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Pay an invoice

Pay an invoice

Request

Pays an invoice using an existing payment method.

Security
bearerAuth
Path
invoice_idstringrequired

Identifier for the invoices, either invoice_number or invoice_id

Query
fields[]Array of strings

Allows you to specify which fields are returned in the response.

Accepted values `custom_fields`, `created_by_id`, `updated_by_id`, `created_time`, `id`, `updated_time`, `state`, `balance`, `due_date`, `invoice_number`, `posted_by_id`, `state_transitions`, `description`, `account_id`, `total`, `subtotal`, `tax`, `paid`, `past_due`, `document_date`, `amount_paid`, `amount_refunded`, `payment_terms`, `bill_to_id`, `sold_to_id`, `billing_document_settings`, `currency`
Example:fields[]=id,created_time
invoice.fields[]Array of stringsdeprecated

Allows you to specify which fields are returned in the response.

Accepted values `custom_fields`, `created_by_id`, `updated_by_id`, `created_time`, `id`, `updated_time`, `state`, `balance`, `due_date`, `invoice_number`, `posted_by_id`, `state_transitions`, `description`, `account_id`, `total`, `subtotal`, `tax`, `paid`, `past_due`, `document_date`, `amount_paid`, `amount_refunded`, `payment_terms`, `bill_to_id`, `sold_to_id`, `billing_document_settings`, `currency`
Example:invoice.fields[]=id,created_time
invoice_items.fields[]Array of strings

Allows you to specify which fields are returned in the response.

Accepted values `custom_fields`, `created_by_id`, `updated_by_id`, `created_time`, `id`, `updated_time`, `amount`, `booking_reference`, `applied_to_item_id`, `price_id`, `discount_item`, `deferred_revenue_account`, `description`, `invoice_id`, `sku`, `name`, `purchase_order_number`, `quantity`, `recognized_revenue_account`, `remaining_balance`, `revenue_recognition_rule_name`, `accounting_code`, `service_end`, `service_start`, `accounts_receivable_account`, `subscription_id`, `subscription_item_id`, `tax`, `tax_code`, `tax_inclusive`, `unit_amount`, `unit_of_measure`, `document_item_date`
Example:invoice_items.fields[]=id,created_time
taxation_items.fields[]Array of strings

Allows you to specify which fields are returned in the response.

Accepted values `custom_fields`, `created_by_id`, `updated_by_id`, `created_time`, `id`, `updated_time`, `amount`, `amount_exempt`, `tax_date`, `jurisdiction`, `location_code`, `name`, `sales_tax_payable_account`, `tax_code`, `tax_code_name`, `tax_rate`, `tax_rate_name`, `tax_inclusive`, `tax_rate_type`, `amount_credited`, `amount_paid`, `remaining_balance`
Example:taxation_items.fields[]=id,created_time
account.fields[]Array of strings

Allows you to specify which fields are returned in the response.

Accepted values `custom_fields`, `created_by_id`, `updated_by_id`, `created_time`, `id`, `updated_time`, `auto_pay`, `account_number`, `bill_to_id`, `sold_to_id`, `billing_document_settings`, `communication_profile_id`, `crm_id`, `sales_rep`, `parent_account_id`, `payment_gateway`, `payment_terms`, `remaining_credit_memo_balance`, `remaining_debit_memo_balance`, `remaining_invoice_balance`, `remaining_payment_balance`, `sequence_set_id`, `tax_certificate`, `batch`, `tax_identifier`, `bill_cycle_day`, `description`, `name`, `currency`, `default_payment_method_id`, `enabled`
Example:account.fields[]=id,created_time
bill_to.fields[]Array of strings

Allows you to specify which fields are returned in the response.

Accepted values `custom_fields`, `created_by_id`, `updated_by_id`, `created_time`, `id`, `updated_time`, `account_id`, `address`, `home_phone`, `first_name`, `last_name`, `email`, `work_email`, `nickname`, `other_phone`, `work_phone`, `mobile_phone`, `tax_region`, `other_phone_type`, `fax`
Example:bill_to.fields[]=id,created_time
line_item.fields[]Array of strings

Allows you to specify which fields are returned in the response.

