GoCardless API API Documentation
Create a Billing Request
POST {{url}}/billing_requests
Billing Requests help create resources that require input or action from a customer. An example of required input might be additional customer billing details, while an action would be asking a customer to authorise a payment using their mobile banking app. See Billing Requests: Overview for how-to’s, explanations and tutorials.
Body
PARAM
| Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
HEADERS
| Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
RESPONSES
status Created
| {
"billing_requests": {
"id": "BRQ0006TNHTV0FZ",
"created_at": "2024-08-09T14:05:01.215Z",
"status": "pending",
"mandate_request": {
"currency": "GBP",
"constraints": null,
"scheme": "bacs",
"sweeping": false,
"verify": "recommended",
"links": {},
"metadata": {
"key": "value"
},
"description": null,
"payer_requested_dual_signature": false
},
"payment_request": {
"description": "Handcrafted Granite Mouse",
"currency": "GBP",
"amount": 15369,
"min_amount": null,
"max_amount": null,
"default_min_amount": null,
"default_max_amount": null,
"app_fee": null,
"scheme": "faster_payments",
"links": {},
"metadata": {
"key": "value"
},
"flexible_amount": false,
"reference": null,
"funds_settlement": "managed"
},
"metadata": {
"test": "BR269"
},
"links": {
"customer": "CU00181SBYD8FD",
"customer_billing_detail": "CBD000N4T2RHJR5",
"creditor": "CR0000796J2GYR",
"organisation": "OR000056YMCJ5G",
"payment_request": "PRQ0000VSWQ9ETG",
"mandate_request": "MRQ00069VGEWRTY"
},
"fallback_enabled": false,
"fallback_occurred": false,
"sign_flow_url": null,
"auto_fulfil": true,
"creditor_name": "Your Company Name",
"actions": [
{
"type": "choose_currency",
"required": true,
"completes_actions": [],
"requires_actions": [],
"status": "completed",
"available_currencies": [
"GBP",
"EUR"
]
},
{
"type": "collect_amount",
"required": true,
"completes_actions": [],
"requires_actions": [],
"status": "completed"
},
{
"type": "collect_customer_details",
"required": true,
"completes_actions": [],
"requires_actions": [
"choose_currency",
"collect_amount"
],
"status": "pending",
"collect_customer_details": {
"incomplete_fields": {
"customer": [
"email",
"given_name",
"family_name"
],
"customer_billing_detail": [
"address_line1",
"city",
"postal_code",
"country_code"
]
},
"default_country_code": "GB"
}
},
{
"type": "select_institution",
"required": true,
"completes_actions": [],
"requires_actions": [],
"status": "pending",
"institution_guess_status": "pending"
},
{
"type": "collect_bank_account",
"required": true,
"completes_actions": [
"choose_currency"
],
"available_country_codes": [
"GB"
],
"requires_actions": [
"collect_amount"
],
"status": "pending"
},
{
"type": "confirm_payer_details",
"required": true,
"completes_actions": [],
"requires_actions": [
"collect_customer_details",
"collect_bank_account"
],
"status": "pending"
},
{
"type": "bank_authorisation",
"required": true,
"completes_actions": [],
"requires_actions": [
"select_institution"
],
"status": "pending",
"bank_authorisation": {
"authorisation_type": "payment",
"adapter": "open_banking_gateway_pis"
}
}
],
"resources": {
"customer": {
"id": "CU00181SBYD8FD",
"created_at": "2024-08-09T14:05:01.162Z",
"email": null,
"given_name": null,
"family_name": null,
"company_name": null,
"language": "en",
"phone_number": null,
"metadata": {}
},
"customer_billing_detail": {
"id": "CBD000N4T2RHJR5",
"created_at": "2024-08-09T14:05:01.199Z",
"address_line1": null,
"address_line2": null,
"address_line3": null,
"city": null,
"region": null,
"postal_code": null,
"country_code": null,
"swedish_identity_number": null,
"danish_identity_number": null
}
},
"experimentation": {
"is_eligible_for_share_of_wallet_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_optional_vm_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_institution_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_ach_optional_address_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_ach_mx_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_single_tab_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_bankid_safe_start_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_ibp_direct_bank_link_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_ibp_v2_single_screen_flow_experiments": false,
"is_eligible_for_remove_payer_name_experiments": false
}
}
} |
Curl
curl -X POST 'https://api-sandbox.gocardless.com/billing_requests'
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