Shift4 Payments

Shift4 Payments Payment Methods API

Create and retrieve alternative payment methods (Apple Pay, Google Pay, 3D Secure, etc.).

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Operations 3

POST /payment-methods Create a Payment Method #

GET /payment-methods List Payment Methods #

GET /payment-methods/{paymentMethodId} Retrieve a Payment Method #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Shift4 Payments Payment Methods API
  description: The Shift4 Payments API enables merchants and platforms to accept and manage payments, including one-time charges, refunds, customers, cards, tokenization, subscriptions, plans, payment methods, payment links, checkout sessions, fraud warnings, blacklist rules, disputes, file uploads, payouts, webhook endpoints, and events.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Shift4 Developer Support
    email: devsupport@shift4.com
    url: https://dev.shift4.com
  license:
    name: Documentation
    url: https://dev.shift4.com/docs
servers:
- url: https://api.shift4.com
  description: Production
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Payment Methods
  description: Create and retrieve alternative payment methods (Apple Pay, Google Pay, 3D Secure, etc.).
paths:
  /payment-methods:
    post:
      tags:
      - Payment Methods
      summary: Create a Payment Method
      operationId: createPaymentMethod
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentMethodRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Payment method created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentMethod'
    get:
      tags:
      - Payment Methods
      summary: List Payment Methods
      operationId: listPaymentMethods
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of payment methods.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentMethodList'
  /payment-methods/{paymentMethodId}:
    parameters:
    - name: paymentMethodId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - Payment Methods
      summary: Retrieve a Payment Method
      operationId: getPaymentMethod
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A payment method object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentMethod'
components:
  schemas:
    ListResponsePaymentMethod:
      type: object
      properties:
        list:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentMethod'
        hasMore:
          type: boolean
        totalCount:
          type: integer
    Billing:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        address:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
        vatNumber:
          type: string
    PaymentMethod:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        customerId:
          type: string
        clientObjectId:
          type: string
        created:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - CARD
          - APPLE_PAY
          - GOOGLE_PAY
          - THREE_D_SECURE
          - IDEAL
          - P24
          - EPS
          - BANCONTACT
          - GIROPAY
          - MULTIBANCO
          - SOFORT
          - BLIK
          - BLIK_REDIRECT
          - OTHER
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - REQUIRES_ACTION
          - CHARGEABLE
          - USED
          - DELETED
          - FAILED
        deleted:
          type: boolean
        billing:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Billing'
        applePay:
          type: object
          properties:
            cardBrand:
              type: string
            cardType:
              type: string
            first6:
              type: string
            last4:
              type: string
            amount:
              type: integer
            currency:
              type: string
            merchantTokenIdentifier:
              type: string
        googlePay:
          type: object
          properties:
            cardBrand:
              type: string
            cardType:
              type: string
            first6:
              type: string
            last4:
              type: string
        threeDSecure:
          type: object
          properties:
            currency:
              type: string
            amount:
              type: integer
        merchantAccountId:
          type: string
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    Address:
      type: object
      properties:
        line1:
          type: string
        line2:
          type: string
        zip:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
    PaymentMethodRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - card
          - apple_pay
          - google_pay
          - three_d_secure
          - ideal
          - p24
          - eps
          - bancontact
          - giropay
          - multibanco
          - sofort
          - blik
          - blik_redirect
        customerId:
          type: string
        billing:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Billing'
        threeDSecure:
          type: object
          properties:
            amount:
              type: integer
            currency:
              type: string
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    PaymentMethodList:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListResponsePaymentMethod'
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 10
      description: A limit on the number of objects to be returned.
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Use your secret API key as the username with an empty password.

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