PayPal

PayPal Payouts API

Use the `/payouts` resource to create a batch payout, update the status for a batch payout, show the status of a batch payout with the transaction status and other data for individual payout items, and request approval for a batch payout.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Payment Initiation Management BC-1340.10

Operations 2

POST /v1/payments/payouts Paypal Create batch payout #
GET /v1/payments/payouts/{id} Paypal Show payout batch details #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/subscriptions/v1/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/catalog-products/v1/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v2/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/disputes/integration-guide/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/partner-referrals/v1/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/invoicing/v2/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/webhooks/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/payment-experience/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payments.payouts-batch/v1/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/transaction-search/v1/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/tracking/tracking-api/
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Documentation
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payment-tokens/v3/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/paypal/refs/heads/main/openapi/paypal-payouts-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/paypal/refs/heads/main/openapi/paypal-webhooks-asyncapi-original.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

paypal-payouts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Paypal Payouts API
  description: Use the Payouts API to make payments to multiple PayPal or Venmo recipients. The Payouts API is a fast, convenient way to send commissions, rebates, rewards, and general disbursements. You can send up to 15,000 payments per call. If you integrated the Payouts API before September 1, 2017, you receive transaction reports through Mass Payments Reporting. Otherwise, view reports from your PayPal Business account. The Payouts API uses the ISO 8601 Internet date and time format.
  version: '1.9'
  contact: {}
servers:
- url: https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com
  description: PayPal Sandbox Environment
- url: https://api-m.paypal.com
  description: PayPal Live Environment
tags:


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