PayPal · Schema
Authorization
The authorized payment transaction.
BillingCommerceDisputesInvoicesOrderPaymentsPayoutsSubscriptionTokensWebhook
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "#/components/schemas/authorization",
"title": "Authorization",
"type": "object",
"description": "The authorized payment transaction.",
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/authorization_status"
},
{
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "The PayPal-generated ID for the authorized payment.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true
},
"amount": {
"description": "The amount for this authorized payment.",
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/money",
"readOnly": true
},
"invoice_id": {
"description": "The API caller-provided external invoice number for this order. Appears in both the payer's transaction history and the emails that the payer receives.",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true
},
"custom_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The API caller-provided external ID. Used to reconcile API caller-initiated transactions with PayPal transactions. Appears in transaction and settlement reports.",
"maxLength": 127
},
"network_transaction_reference": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/network_transaction_reference"
},
"seller_protection": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/seller_protection",
"readOnly": true
},
"expiration_time": {
"description": "The date and time when the authorized payment expires, in [Internet date and time format](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339#section-5.6).",
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/date_time",
"readOnly": true
},
"links": {
"description": "An array of related [HATEOAS links](/docs/api/reference/api-responses/#hateoas-links).",
"type": "array",
"readOnly": true,
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/link_description"
}
}
}
},
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/activity_timestamps"
}
]
}
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