MerchantValidationEvent()

The MerchantValidationEvent() constructor creates a new MerchantValidationEvent object. You should not have to create these events yourself; instead, just handle the merchantvalidation event.

Syntax

merchantValidationEvent = new MerchantValidationEvent(type, options);

Parameters

type

A DOMString which must be merchantvalidation, the only type of event which uses the MerchantValidationEvent interface.

options Optional

An optional dictionary which may contain zero or more of the following properties:

methodName Optional

A DOMString containing the payment method identifier for the payment handler being used. This is an empty string by default.

validationURL Optional

The URL from which to retrieve payment handler specific verification information used to validate the merchant. This is an empty string by default.

Return value

A newly-created MerchantValidationEvent providing the information that needs to be delivered to the client-side code to present to the user agent by calling complete().

Exceptions

TypeError

The string specified as validationURL could not be parsed as a URL.

RangeError

The specified methodName does not correspond to a known and supported merchant or is not a well-formed standard payment method identifier.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Payment Request API
• Using the Payment Request API
• Payment processing concepts