Uphold Payment API

Payment.

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POST /widgets/payment/sessions Start a Payment Widget session · Create session #
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“How do I launch the embedded Payment Widget for a user?”
“Is there a hosted widget for users to make payments?”
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Create a Payment Widget session.
Start the embedded payment widget for this user.

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OpenAPI Specification

uphold-payment-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 0.1.0
  title: Widget Payment API
  description: The Widgets API provides resources to interact with the widgets.
  contact:
    name: Uphold API Team
    email: developer@uphold.com
    url: https://developer.uphold.com
servers:
- url: https://api.enterprise.sandbox.uphold.com
  description: Sandbox
- url: https://api.enterprise.uphold.com
  description: Production
security:
- OAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Payment
  description: Payment.
paths:
  /widgets/payment/sessions:
    post:
      operationId: widgets.create-payment-widget-session
      summary: Create session
      description: Create a new session for the Payment Widget.
      tags:
      - Payment
      x-uphold:
        security:
          OAuth2:
            subjects:
            - user:individual
            - user:business
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - widgets.payment.sessions:create
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/x-on-behalf-of'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/x-uphold-user-ip'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/x-uphold-user-agent'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/x-uphold-user-origin'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/x-uphold-user-country'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/x-uphold-user-subdivision'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/x-uphold-user-city'
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/create-payment-widget-session-request-body'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/create-payment-widget-session-response'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/bad-request'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/forbidden'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/create-payment-widget-session-conflict-response'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/too-many-requests'
components:
  parameters:
    x-on-behalf-of:
      name: X-On-Behalf-Of
      description: The subject on whose behalf the operation is being performed.
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: ^(user|client)\s[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-f]{3}-[089ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
      examples:
        User Identifier:
          value: user cd21b26d-35d2-408a-9201-b8fdbef7a604
        Client Identifier:
          value: client 3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6
    x-uphold-user-subdivision:
      name: X-Uphold-User-Subdivision
      description: Contains the code of the subdivision of the end user that is requesting the operation.
      in: header
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/subdivision-code-for-request'
      examples:
        User Subdivision:
          value: US-CA
    x-uphold-user-ip:
      name: X-Uphold-User-Ip
      description: Contains the IP of the end user that is requesting the operation.
      in: header
      schema:
        oneOf:
        - title: IPv4
          type: string
          format: ipv4
        - title: IPv6
          type: string
          format: ipv6
      examples:
        User Ip:
          value: 47.174.97.164
    x-uphold-user-country:
      name: X-Uphold-User-Country
      description: Contains the code of the country of the end user that is requesting the operation.
      in: header
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/country-code-for-request'
      examples:
        User Country:
          value: US
    x-uphold-user-city:
      name: X-Uphold-User-City
      description: Contains the name of the city of the end user that is requesting the operation.
      in: header
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/string-no-edge-spaces'
      examples:
        User City:
          value: San Francisco
    x-uphold-user-agent:
      name: X-Uphold-User-Agent
      description: Contains the user agent of the end user that is requesting the operation.
      in: header
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/string-no-edge-spaces'
      examples:
        User Agent:
          value: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/58.0.3029.110 Safari/537.36
    x-uphold-user-origin:
      name: X-Uphold-User-Origin
      description: Contains the origin of the request made by the end user.
      in: header
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/string-no-edge-spaces'
      examples:
        Origin:
          value: https://uphold.com
  schemas:
    payment-widget-session:
      type: object
      properties:
        flow:
          type: string
          description: The flow of the payment widget session.
          enum:
          - authorize
          - select-for-deposit
          - select-for-withdrawal
        url:
          description: The URL of the widget session that should be opened.
          type: string
          format: uri
        token:
          description: The token identifying the authenticated user.
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          description: Additional data associated with the session.
          additionalProperties: true
      required:
      - flow
      - url
      - token
    create-payment-widget-session-select-for-deposit-flow:
      type: object
      properties:
        flow:
          description: The flow of the payment widget session.
          type: string
          enum:
          - select-for-deposit
      required:
      - flow
    subdivision-code-for-request:
      type: string
      pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}-[A-Z0-9]{1,3}$
    country-code-for-request:
      type: string
      pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$
    create-payment-widget-session-authorize-flow:
      type: object
      properties:
        flow:
          description: The flow of the payment widget session.
          type: string
          enum:
          - authorize
        data:
          description: The data for the authorize flow.
          type: object
          properties:
            quoteId:
              description: The quote ID to authorize.
              type: string
              format: uuid
          required:
          - quoteId
      required:
      - flow
      - data
    create-payment-widget-session-select-for-withdrawal-flow:
      type: object
      properties:
        flow:
          description: The flow of the payment widget session.
          type: string
          enum:
          - select-for-withdrawal
      required:
      - flow
    error:
      description: The error information.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/feedback'
    string-no-edge-spaces:
      type: string
      pattern: ^\S.*\S$|^\S$
    feedback:
      description: A feedback message with a code and human-readable description.
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          description: A short string with a brief explanation about the code reported.
          type: string
        message:
          description: A human-readable message providing more details.
