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POST
/
v1
/
businesses
/
{businessId}
/
payouts
Create payout
curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/payouts \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "external_id": "payout-1234",
  "paid_out_amount": 123,
  "fee": 123,
  "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "payments": [
    {
      "invoice_payment_id": "efc07679-58fb-4509-9b69-05559f29b669",
      "invoice_payment_external_id": "payment-31415"
    }
  ],
  "additional_refunds_amount": 0,
  "processor": "STRIPE",
  "refunds": [],
  "other_transactions": [
    {
      "amount": 123,
      "direction": "CREDIT",
      "account": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "description": "<string>",
      "external_id": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "key": "department",
      "value": "sales",
      "dimension_display_name": "Department",
      "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
    }
  ],
  "memo": "<string>",
  "metadata": {
    "custom_field": "value",
    "any valid json": "below 1kb",
    "nested": {
      "meaning of life": 42,
      "array": []
    }
  },
  "reference_number": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "external_id": "payout-1234",
  "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "paid_out_amount": 123,
  "fee": 123,
  "processor": "STRIPE",
  "imported_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "match": {
    "id": "6b0a3734-f4ef-4fb0-9fc1-3f59b0c1cf99",
    "match_type": "PAYOUT",
    "bank_transaction": {
      "type": "Bank_Transaction_Data",
      "id": "a703c8d6-cfe8-453d-a275-b92eacc6fc6e",
      "business_id": "738ec216-e8e5-48f2-b7f2-cdc89c96b3d4",
      "source": "STRIPE",
      "source_transaction_id": "trxn_1sdOeLQiFAKE2LQBkcvrJw95f",
      "source_account_id": "738ec216-e154-48f2-1111-cdc89c96b3d4",
      "imported_at": "2024-03-19T22:09:53.290591Z",
      "date": "2024-03-06T06:06:40Z",
      "direction": "CREDIT",
      "amount": 87459,
      "counterparty_name": null,
      "description": "Payout (po_1OqnTHISISFAKEiTVBkCiyAERwm)",
      "account_name": "Layer Banking",
      "categorization_status": "MATCHED"
    },
    "details": {
      "type": "Payout_Match",
      "id": "d224508b-b05e-41da-89de-0fbd8a573507",
      "amount": 87459,
      "date": "2024-03-06T00:00:00Z",
      "description": "Payout from STRIPE",
      "adjustment": null
    }
  },
  "payments": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "external_id": "payment-1",
      "at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "method": "CASH",
      "fee": 123,
      "prepayment_account": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "payment_clearing_account": {
        "id": {
          "type": "AccountId",
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
        },
        "name": "Current Assets",
        "account_number": "4000",
        "stable_name": {
          "type": "StableName",
          "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
        },
        "normality": "CREDIT",
        "account_type": {
          "value": "ASSET",
          "display_name": "Asset"
        },
        "account_subtype": {
          "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
          "display_name": "Current Assets"
        }
      },
      "additional_fees": [
        {
          "fee_amount": 123,
          "description": "<string>",
          "account": {
            "type": "AccountId",
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
          },
          "is_passed_to_customer": true
        }
      ],
      "amount": 123,
      "processor": "STRIPE",
      "imported_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "allocations": [
        {
          "invoice_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "payment_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "amount": 123,
          "transaction_tags": [
            {
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "key": "ExampleTagKey",
              "value": "ExampleTagValue",
              "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
              "value_display_name": "<string>",
              "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
            }
          ],
          "memo": "<string>",
          "metadata": {
            "custom_field": "value",
            "any valid json": "below 1kb",
            "nested": {
              "meaning of life": 42,
              "array": []
            }
          },
          "reference_number": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "refund_allocations": [],
      "payouts": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "external_id": "payout-1234",
          "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "paid_out_amount": 123,
          "fee": 123,
          "processor": "STRIPE",
          "imported_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "match": {
            "id": "6b0a3734-f4ef-4fb0-9fc1-3f59b0c1cf99",
