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Function

Request by the Merchant to the Acquirer for the most recent list of Issuers

Root

DirectoryReq

Data elements

createDateTimestamp 

 

Merchant

Signature

Sub-elements

merchantID
subID

SignedInfo
SignatureValue
KeyInfo

Response

DirectoryRes (A')

Communication

HTTP POST request with an XML message to the AcquirerDirectoryURL

Security / authentication

  • Unilateral TLS connection (Acquirer holds SSL server certificate)
  • Authentication of Acquirer based on Acquirer's server certificate
  • Authentication of Merchant based on Merchant.merchantID, Merchant.subID and the Signature in the message.




(Sub-)element

Description

createDateTimestamp

Date and time at which this message was created

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Note: Because the field is included in the digital signature, the value of this field must be determined prior to generating the signature.


Merchant

merchantID

See 'Appendix: IDs'

subID

See 'Appendix: IDs'



Example Message 

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DirectoryReq
    xmlns="http://www.idealdesk.com/ideal/messages/mer-acq/3.3.1" version="3.3.1">
    <createDateTimestamp>2008-11-14T09:30:47.0Z</createDateTimestamp>
    <Merchant>
        <merchantID>100000001</merchantID>
        <subID>1</subID>
    </Merchant>
    <Signature xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
      <!-- Signature is placed here. See Signature section for specification-->
    </Signature>
</DirectoryReq>



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Schematic representation of DirectoryReq (A)