Sift · Arazzo Workflow

Sift Transaction Score And Decide

Version 1.0.0

Score a transaction, read the payment score, and decision the user or session.

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Provider

sift-com

Workflows

transaction-score-decision
Submit a transaction event, evaluate the score, and block or hold for review.
Records a $transaction event for synchronous scoring, retrieves the payment abuse score, and branches between a hard user block, a session hold-for-review, or letting the transaction pass.
4 steps inputs: abuseTypes, accountId, apiKey, blockThreshold, blockUserDecisionId, ip, reviewSessionDecisionId, reviewThreshold, sessionId, userId outputs: blockDecision, scores
1
sendTransaction
sendEvent
Submit a $transaction event with return_score=true so Sift scores the payment synchronously for payment abuse.
2
getTransactionScore
getScore
Read back the latest payment abuse score for the user so the workflow branches on a stable numeric value.
3
blockUser
applyUserDecision
Hard-block the user with the configured decision when the payment abuse score is at or above the block threshold.
4
holdSession
applySessionDecision
Hold the session for review with the configured decision when the score is borderline but below the hard-block threshold.

Source API Descriptions

Arazzo Workflow Specification

sift-com-transaction-score-decision-workflow.yml Raw ↑
arazzo: 1.0.1
info:
  title: Sift Transaction Score And Decide
  summary: Score a transaction, read the payment score, and decision the user or session.
  description: >-
    Real-time payment authorization defense. A $transaction event is scored
    synchronously, the user's payment abuse score is read back for a stable
    threshold check, and the workflow branches: a high score blocks the user
    outright while a borderline score holds the session for review, leaving clean
    transactions to pass. Every request is inlined so the authorization decision
    is fully traceable without the source OpenAPI descriptions.
  version: 1.0.0
sourceDescriptions:
- name: eventsApi
  url: ../openapi/sift-events-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
- name: scoreApi
  url: ../openapi/sift-score-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
- name: decisionsApi
  url: ../openapi/sift-decisions-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
workflows:
- workflowId: transaction-score-decision
  summary: Submit a transaction event, evaluate the score, and block or hold for review.
  description: >-
    Records a $transaction event for synchronous scoring, retrieves the payment
    abuse score, and branches between a hard user block, a session hold-for-review,
    or letting the transaction pass.
  inputs:
    type: object
    required:
    - apiKey
    - accountId
    - userId
    - sessionId
    properties:
      apiKey:
        type: string
        description: Sift account API key sent in the event body as $api_key.
      accountId:
        type: string
        description: The Sift account identifier for the Decisions API path.
      userId:
        type: string
        description: The payer's unique identifier ($user_id).
      sessionId:
        type: string
        description: The session identifier used for the hold-for-review decision.
      ip:
        type: string
        description: Optional originating IP address for the transaction.
      abuseTypes:
        type: string
        description: Comma-separated abuse types to score the transaction on.
        default: payment_abuse
      blockThreshold:
        type: number
        description: Payment-abuse score (0-100) at or above which the user is hard-blocked.
        default: 85
      reviewThreshold:
        type: number
        description: Payment-abuse score (0-100) at or above which the session is held for review.
        default: 60
      blockUserDecisionId:
        type: string
        description: Decision id applied to the user on a hard block.
      reviewSessionDecisionId:
        type: string
        description: Decision id applied to the session on a hold-for-review.
  steps:
  - stepId: sendTransaction
    description: >-
      Submit a $transaction event with return_score=true so Sift scores the
      payment synchronously for payment abuse.
    operationId: sendEvent
    parameters:
    - name: return_score
      in: query
      value: true
    - name: abuse_types
      in: query
      value: $inputs.abuseTypes
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $type: $transaction
        $api_key: $inputs.apiKey
        $user_id: $inputs.userId
        $session_id: $inputs.sessionId
        $ip: $inputs.ip
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      eventStatus: $response.body#/status
  - stepId: getTransactionScore
    description: >-
      Read back the latest payment abuse score for the user so the workflow
      branches on a stable numeric value.
    operationId: getScore
    parameters:
    - name: user_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.userId
    - name: abuse_types
      in: query
      value: $inputs.abuseTypes
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      scores: $response.body#/scores
      paymentScore: $response.body#/scores/payment_abuse/score
    onSuccess:
    - name: hardBlock
      type: goto
      stepId: blockUser
      criteria:
      - context: $response.body
        condition: $.scores.payment_abuse.score >= $inputs.blockThreshold
        type: jsonpath
    - name: holdForReview
      type: goto
      stepId: holdSession
      criteria:
      - context: $response.body
        condition: $.scores.payment_abuse.score >= $inputs.reviewThreshold
        type: jsonpath
    - name: pass
      type: end
  - stepId: blockUser
    description: >-
      Hard-block the user with the configured decision when the payment abuse
      score is at or above the block threshold.
    operationId: applyUserDecision
    parameters:
    - name: account_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.accountId
    - name: user_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.userId
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        decision_id: $inputs.blockUserDecisionId
        source: AUTOMATED_RULE
        description: Auto-blocked by the transaction screening workflow on high payment-abuse score.
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      decision: $response.body#/decision
    onSuccess:
    - name: blocked
      type: end
  - stepId: holdSession
    description: >-
      Hold the session for review with the configured decision when the score is
      borderline but below the hard-block threshold.
    operationId: applySessionDecision
    parameters:
    - name: account_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.accountId
    - name: user_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.userId
    - name: session_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.sessionId
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        decision_id: $inputs.reviewSessionDecisionId
        source: AUTOMATED_RULE
        description: Held for review by the transaction screening workflow on borderline payment-abuse score.
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
  outputs:
    scores: $steps.getTransactionScore.outputs.scores
    blockDecision: $steps.blockUser.outputs.decision