Lithic Hold API

Holds placed against financial account balances.

Operations 4

GET /v1/financial_accounts/{financial_account_token}/holds List holds #
POST /v1/financial_accounts/{financial_account_token}/holds Create hold #
GET /v1/holds/{hold_token} Get hold #
POST /v1/holds/{hold_token}/void Void hold #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/account-holders-kyc
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/account-holders-kyb
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APIReference
https://docs.lithic.com/reference/getaccountholders
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/spend-limits
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APIReference
https://docs.lithic.com/reference/getaccounts
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/cards
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/managing-cards
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/physical-cards-setup-guide
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APIReference
https://docs.lithic.com/reference/postcards
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/transaction-flow
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/transactions
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/simulating-transactions
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APIReference
https://docs.lithic.com/reference/postsimulateauthorize
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/authorization-rules-v2
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/about-authorization-intelligence
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/auth-stream-access-asa
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/about-3ds
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/3ds-decisioning
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/disputes-api
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/tracking-disputes
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APIReference
https://docs.lithic.com/reference/postdisputes
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/events-api
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/simulating-webhooks
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/financial-accounts
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/ledger-overview
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/payments-api
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/ach-overview
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/ach-payments-lifecycle
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/book-transfers
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/settlement-reporting
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APIReference
https://docs.lithic.com/reference/getsettlementdetails
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/external-accounts-api
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/disbursements
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/about-digital-wallets
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/push-provisioning
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Documentation
https://docs.lithic.com/docs/web-push-provisioning
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APIReference
https://docs.lithic.com/reference/getfraudreport

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OpenAPI Specification

lithic-com-hold-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lithic 3DS Hold API
  description: The Lithic API is a card issuing and issuer-processor platform for issuing virtual and physical cards, authorizing and clearing transactions, moving money across ledgered financial accounts, and managing the full card lifecycle - KYC/KYB account holder onboarding, authorization rules and real-time Auth Stream Access (ASA) decisioning, disputes, tokenization into digital wallets, 3DS authentication, ACH payments, book transfers, external payments, settlement reporting, and fraud/transaction monitoring. This document curates the real, published Lithic OpenAPI 3.1 definitions (https://github.com/lithic-com/lithic-openapi) into the endpoint surface referenced by this apis.yml, expressed as OpenAPI 3.0.3 with lightweight response schemas. Requests are authenticated with an API key sent as the raw value of the Authorization header (not a Bearer token).
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Lithic
    url: https://www.lithic.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
servers:
- url: https://api.lithic.com
  description: Production
- url: https://sandbox.lithic.com
  description: Sandbox (mirrors production functionality)
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Hold
  description: Holds placed against financial account balances.
paths:
  /v1/financial_accounts/{financial_account_token}/holds:
    get:
      operationId: getFinancialAccountHolds
      tags:
      - Hold
      summary: List holds
      description: List holds for a financial account.
      parameters:
      - name: financial_account_token
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Globally unique identifier for the financial account.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Hold'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
    post:
      operationId: createHold
      tags:
      - Hold
      summary: Create hold
      description: Create a hold on a financial account. Holds reserve funds by moving them from available to pending balance. They can be resolved via settlement (linked to a payment or book transfer), voiding, or expiration.
      parameters:
      - name: financial_account_token
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Globally unique identifier for the financial account.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Hold'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /v1/holds/{hold_token}:
    get:
      operationId: getHold
      tags:
      - Hold
      summary: Get hold
      description: Get hold by token.
      parameters:
      - name: hold_token
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Globally unique identifier for the hold.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Hold'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /v1/holds/{hold_token}/void:
    post:
      operationId: voidHold
      tags:
      - Hold
      summary: Void hold
      description: Void an active hold. This returns the held funds from pending back to available balance. Only holds in PENDING status can be voided.
      parameters:
      - name: hold_token
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Globally unique identifier for the hold.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Hold'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
    ValidationError:
      description: The request failed validation.
  schemas:
    Hold:
      type: object
      description: Holds placed against financial account balances.
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Globally unique identifier for the object.
        created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Raw API secret key value (not prefixed with "Bearer").