Accepted values `custom_fields`, `created_by_id`, `updated_by_id`, `created_time`, `id`, `updated_time`, `total`, `subtotal`, `quantity_fulfilled`, `quantity_pending_fulfillment`, `unit_of_measure`, `accounting_code`, `adjustment_liability_account`, `unit_amount`, `target_date`, `billing_rule`, `contract_asset_account`, `contract_liability_account`, `description`, `discount_total`, `revenue`, `discount_unit_amount`, `discount_percent`, `category`, `name`, `item_number`, `type`, `list_price`, `list_unit_price`, `original_order_date`, `original_order_id`, `original_order_line_item_id`, `original_order_line_item_number`, `original_order_number`, `product_code`, `price_id`, `purchase_order_number`, `quantity`, `quantity_available_for_return`, `related_subscription_number`, `requires_fulfillment`, `sold_to_id`, `original_sold_to_id`, `tax_code`, `tax_inclusive`, `end_date`, `start_date`, `unbilled_receivables_account`, `state`, `order_id`
Example:line_item.fields[]=id,created_time
expand[]Array of strings

Allows you to expand responses by including related object information in a single call. See the Expand responses section of the Quickstart API Tutorials for detailed instructions.

filter[]Array of strings

A case-sensitive filter on the list. See the Filter lists section of the Quickstart API Tutorial for detailed instructions.
Note that the filters on this operation are only applicable to the related objects. For example, when you are calling the "Retrieve a billing document" operation, you can use the filter[] parameter on the related objects such as filter[]=items[account_id].EQ:8ad09e208858b5cf0188595208151c63

page_sizeinteger, [ 1 .. 99 ]

The maximum number of results to return in a single page. If the specified page_size is less than 1 or greater than 99, Zuora will return a 400 error.

Headers
zuora-track-idstring

A custom identifier for tracking API requests. If you set a value for this header, Zuora returns the same value in the response header. This header enables you to track your API calls to assist with troubleshooting in the event of an issue. The value of this field must use the US-ASCII character set and must not include any of the following characters: colon (:), semicolon (;), double quote ("), or quote (').

asyncboolean

Making asynchronous requests allows you to scale your applications more efficiently by leveraging Zuora's infrastructure to enqueue and execute requests for you without blocking. These requests also use built-in retry semantics, which makes them much less likely to fail for non-deterministic reasons, even in extreme high-throughput scenarios. Meanwhile, when you send a request to one of these endpoints, you can expect to receive a response in less than 150 milliseconds and these calls are unlikely to trigger rate limit errors. If set to true, Zuora returns a 202 Accepted response, and the response body contains only a request ID.

Default:false
zuora-entity-idsstring

An entity ID. If you have Multi-entity enabled and the authorization token is valid for more than one entity, you must use this header to specify which entity to perform the operation on. If the authorization token is only valid for a single entity or you do not have Multi-entity enabled, you do not need to set this header.

idempotency-keystring

Specify a unique idempotency key if you want to perform an idempotent POST or PATCH request. Do not use this header in other request types. This idempotency key should be a unique value, and the Zuora server identifies subsequent retries of the same request using this value. For more information, see Idempotent Requests.

accept-encodingstring

Include a accept-encoding: gzip header to compress responses, which can reduce the bandwidth required for a response. If specified, Zuora automatically compresses responses that contain over 1000 bytes. For more information about this header, see Request and Response Compression.

content-encodingstring

Include a content-encoding: gzip header to compress a request. Upload a gzipped file for the payload if you specify this header. For more information, see Request and Response Compression.