            "match_type": "PAYOUT",
            "bank_transaction": {
              "type": "Bank_Transaction_Data",
              "id": "a703c8d6-cfe8-453d-a275-b92eacc6fc6e",
              "business_id": "738ec216-e8e5-48f2-b7f2-cdc89c96b3d4",
              "source": "STRIPE",
              "source_transaction_id": "trxn_1sdOeLQiFAKE2LQBkcvrJw95f",
              "source_account_id": "738ec216-e154-48f2-1111-cdc89c96b3d4",
              "imported_at": "2024-03-19T22:09:53.290591Z",
              "date": "2024-03-06T06:06:40Z",
              "direction": "CREDIT",
              "amount": 87459,
              "counterparty_name": null,
              "description": "Payout (po_1OqnTHISISFAKEiTVBkCiyAERwm)",
              "account_name": "Layer Banking",
              "categorization_status": "MATCHED"
            },
            "details": {
              "type": "Payout_Match",
              "id": "d224508b-b05e-41da-89de-0fbd8a573507",
              "amount": 87459,
              "date": "2024-03-06T00:00:00Z",
              "description": "Payout from STRIPE",
              "adjustment": null
            }
          },
          "transaction_tags": [
            {
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "key": "ExampleTagKey",
              "value": "ExampleTagValue",
              "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
              "value_display_name": "<string>",
              "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
            }
          ],
          "memo": "<string>",
          "metadata": {
            "custom_field": "value",
            "any valid json": "below 1kb",
            "nested": {
              "meaning of life": 42,
              "array": []
            }
          },
          "reference_number": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "transaction_tags": [],
      "memo": "<string>",
      "metadata": {
        "custom_field": "value",
        "any valid json": "below 1kb",
        "nested": {
          "meaning of life": 42,
          "array": []
        }
      },
      "reference_number": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "refunds": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "external_id": "31415926535",
      "refunded_amount": 123,
      "status": "PAID",
      "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "is_dedicated": true,
      "allocations": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "invoice_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "amount": 123,
          "account_identifier": {
            "type": "AccountId",
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
          },
          "invoice_external_id": "<string>",
          "invoice_line_item_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "invoice_line_item_external_id": "<string>",
          "invoice_payment_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "invoice_payment_external_id": "<string>",
          "customer": {
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "external_id": "31415926535",
            "individual_name": "<string>",
            "company_name": "<string>",
            "email": "<string>",
            "mobile_phone": "<string>",
            "office_phone": "<string>",
            "address_string": "<string>",
            "memo": "<string>",
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "transaction_tags": [
              {
                "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                "key": "ExampleTagKey",
                "value": "ExampleTagValue",
                "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
                "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
                "value_display_name": "<string>",
                "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
              }
            ]
          },
          "transaction_tags": [
            {
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "key": "ExampleTagKey",
              "value": "ExampleTagValue",
              "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
              "value_display_name": "<string>",
              "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
            }
          ],
          "memo": "<string>",
          "metadata": {
            "custom_field": "value",
            "any valid json": "below 1kb",
            "nested": {
              "meaning of life": 42,
              "array": []
            }
          },
          "reference_number": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "payments": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "external_id": "31415926535",
          "refunded_amount": 123,
          "fee": 123,
          "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "method": "CREDIT_CARD",
          "processor": "STRIPE",
          "payment_clearing_account": {
            "id": {
              "type": "AccountId",
