Create a payment

This endpoint is used to create a manual payment

POST /payments

Create a payment

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.getlago.com/api/v1/payments \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "payment": {
    "invoice_id": "486b147a-02a1-4ccf-8603-f3541fc25e7a",
    "amount_cents": 100,
    "reference": "ref1",
    "paid_at": "2025-02-20"
  }
}
'

200

{
  "payment": {
    "lago_id": "4cf085a7-c196-4f07-a543-97c50ec6e8b2",
    "lago_customer_id": "1a901a90-1a90-1a90-1a90-1a901a901a90",
    "external_customer_id": "5eb02857-a71e-4ea2-bcf9-57d3a41bc6ba",
    "invoice_ids": [
      "486b147a-02a1-4ccf-8603-f3541fc25e7a"
    ],
    "lago_payable_id": "1a901a90-1a90-1a90-1a90-1a901a901a90",
    "payable_type": "Invoice",
    "amount_cents": 1099,
    "amount_currency": "USD",
    "status": "Completed",
    "payment_status": "succeeded",
    "type": "manual",
    "reference": "ref1",
    "payment_provider_code": "stripe_prod",
    "payment_provider_type": "stripe",
    "external_payment_id": "<string>",
    "provider_payment_id": "pi_5eb0285741bc6ba",
    "provider_customer_id": "cus_5eb0285bcf941bc6ba",
    "next_action": {
      "type": "redirect_to_url",
      "redirect_to_url": {
        "url": "https://hooks.stripe.com/3d_secure_2/hosted?merchant=acct_AAA&payment_intent=pi_BBB&payment_intent_client_secret=pi_BBB&publishable_key=pk_test_CCC",
        "return_url": "https://app.example.com"
      }
    },
    "created_at": "2025-01-21T00:10:29Z",
    "invoice_numbers": [
      "HOO-202D-005-001"
    ],
    "payment_method_id": "1a901a90-1a90-1a90-1a90-1a901a901a90"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

Payment payload

payment · object · required

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Response

200

application/json

Payment created

payment · object · required

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