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# Create Audits

POST https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/{organizationId}/users/{userId}/audits
Content-Type: application/json

Call this endpoint to request that a particular transaction be audited further by the Kard system, in the event of a missing cashback claim, incorrect cashback amount claim or other mis-match claims.
Required scopes: `audit:write`

Reference: https://docs.getkard.com/api/transactions/create-audits

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Servers

- `https://rewards-api.getkard.com` (Production, default)
- `https://test-rewards-api.getkard.com` (Sandbox)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `organizationId` (string, required) — Your issuer organization ID, provided by Kard
- `userId` (string, required) — The ID of the user as defined on the issuers system

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CreateAuditRequestBody.

- `data` (list of CreateAuditRequestDataUnion, required)

## Response

### 201

- `data` (list of CreateAuditResponseDataUnion, required)

## Errors

### 207 Create Audit Multi Status

- `errors` (list of ErrorObject, required)
- `data` (list of CreateAuditResponseDataUnion, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

- `errors` (list of ErrorObject, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

- `errors` (list of ErrorObject, required)

### 400 Invalid Request

- `errors` (list of ErrorObject, required)

### 404 Does Not Exist Error

- `errors` (list of ErrorObject, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

- `errors` (list of ErrorObject, required)

## Types

### CreateAuditRequestDataUnion

- `type`: `audit`
  - `attributes` (AuditAttributes, required)

### CreateAuditResponseDataUnion

- `type`: `audit`
  - `attributes` (AuditResponseAttributes, required)
  - `id` (string, required) — Audit Request ID

### ErrorObject

- `status` (string, required) — Status code returned from the request
- `title` (string, required) — Name of error
- `detail` (string, required) — Description of the specific occurance of the error
- `source` (ErrorSource, optional) — An object containing a reference to the primary source of the error
- `id` (string, optional) — The id of the resource which caused the error. Always returned for multi-status errors.

### AuditAttributes

- `auditCode` (integer, required) — Audit Code - Enum. Please submit the code that is most relevant to your audit request.`3005` : Customer is claiming cashback is incorrect - INCORRECT CASHBACK CLAIM`3006` : Transaction is missing the cashback award - MISSING CASHBACK AWARD`8001` : Other - check audit description
- `merchantName` (string, required) — Merchant name related to the transaction audit
- `auditDescription` (string, required) — Audit Description. Please provide more details around the audit
- `transactionId` (string, required) — Transaction ID from issuer to audit

### AuditResponseAttributes

- `transactionId` (string, required) — Cardlinked Transaction ID

### ErrorSource

- `pointer` (string, optional) — A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error
- `parameter` (string, optional) — A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error
- `header` (string, optional) — A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error

## Examples

### Create Audit Request

**Request**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": {
        "auditCode": 8001,
        "merchantName": "Caribbean Goodness",
        "auditDescription": "duplicate transaction",
        "transactionId": "issuerTransaction123"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": {
        "transactionId": "issuerTransaction123"
      },
      "id": "d80a6f28-1b24-4d65-9e42-e1cf3379bc98"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Create Audit Request
import requests

url = "https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits"

payload = { "data": [
        {
            "type": "audit",
            "attributes": {
                "auditCode": 8001,
                "merchantName": "Caribbean Goodness",
                "auditDescription": "duplicate transaction",
                "transactionId": "issuerTransaction123"
            }
        }
    ] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Create Audit Request
const url = 'https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"data":[{"type":"audit","attributes":{"auditCode":8001,"merchantName":"Caribbean Goodness","auditDescription":"duplicate transaction","transactionId":"issuerTransaction123"}}]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Create Audit Request
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 8001,\n        \"merchantName\": \"Caribbean Goodness\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"duplicate transaction\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"issuerTransaction123\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Create Audit Request
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 8001,\n        \"merchantName\": \"Caribbean Goodness\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"duplicate transaction\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"issuerTransaction123\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Create Audit Request
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 8001,\n        \"merchantName\": \"Caribbean Goodness\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"duplicate transaction\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"issuerTransaction123\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Create Audit Request
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits', [
  'body' => '{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": {
        "auditCode": 8001,
        "merchantName": "Caribbean Goodness",
        "auditDescription": "duplicate transaction",
        "transactionId": "issuerTransaction123"
      }
    }
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Create Audit Request
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 8001,\n        \"merchantName\": \"Caribbean Goodness\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"duplicate transaction\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"issuerTransaction123\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Create Audit Request
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["data": [
    [
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": [
        "auditCode": 8001,
        "merchantName": "Caribbean Goodness",
        "auditDescription": "duplicate transaction",
        "transactionId": "issuerTransaction123"
      ]
    ]
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/organization-123/users/user-123/audits")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Example 2

**Request**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": {
        "auditCode": 0,
        "merchantName": "string",
        "auditDescription": "string",
        "transactionId": "string"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": {
        "transactionId": "string"
      },
      "id": "string"
    }
  ],
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "detail": "string",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "string",
        "parameter": "string",
        "header": "string"
      },
      "id": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits"

payload = { "data": [
        {
            "type": "audit",
            "attributes": {
                "auditCode": 0,
                "merchantName": "string",
                "auditDescription": "string",
                "transactionId": "string"
            }
        }
    ] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"data":[{"type":"audit","attributes":{"auditCode":0,"merchantName":"string","auditDescription":"string","transactionId":"string"}}]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 0,\n        \"merchantName\": \"string\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"string\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"string\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 0,\n        \"merchantName\": \"string\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"string\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"string\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 0,\n        \"merchantName\": \"string\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"string\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"string\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits', [
  'body' => '{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": {
        "auditCode": 0,
        "merchantName": "string",
        "auditDescription": "string",
        "transactionId": "string"
      }
    }
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"audit\",\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"auditCode\": 0,\n        \"merchantName\": \"string\",\n        \"auditDescription\": \"string\",\n        \"transactionId\": \"string\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["data": [
    [
      "type": "audit",
      "attributes": [
        "auditCode": 0,
        "merchantName": "string",
        "auditDescription": "string",
        "transactionId": "string"
      ]
    ]
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://rewards-api.getkard.com/v2/issuers/%3AorganizationId/users/%3AuserId/audits")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```