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "name": "Current Assets",
            "account_number": "4000",
            "stable_name": {
              "type": "StableName",
              "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
            },
            "normality": "CREDIT",
            "account_type": {
              "value": "ASSET",
              "display_name": "Asset"
            },
            "account_subtype": {
              "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
              "display_name": "Current Assets"
            }
          },
          "refunded_payment_fees": [
            {
              "account": {
                "type": "AccountId",
                "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
              },
              "description": "<string>",
              "fee_amount": 123
            }
          ],
          "transaction_tags": [
            {
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "key": "ExampleTagKey",
              "value": "ExampleTagValue",
              "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
              "value_display_name": "<string>",
              "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
            }
          ],
          "memo": "<string>",
          "metadata": {
            "custom_field": "value",
            "any valid json": "below 1kb",
            "nested": {
              "meaning of life": 42,
              "array": []
            }
          },
          "reference_number": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "payouts": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "external_id": "payout-1234",
          "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "paid_out_amount": 123,
          "fee": 123,
          "processor": "STRIPE",
          "imported_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "match": {
            "id": "6b0a3734-f4ef-4fb0-9fc1-3f59b0c1cf99",
            "match_type": "PAYOUT",
            "bank_transaction": {
              "type": "Bank_Transaction_Data",
              "id": "a703c8d6-cfe8-453d-a275-b92eacc6fc6e",
              "business_id": "738ec216-e8e5-48f2-b7f2-cdc89c96b3d4",
              "source": "STRIPE",
              "source_transaction_id": "trxn_1sdOeLQiFAKE2LQBkcvrJw95f",
              "source_account_id": "738ec216-e154-48f2-1111-cdc89c96b3d4",
              "imported_at": "2024-03-19T22:09:53.290591Z",
              "date": "2024-03-06T06:06:40Z",
              "direction": "CREDIT",
              "amount": 87459,
              "counterparty_name": null,
              "description": "Payout (po_1OqnTHISISFAKEiTVBkCiyAERwm)",
              "account_name": "Layer Banking",
              "categorization_status": "MATCHED"
            },
            "details": {
              "type": "Payout_Match",
              "id": "d224508b-b05e-41da-89de-0fbd8a573507",
              "amount": 87459,
              "date": "2024-03-06T00:00:00Z",
              "description": "Payout from STRIPE",
              "adjustment": null
            }
          },
          "transaction_tags": [
            {
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "key": "ExampleTagKey",
              "value": "ExampleTagValue",
              "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
              "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
              "value_display_name": "<string>",
              "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
            }
          ],
          "memo": "<string>",
          "metadata": {
            "custom_field": "value",
            "any valid json": "below 1kb",
            "nested": {
              "meaning of life": 42,
              "array": []
            }
          },
          "reference_number": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "transaction_tags": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "key": "ExampleTagKey",
          "value": "ExampleTagValue",
          "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
          "value_display_name": "<string>",
          "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
        }
      ],
      "memo": "<string>",
      "metadata": {
        "custom_field": "value",
        "any valid json": "below 1kb",
        "nested": {
          "meaning of life": 42,
          "array": []
        }
      },
      "reference_number": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "transaction_tags": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "key": "ExampleTagKey",
      "value": "ExampleTagValue",
      "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
      "value_display_name": "<string>",
      "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    }
  ],
  "memo": "<string>",
  "metadata": {
    "custom_field": "value",
    "any valid json": "below 1kb",
    "nested": {
      "meaning of life": 42,
      "array": []
    }
  },
  "reference_number": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

