientReferenceInformation.code
:

orderInformation.amountDetails.currency

orderInformation.amountDetails.totalAmount
:

orderInformation.billTo.address1
:

orderInformation.billTo.administrativeArea
:

orderInformation.billTo.country
:

orderInformation.billTo.email
:

orderInformation.billTo.firstName
:

orderInformation.billTo.lastName
:

orderInformation.billTo.locality
:

orderInformation.billTo.postalCode
:

paymentInformation.card.type
:

paymentInformation.card.expirationMonth
:

paymentInformation.card.expirationYear
:

paymentInformation.card.number
:

processingInformation.authorizationOptions.partialAuthIndicator
:
Set the value to `true`.

Optional Field for Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations {#payments-debit-prepaid-part-auth-optional}
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You can use these optional fields to include additional information when enabling debit and prepaid partial authorizations.

processingInformation.linkId
:
Set this field to the request ID that was returned in the response message from the original authorization request.

REST Example: Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations {#payments-debit-prepaid-part-auth-ex-rest}
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Request

```keyword
{
  "clientReferenceInformation" : {
    "code" : "TC50171_3"
  },
  "orderInformation" : {
    "billTo" : {
      "country" : "US",
      "lastName" : "Deo",
      "address2" : "Address 2",
      "address1" : "201 S. Division St.",
      "postalCode" : "48104-2201",
      "locality" : "Ann Arbor",
      "administrativeArea" : "MI",
      "firstName" : "John",
      "phoneNumber" : "999999999",
      "district" : "MI",
      "buildingNumber" : "123",
      "company" : "Visa",
      "email" : "test@vas.com"
    },
    "amountDetails" : {
      "totalAmount" : "1000.00",
      "currency" : "USD"
    }
  },
  "paymentInformation" : {
    "card" : {
      "expirationYear" : "2031",
      "number" : "5555555555xxxxxx",
      "securityCode" : "123",
      "expirationMonth" : "12",
      "type" : "002"
    }
  },
"processingInformation" : {
  "authorizationOptions" : {
      "partialAuthIndicator" : "true"
   }
  }
}     
```

Response to a Successful Request

```
{
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "method" : "GET",
      "href" : "/pts/v2/payments/6595549144566655003494"
    }
  },
  "clientReferenceInformation" : {
    "code" : "TC50171_3"
  },
  "id" : "6595549144566655003494",
  "orderInformation" : {
    "amountDetails" : {
      "totalAmount" : "1000.00",
      "authorizedAmount" : "499.01",
      "currency" : "USD"
    }
  },
  "paymentInformation" : {
    "accountFeatures" : {
      "currency" : "usd",
      "balanceAmount" : "0.00"
    }
  },
  "pointOfSaleInformation" : {
    "terminalId" : "261996"
  },
  "processorInformation" : {
    "merchantNumber" : "000000092345678",
    "approvalCode" : "888888",
    "cardVerification" : {
      "resultCode" : ""
    },
    "networkTransactionId" : "123456789619999",
    "transactionId" : "123456789619999",
    "responseCode" : "100",
    "avs" : {
      "code" : "X",
      "codeRaw" : "I1"
    }
  },
  "reconciliationId" : "56059417N6C86KTJ",
  "status" : "PARTIAL_AUTHORIZED",
  "submitTimeUtc" : "2022-08-03T19:28:34Z"
}   
```