Mercado Pago · Example Payload

Mercado Pago Create Payment Example

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Mercado Pago Create Payment Example is an example object payload from Mercado Pago, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.mercadopago.com/v1/payments",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer APP_USR-1234567890",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "X-Idempotency-Key": "f7b2a1d4-0b1c-4ec2-aaaa-9e8b1d2f3c4d"
    },
    "body": {
      "transaction_amount": 100.0,
      "description": "Test product purchase",
      "payment_method_id": "pix",
      "external_reference": "ORDER-2026-0001",
      "notification_url": "https://merchant.example.com/webhooks/mercadopago",
      "payer": {
        "email": "test_user@testuser.com",
        "first_name": "Test",
        "last_name": "User",
        "identification": {
          "type": "CPF",
          "number": "19119119100"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 201,
    "body": {
      "id": 1234567890,
      "date_created": "2026-05-25T13:01:02.000-03:00",
      "date_approved": null,
      "status": "pending",
      "status_detail": "pending_waiting_transfer",
      "currency_id": "BRL",
      "transaction_amount": 100.0,
      "transaction_amount_refunded": 0,
      "payment_method_id": "pix",
      "payment_type_id": "bank_transfer",
      "external_reference": "ORDER-2026-0001",
      "point_of_interaction": {
        "type": "PIX",
        "transaction_data": {
          "qr_code": "00020126360014BR.GOV.BCB.PIX0114+5511999998888...",
          "qr_code_base64": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAA...",
          "ticket_url": "https://www.mercadopago.com.br/payments/1234567890/ticket"
        }
      },
      "payer": {
        "email": "test_user@testuser.com",
        "identification": {
          "type": "CPF",
          "number": "19119119100"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}