Descriptor

Everything you need to know about the descriptor property in Paylike

Install
Use
What is it?
How is it validated?
Where is it used in Paylike?

Install

npm install --save @paylike/descriptor

Use

var descriptor = require('@paylike/descriptor');

descriptor.isValid('paylike.io'); // true
descriptor.isValid('£'); // false

descriptor.errorMessage
descriptor.maxLength
descriptor.regex

var descriptor = require('@paylike/descriptor');

var $input = document.querySelector('input.descriptor');

$input.pattern = descriptor.regex.source;
$input.maxLength = descriptor.maxLength;

What is it?

The descriptor is shown on a credit card bill, a bank statement or in an online banking account as the text accompanying the charged amount. Learn more about the descriptor on our website.

How is it validated?

It can only have a length of 22 or less

It can only contain ASCII printable characters

 a-z
 A-Z
 0-9
 ! # $ % &
 ( ) * + ,
 - . / : ;
 < = > ? @
 [ ] ^ _ `
 { | } ~

Where is it used in Paylike?

A descriptor is set in the following places:

On your merchant account
On a transaction for the reservation
On each capture of a transaction
On each refund of a transaction

The descriptor on the account (1) acts as a default if you do not supply a descriptor for the transaction (2).

If you omit the descriptor for a capture (3) or refund (4) it will default to that on the transaction (2).

As such, only the merchant account's descriptor is mandatory.