# Consulta por referencia

Esta consulta te permite obtener información detallada de una transacción específica utilizando su código de identificación. Cada transacción está vinculada a un comercio, por lo que es importante que el código de transacción coincida con tu comercio, de lo contrario no recibirás un resultado exitoso.

{% hint style="info" %}
El **`external_reference`** es un identificador único asignado a cada transacción, siendo esta la forma en que se distinguen en Trazo.
{% endhint %}

## Ruta

<mark style="color:green;">`GET`</mark> `/v1/merchant/transaction/{external_reference}`

## Cuerpo

| Name                                                   | Value            |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------- |
| `Content-Type`                                         | application/json |
| `x-auth-token`*<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark>* | {token}          |
| `child-id`                                             | {business\_id}   |

{% hint style="info" %}
El child-id es opcional y se usa para las cuentas administradas para conocer más puedes ingresa a este [enlace](https://docs.qentaz.com/documentation/terminos-de-relevancia#cuentas-administradas).
{% endhint %}

## Respuesta

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
    "external_reference": "61BUD1R4A",
    "process_id": "62d61cb6-acec-4ee6-96ba-d3d278b56846",
    "description": "Descripción Transacción (con recargo)",
    "status": "CREATED",
    "amount": 1000,
    "expected_amount": 100000,
    "channel": "WHATSAPP",
    "currency": "COP",
    "reference_one": "Referencia 1",
    "reference_two": "Referencia 2",
    "reference_three": "Referencia 3",
    "reference_four": "Referencia 4",
    "reference_five": "Referencia 5",
    "reference_six": "Referencia 6",
    "reference_seven": "Referencia 7",
    "reference_eight": "Referencia 8",
    "expiration": false,
    "attachment": null,
    "comments": null,
    "payment_method": null,
    "payment_provider_source": null,
    "receipt_image": null,
    "type": "inmediato",
    "source": "api",
    "merchant": {
        "name": "DIEGO PEREZ",
        "phone": "573110011111",
        "email": "diego@gmail.com",
        "id_number": "1000011111",
        "id_type": "CC"
    },
    "payer": {
        "name": "ALEJANDRO PEREZ",
        "phone": "573110011111",
        "email": "diego@gmail.com",
        "id_number": "1000011111",
        "id_type": "CC"
    }
    "affiliate": {
        "name": "ALEJANDRO PEREZ",
        "id_number": "1000011111",
        "id_type": "CC"
    },
    "invoice": {
        "provider": null,
        "type": null,
        "id": null,
        "retentions": null,
        "url": null,
        "voucher": null
    },
    "fees": {
        "service_fee": null,
        "service_variable": null,
        "service_iva": null,
        "service_saas": null,
        "fee_settled": null,
        "saas_settled": null
    },
    "late_fees": [
        {
            "id": 7018,
            "date": "2025-06-15",
            "value": 1000,
            "reminder": true,
            "reminder_template": "credit_late_fee_2"
        },
        {
            "id": 7019,
            "date": "2025-06-27",
            "value": 1000,
            "reminder": true,
            "reminder_template": "credit_late_fee_3"
        }
    ],
    "advance_payments": null,
    "payout_process_status": false,
    "payout_process_id": null,
    "return_review_reason": null,
    "return_success_reason": null,
    "cash_manual_process_status": false,
    "cash_manual_reason": null,
    "limit_date": "2025-05-22",
    "expected_date": null,
    "created_at": "2025-05-07T16:31:56.503Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-06-17T15:47:45.983Z"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```json
{
    "error": "No information was found for the requested query."
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Ejemplo

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --location --request GET '{{base_url}}/v1/merchant/transaction/{external_reference}' \
--header 'x-auth-token: {{token}}' \
--data-raw ''
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJs (Axios)" %}

```javascript
var axios = require('axios');
var data = '';

var config = {
  method: 'get',
  url: `${base_url}/v1/merchant/transaction/${external_reference}`,
  headers: { 
    'x-auth-token': token //Agregar token
  },
  data : data
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

url = f"{base_url}/v1/merchant/transaction/{external_reference}"

payload = ""
headers = {
  'x-auth-token': token #Agregar token
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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