# ManagePendingTransactionStatus API Operation (SOAP) (/api/nvp-soap/manage-pending-transaction-status-soap)



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Accepts or denies a pending transaction held by Fraud Management Filters.

## ManagePendingTransactionStatus Request Message [#managependingtransactionstatus-request-message]

<img src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/developer/docs/api/ManagePendingTransactionStatusRequestType1.gif" />

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> available for use.

### ManagePendingTransactionStatus Request Fields [#managependingtransactionstatus-request-fields]

| Field                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `TransactionID`<br /> | *(Required)* The transaction ID of the payment transaction.<br /> Character length and limitations: 17 characters. [Orders](/archive/paypal-payments-standard/admin/auth-capture#types-of-authorizations) transactions have 19 characters. |
| `Action`<br />        | *(Required)* The operation to perform on the transaction. Value is:<br /> `Accept` — Accepts the payment`Deny` — Rejects the payment                                                                                                       |

## ManagePendingTransactionStatus Response Message [#managependingtransactionstatus-response-message]

### ManagePendingTransactionStatus Response Fields [#managependingtransactionstatus-response-fields]

| Field                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `TransactionID`<br /> | *(Optional)* The transaction ID of the transaction with the denied or accepted payment.<br /> Character length and limitations: 17 characters. [Orders](/archive/paypal-payments-standard/admin/auth-capture#types-of-authorizations) transactions have 19 characters.        |
| `Status`<br />        | Displays in the following message:<br /> `The Status of the transaction after running your action (accept/deny) is TransactionStatus.` TransactionStatus is one of these values:<br /> PendingProcessingCompletedDeniedReversedDisplay OnlyPartially RefundedCreated Refunded |

## Additional information [#additional-information]

* [API error codes](/api/nvp-soap/errors/)