# Risk

## Risk Assess

 - [POST /risk/assess](https://docs.shift4.com/apis/payments-platform-rest/openapi/risk/riskassess.md): Used to check the level of risk before processing a transaction. Risk assessment returns four possible values: approve, deny, escalate and review. If the risk  transaction is approved or review, you will be able to make a payment call with the risk  assessment, risk id and transaction id you get in response.


- Host Direct

See the Integration Methods and URLs Section sections of the Development Quick Start guide for details regarding each processing option.

See the JSON Body Schemas for more details on the various JSON body formats.