bunq Request Inquiry API

Create and read payment requests (money you ask another party to pay).

Operations 3

GET /user/{userID}/monetary-account/{monetaryAccountID}/request-inquiry List request inquiries #
POST /user/{userID}/monetary-account/{monetaryAccountID}/request-inquiry Create a request inquiry #
GET /user/{userID}/monetary-account/{monetaryAccountID}/request-response List request responses #

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OpenAPI Specification

bunq-request-inquiry-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: bunq Public Request Inquiry API
  description: Grounded, representative subset of the bunq Public API.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: bunq API documentation
    url: https://doc.bunq.com
  license:
    name: bunq API Terms of Service
    url: https://doc.bunq.com
servers:
- url: https://api.bunq.com/v1
  description: Production
- url: https://public-api.sandbox.bunq.com/v1
  description: Sandbox
security:
- sessionToken: []
tags:
- name: Request Inquiry
  description: Create and read payment requests (money you ask another party to pay).
paths:
  /user/{userID}/monetary-account/{monetaryAccountID}/request-inquiry:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserID'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MonetaryAccountID'
    get:
      operationId: listRequestInquiries
      tags:
      - Request Inquiry
      summary: List request inquiries
      description: Lists the payment requests (RequestInquiry) sent from this monetary account.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of request inquiries.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createRequestInquiry
      tags:
      - Request Inquiry
      summary: Create a request inquiry
      description: Sends a payment request to a counterparty alias (IBAN, email, or phone). The counterparty receives a RequestResponse they can accept or reject.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestInquiryInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created request inquiry.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /user/{userID}/monetary-account/{monetaryAccountID}/request-response:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserID'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MonetaryAccountID'
    get:
      operationId: listRequestResponses
      tags:
      - Request Inquiry
      summary: List request responses
      description: Lists incoming payment requests (RequestResponse) addressed to this monetary account.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of request responses.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Response:
      type: object
      description: Generic bunq response envelope. Every bunq response wraps its payload in a top-level `Response` array whose items are single-key objects keyed by the resource type (for example `Payment`, `MonetaryAccount`, `Id`, `Token`). Modeled generically here; see doc.bunq.com for the exact per-resource shape.
      properties:
        Response:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: bunq error envelope.
      properties:
        Error:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              error_description:
                type: string
              error_description_translated:
                type: string
    Amount:
      type: object
      required:
      - value
      - currency
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
          description: Decimal amount as a string, for example "12.50".
        currency:
          type: string
          description: ISO 4217 currency code, for example EUR.
    RequestInquiryInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - amount_inquired
      - counterparty_alias
      - description
      - allow_bunqme
      properties:
        amount_inquired:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Amount'
        counterparty_alias:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pointer'
        description:
          type: string
        allow_bunqme:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request may be paid via a bunq.me link.
    Pointer:
      type: object
      description: A bunq alias ("pointer") identifying a counterparty.
      required:
      - type
      - value
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - IBAN
          - EMAIL
          - PHONE_NUMBER
        value:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
          description: Required when type is IBAN.
  responses:
    Error:
      description: A bunq error response envelope.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing/invalid session token or signature.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  parameters:
    MonetaryAccountID:
      name: monetaryAccountID
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The numeric ID of the monetary account.
      schema:
        type: integer
    UserID:
      name: userID
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The numeric ID of the user.
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    sessionToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Bunq-Client-Authentication
      description: Session token obtained from POST /session-server, sent on every business call. In addition, each request body must be signed with your private key and the signature sent in the X-Bunq-Client-Signature header (see the ClientSignature parameter). bunq is not a simple bearer-token API.
    installationToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Bunq-Client-Authentication
      description: Installation token from POST /installation, used only for the device-server and session-server handshake calls.