Formance Payments API

Unified payments connectivity, connectors, and transfers.

Operations 24

GET /api/payments/v1/connectors List all installed connectors #
GET /api/payments/v1/connectors/configs List the configs of each available connector #
POST /api/payments/v1/connectors/{connector} Install a connector #
DELETE /api/payments/v1/connectors/{connector}/{connectorId} Uninstall a connector #
POST /api/payments/v1/connectors/transfers Transfer funds between accounts on a connector #
GET /api/payments/v1/accounts List accounts #
POST /api/payments/v1/accounts Create an account #
GET /api/payments/v1/accounts/{accountId}/balances Get account balances #
GET /api/payments/v1/payments List payments #
POST /api/payments/v1/payments Create a payment #
GET /api/payments/v1/payments/{paymentId} Get a payment #
GET /api/payments/v1/bank-accounts List bank accounts #
POST /api/payments/v1/bank-accounts Create a bank account #
GET /api/payments/v1/bank-accounts/{bankAccountId} Get a bank account #
GET /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations List transfer initiations #
POST /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations Create a transfer initiation #
GET /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations/{transferId} Get a transfer initiation #
DELETE /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations/{transferId} Delete a transfer initiation #
POST /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations/{transferId}/status Update the status of a transfer initiation #
GET /api/payments/v1/pools List pools #
POST /api/payments/v1/pools Create a pool #
GET /api/payments/v1/pools/{poolId} Get a pool #
DELETE /api/payments/v1/pools/{poolId} Delete a pool #
GET /api/payments/v1/pools/{poolId}/balances Get pool balances #

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OpenAPI Specification

formance-payments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Formance Platform Auth Payments API
  description: Open-source financial infrastructure for money movement. This specification describes the REST surface of the Formance Platform across its modules - Ledger (v2), Payments, Orchestration / Flows (v2), Wallets, Reconciliation, Auth, Webhooks, and Search - as exposed by Formance Cloud. All resource modules are served under a per-module path prefix (for example `/api/ledger`, `/api/payments`) on a single stack host and are secured with OAuth2 client-credentials Bearer tokens issued by the Auth module.
  termsOfService: https://www.formance.com/terms
  contact:
    name: Formance
    url: https://www.formance.com
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/formancehq/ledger/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud
  description: Formance Cloud stack host
  variables:
    organization:
      default: sandbox
      description: Your organization / stack slug.
    environment:
      default: eu.sandbox
      description: The Formance Cloud environment / region for the stack.
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Payments
  description: Unified payments connectivity, connectors, and transfers.
paths:
  /api/payments/v1/connectors:
    get:
      operationId: listAllConnectors
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: List all installed connectors
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of connectors.
  /api/payments/v1/connectors/configs:
    get:
      operationId: listConfigsAvailableConnectors
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: List the configs of each available connector
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Available connector configs.
  /api/payments/v1/connectors/{connector}:
    parameters:
    - name: connector
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    post:
      operationId: installConnector
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Install a connector
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Connector installed.
  /api/payments/v1/connectors/{connector}/{connectorId}:
    parameters:
    - name: connector
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: connectorId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    delete:
      operationId: uninstallConnectorV1
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Uninstall a connector
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Connector uninstalled.
  /api/payments/v1/connectors/transfers:
    post:
      operationId: connectorsTransfer
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Transfer funds between accounts on a connector
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Transfer created.
  /api/payments/v1/accounts:
    get:
      operationId: listAccountsPayments
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: List accounts
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cursor of accounts.
    post:
      operationId: createAccount
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Create an account
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Account created.
  /api/payments/v1/accounts/{accountId}/balances:
    parameters:
    - name: accountId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getAccountBalances
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Get account balances
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Balances.
  /api/payments/v1/payments:
    get:
      operationId: listPayments
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: List payments
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cursor of payments.
    post:
      operationId: createPayment
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Create a payment
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Payment created.
  /api/payments/v1/payments/{paymentId}:
    parameters:
    - name: paymentId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getPayment
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Get a payment
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Payment.
  /api/payments/v1/bank-accounts:
    get:
      operationId: listBankAccounts
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: List bank accounts
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cursor of bank accounts.
    post:
      operationId: createBankAccount
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Create a bank account
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Bank account created.
  /api/payments/v1/bank-accounts/{bankAccountId}:
    parameters:
    - name: bankAccountId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getBankAccount
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Get a bank account
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Bank account.
  /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations:
    get:
      operationId: listTransferInitiations
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: List transfer initiations
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cursor of transfer initiations.
    post:
      operationId: createTransferInitiation
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Create a transfer initiation
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Transfer initiation created.
  /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations/{transferId}:
    parameters:
    - name: transferId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getTransferInitiation
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Get a transfer initiation
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Transfer initiation.
    delete:
      operationId: deleteTransferInitiation
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Delete a transfer initiation
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
  /api/payments/v1/transfer-initiations/{transferId}/status:
    parameters:
    - name: transferId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    post:
      operationId: updateTransferInitiationStatus
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Update the status of a transfer initiation
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Status updated.
  /api/payments/v1/pools:
    get:
      operationId: listPools
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: List pools
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cursor of pools.
    post:
      operationId: createPool
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Create a pool
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pool created.
  /api/payments/v1/pools/{poolId}:
    parameters:
    - name: poolId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getPool
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Get a pool
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pool.
    delete:
      operationId: deletePool
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Delete a pool
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
  /api/payments/v1/pools/{poolId}/balances:
    parameters:
    - name: poolId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getPoolBalances
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: Get pool balances
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pool balances.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'OAuth2 client-credentials flow. Exchange a client id and secret at `/api/auth/oauth/token` for a Bearer access token, then send it as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.'
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/auth/oauth/token
          scopes:
            ledger:read: Read ledger resources
            ledger:write: Write ledger resources
            payments:read: Read payments resources
            payments:write: Write payments resources
            wallets:read: Read wallets resources
            wallets:write: Write wallets resources