​
Content-Type
string

Content-Type must be set to application/json

Path Parameters

​
businessId
string
required

The UUID of the business to create a payout for

Body

application/json
​
external_id
string
required

Unique ID of the payout in your system for linking purposes.

Example:

"payout-1234"

​
paid_out_amount
integer<int64>
required

The amount of the payout, in cents. This amount can be negative if refunds and fees exceed payments.

​
fee
integer<int64>
required

The platform fee associated with the payout. Should be expressed as a positive value.

​
completed_at
string<date-time>
required

Timestamp of when the payout was completed

​
payments
(Reference existing payment · object | Create new payment and invoice · object)[]
required

List of invoice payments to associate with the payout. Can refer to existing payments by ID or external ID. Alternatively, you can create new payments by specifying the payment amount and payment external ID.

​
additional_refunds_amount
integer<int64>
default:0

The amount of additional refunds associated with the payout, in cents. This should only be used when refunds cannot be individually itemized in the refunds array. Should be expressed as a positive value.

​
processor
enum<string> | null

Processor used to make the payment. If not null, every payment or refund associated with the payout must have the same processor

Available options:
STRIPE,
PAYPAL,
SHOPIFY,
ADYEN,
RAINFOREST
Example:

"STRIPE"

​
refunds
(Reference existing refund payment · object | Create new refund with payment · object)[]

List of refund payments to associate with the payout. Can refer to existing payments by ID or external ID, or by their refund's ID or external ID (so long as said refund has exactly one payment). Alternatively, you can create new refund payments by specifying the refund amount and refund external ID.

​
other_transactions
object[]

A list of other transactions associated with the payout

​
tags
object[]
​
memo
string | null

Memo for any text you would like to associate with the payout (for example, to display to end users).

​
metadata
object

Arbitrary custom metadata in JSON format with a size limit of 1KB

Example:
{
  "custom_field": "value",
  "any valid json": "below 1kb",
  "nested": { "meaning of life": 42, "array": [] }
}
​
reference_number
string | null

Any (typically user-visible) identifier you would like to associate with the payout. Can be used to filter when listing payouts.

Response

Payout has been successfully updated or unchanged.

​
id
string<uuid>

Unique ID for the Payout. Idempotency key.

​
external_id
string | null

Unique ID of the payout in your system for linking purposes.

Example:

"payout-1234"

​
business_id
string<uuid>

ID of the Business that generated the payout.

​
paid_out_amount
integer<int64>

The amount of the payout, in cents

​
fee
integer<int64>

The platform fee associated with the payout

​
processor
enum<string> | null

Processor used to make the payment, if any. If not null, every payment or refund associated with the payout must have the same processor

Available options:
STRIPE,
PAYPAL,
SHOPIFY,
ADYEN,
RAINFOREST
Example:

"STRIPE"

​
imported_at
string<date-time>

Timestamp of when the payout was imported

​
completed_at
string<date-time>

Timestamp of when the payout was completed

​
match
object

The transaction match associated with the payout

Example:
{
  "id": "6b0a3734-f4ef-4fb0-9fc1-3f59b0c1cf99",
  "match_type": "PAYOUT",
  "bank_transaction": {
    "type": "Bank_Transaction_Data",
    "id": "a703c8d6-cfe8-453d-a275-b92eacc6fc6e",
    "business_id": "738ec216-e8e5-48f2-b7f2-cdc89c96b3d4",
    "source": "STRIPE",
    "source_transaction_id": "trxn_1sdOeLQiFAKE2LQBkcvrJw95f",
    "source_account_id": "738ec216-e154-48f2-1111-cdc89c96b3d4",
    "imported_at": "2024-03-19T22:09:53.290591Z",
    "date": "2024-03-06T06:06:40Z",
    "direction": "CREDIT",
    "amount": 87459,
    "counterparty_name": null,
    "description": "Payout (po_1OqnTHISISFAKEiTVBkCiyAERwm)",
    "account_name": "Layer Banking",
    "categorization_status": "MATCHED"
  },
  "details": {
    "type": "Payout_Match",
    "id": "d224508b-b05e-41da-89de-0fbd8a573507",
    "amount": 87459,
    "date": "2024-03-06T00:00:00Z",
    "description": "Payout from STRIPE",
    "adjustment": null
  }
}
​
payments
object[]

A list of invoice payments associated with the payout

​
refunds
object[]

A list of refunds associated with the payout

​
transaction_tags
object[]

A list of tags associated with the payout

​
memo
string | null

Memo for any text you would like to associate with the payout (for example, to display to end users).

​
metadata
object

Arbitrary custom metadata in JSON format with a size limit of 1KB

Example:
{
  "custom_field": "value",
  "any valid json": "below 1kb",
  "nested": { "meaning of life": 42, "array": [] }
}
​
reference_number
string | null

Any (typically user-visible) identifier you would like to associate with the payout. Can be used to filter when listing payouts.