The Western Union Company

western-union Orders API

Payment order management.

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Operations 2

GET /customers/{clientId}/orders List Orders #

GET /customers/{clientId}/orders/{orderId} Get Order #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Western Union Mass Payments Balances Orders API
  description: The Western Union Mass Payments API enables financial institutions and enterprise customers to send up to 10,000 international payments in a single batch across 130+ currencies in 200+ countries and territories. The API supports payment lifecycle management including batch creation, adding payments, FX quotes, committing, and tracking. Authentication requires mutual TLS (mTLS) client certificates provided by Western Union upon partnership enrollment.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Western Union Partnership Program
    url: https://developer.westernunion.com/getting-started.html
    email: wuconnect@westernunion.com
  license:
    name: Western Union Partner Terms
    url: https://developer.westernunion.com/getting-started.html
servers:
- url: https://api.westernunion.com
  description: Production endpoint
- url: https://api-sandbox.westernunion.com
  description: Sandbox for testing
tags:
- name: Orders
  description: Payment order management.
paths:
  /customers/{clientId}/orders:
    get:
      operationId: listOrders
      summary: List Orders
      description: Returns all payment orders for the customer account.
      tags:
      - Orders
      security:
      - mtlsAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: clientId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The partner's Western Union client ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of orders.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrdersResponse'
  /customers/{clientId}/orders/{orderId}:
    get:
      operationId: getOrder
      summary: Get Order
      description: Returns the details and status of a specific payment order.
      tags:
      - Orders
      security:
      - mtlsAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: clientId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The partner's Western Union client ID.
      - name: orderId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The order identifier.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Order details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrderResponse'
        '404':
          description: Order not found.
components:
  schemas:
    OrdersResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        orders:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrderResponse'
    OrderResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        customerId:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pending
          - processed
          - rejected
          - cancelled
        settlementCurrency:
          type: string
        partnerReference:
          type: string
        createdOn:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        lastUpdatedOn:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        errorCode:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    mtlsAuth:
      type: mutualTLS
      description: Mutual TLS authentication using client certificates provided by Western Union upon enrollment in the Partnership Program. Include the certificate and key with every request.