          type: string
        details:
          description: Additional information about the feedback reported.
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
      required:
      - code
      - message
  responses:
    bad-request:
      description: Bad Request.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
          examples:
            Invalid Request:
              value:
                code: request_invalid
                message: The request has missing or invalid parameters
                details:
                  context: <context>
                  violations:
                  - property: <property>
                    rule: required
                  - property: <property>
                    rule: type
                    ruleParams:
                      type: string
      headers:
        x-uphold-request-id:
          description: A unique identifier for the request that can be shared with Uphold for troubleshooting purposes.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          examples:
            Request ID:
              value: 9092ee4d-f0fb-42e9-8787-b668dbcec531
    forbidden:
      description: Forbidden.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
          examples:
            Token Insufficient Scopes:
              value:
                code: token_insufficient_scopes
                message: Authorization failed due to insufficient scopes
                details:
                  security:
                  - scheme: OAuth
                    schemeScopes:
                    - required:scope_1
                    - required:scope_2
                    tokenScopes:
                    - token:scope
      headers:
        x-uphold-request-id:
          description: A unique identifier for the request that can be shared with Uphold for troubleshooting purposes.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          examples:
            Request ID:
              value: 9092ee4d-f0fb-42e9-8787-b668dbcec531
    create-payment-widget-session-conflict-response:
      description: Business logic error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
          examples:
            Payment Widget Not Enabled:
              value:
                code: operation_not_allowed
                message: The payment widget is not enabled for your organization
                details:
                  reasons:
                  - permission-denied
      headers:
        x-uphold-request-id:
          description: A unique identifier for the request that can be shared with Uphold for troubleshooting purposes.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          examples:
            Request ID:
              value: 9092ee4d-f0fb-42e9-8787-b668dbcec531
    create-payment-widget-session-response:
      description: Session created.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              session:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/payment-widget-session'
            required:
            - session
          examples:
            Select for Deposit Session Created:
              value:
                session:
                  flow: select-for-deposit
                  url: https://payment.enterprise.uphold.com/
                  token: GEbRxBN...edjnXbL
            Select for Withdrawal Session Created:
              value:
                session:
                  flow: select-for-withdrawal
                  url: https://payment.enterprise.uphold.com/
                  token: GEbRxBN...edjnXbL
            Authorize Session Created:
              value:
                session:
                  flow: authorize
                  url: https://payment.enterprise.uphold.com/
                  token: GEbRxBN...edjnXbL
                  data:
                    quoteId: 623000c8-9bdf-4a2b-aa3d-6a6b44a7f6a0
      headers:
        x-uphold-request-id:
          description: A unique identifier for the request that can be shared with Uphold for troubleshooting purposes.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          examples:
            Request ID:
              value: 9092ee4d-f0fb-42e9-8787-b668dbcec531
    too-many-requests:
      description: Too Many Requests.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: The number of seconds to wait before making a new request.
          schema:
            type: integer
            format: int32
          examples:
            Retry After:
              value: 60
        x-uphold-request-id:
          description: A unique identifier for the request that can be shared with Uphold for troubleshooting purposes.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          examples:
            Request ID:
              value: 9092ee4d-f0fb-42e9-8787-b668dbcec531
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
          examples:
            Too Many Requests:
              value:
                code: too_many_requests
                message: Try again later
    unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
          examples:
            Token Expired:
              value:
                code: token_expired
                message: The access token has expired
            Token Invalid:
              value:
                code: token_invalid
                message: The access token is invalid
            Token Revoked:
              value:
                code: token_revoked
                message: The access token has been revoked
      headers:
        x-uphold-request-id:
          description: A unique identifier for the request that can be shared with Uphold for troubleshooting purposes.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          examples:
            Request ID:
              value: 9092ee4d-f0fb-42e9-8787-b668dbcec531
  requestBodies:
    create-payment-widget-session-request-body:
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            discriminator:
              propertyName: flow
              mapping:
                select-for-deposit: '#/components/schemas/create-payment-widget-session-select-for-deposit-flow'
                select-for-withdrawal: '#/components/schemas/create-payment-widget-session-select-for-withdrawal-flow'
                authorize: '#/components/schemas/create-payment-widget-session-authorize-flow'
            oneOf:
            - title: Select for deposit
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/create-payment-widget-session-select-for-deposit-flow'
            - title: Select for withdrawal
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/create-payment-widget-session-select-for-withdrawal-flow'
            - title: Authorize
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/create-payment-widget-session-authorize-flow'
            required:
            - flow
          examples:
            Create Select for Deposit Session:
              value:
                flow: select-for-deposit
            Create Select for Withdrawal Session:
              value:
                flow: select-for-withdrawal
            Create Authorize Session:
              value:
                flow: authorize
                data:
                  quoteId: 623000c8-9bdf-4a2b-aa3d-6a6b44a7f6a0
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: /core/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            widgets.payment.sessions:create: Grants access to create payment widget sessions.
            widgets.travel-rule.sessions:create: Grants access to create Travel Rule widget sessions.
            widgets.kyc.sessions:create: Grants access to create KYC widget sessions.