Bodyapplication/jsonrequired
amountnumber

The amount of the payment.

account_idstring

Identifier of the account that owns the invoice. Either account_id or account_number is required.

account_numberstring

Human-readable identifier of the account that owns the invoice. Either account_number or account_id is required.

authorization_idstring

Identifier of the authorization transaction from the payment gateway.

descriptionstring

An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

currencystringrequired

3-letter ISO 4217 currency code.

bank_account_accountstring

An active account in your Zuora Chart of Accounts.

payment_datestring, (date)

The date and time when the payment takes effect.

payment_method_idstring

Identifier of the payment method used to create this payment.

gateway_idstring

Identifier of the payment gateway that Zuora will use to authorize this payment.

gateway_order_idstring

A merchant-specified natural key value that can be passed to the payment gateway when a payment is created. If not specified, the payment number will be passed in instead.

reference_idstring

A second transaction identifier returned by the payment gateway if there is an additional transaction for the refunds. You may use this field to reconcile payments between your payment gateway and Zuora Payments.

gateway_optionsobject
Example:
{
  "key": "value"
}
statement_descriptorstring

A payment gateway-specific field used by Orbital, Vantiv and Verifi.

statement_descriptor_phonestring

A payment gateway-specific field used by Orbital, Vantiv and Verifi.

externalboolean

If true, indicates that this payment is not handled by Zuora.

custom_fieldsobject(CustomFields)

Set of user-defined fields associated with this object. Useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.

{
  "amount": 22,
  "currency": "USD",
  "payment_date": "2023-01-31",
  "account_id": "2c92c0f96abc17de016abd62bd0c5854",
  "payment_method_id": "8ad08ccf8292a2d20182a95408ac6530",
  "gateway_id": "2c92c0f86a8dd422016a941ee0d82c7f"
}

Responses

Default Response

Headers
ratelimit-limitstring

The request limit quota for the time window closest to exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

ratelimit-remainingnumber

The number of requests remaining in the time window closest to quota exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

ratelimit-resetnumber

The number of seconds until the quota resets for the time window closest to quota exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

zuora-request-idstring

Zuora’s internal identifier for this request.

zuora-track-idstring

A user-supplied identifier for this request. If you supply a zuora-track-id as a request header, Zuora returns the zuora-track-id as a response header.

Bodyapplication/json
idstringread-only

Unique identifier for the object.

updated_by_idstringread-only

Unique identifier of the Zuora user who last updated the object

updated_timestring, (date-time)read-only

The date and time when the object was last updated in ISO 8601 UTC format.

created_by_idstringread-only

Unique identifier of the Zuora user who created the object

created_timestring, (date-time)read-only

The date and time when the object was created in ISO 8601 UTC format.

custom_fieldsobject(CustomFields)

Set of user-defined fields associated with this object. Useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.

custom_objectsobjectread-only

The custom objects associated with a Zuora standard object.

account_idstring

Identifier of the account that owns the invoice.

descriptionstring

An arbitrary string associated with the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

due_datestring, (date)

The date on which payment for the invoice is due.

Example:"2023-01-01"
document_datestring, (date)

The date when the invoice takes effect.

Example:"2023-01-01"
transfer_to_accountingboolean

Whether to transfer to an external accounting system.

amount_paidnumber

The amount paid for the invoice.

Example:1496.4
payboolean

Indicates whether the invoice is automatically picked up for processing in the corresponding payment run.

currencystring

3-letter ISO 4217 currency code. This field is available only if you have the Multiple Currencies feature enabled.

invoice_numberstringread-only

A human-readable identifier for the invoice; may be user-supplied.

state_transitionsobject
posted_by_idstringread-only

Identifier of the Zuora user who posted the invoice.

statestring

The status of the invoice.

Enum:"draft""posted""open""canceled""failed"
accountobject(Account)

The account that owns the invoice. EXPANDABLE

itemsobject(InvoiceItemListResponse)read-only

List of invoice items.

totalnumberread-only

The total amount.

subtotalnumberread-only

The total amount exclusive of tax.

taxnumberread-only

The total tax amount.

remaining_balancenumberread-only

The total balance remaining.

paidbooleanread-only

Whether payment was successfully collected for this invoice. An invoice can be paid with a payment or a credit memo.

past_duebooleanread-only

Whether payment is past due.

bill_to_idstring or null

ID of the bill-to contact.

Example:"2c92c0f86a8dd422016a9e7a70116b0d"
payment_termsstring or null

The name of payment term associated with the invoice.

bill_toobject(Contact)read-only

The billing address for the customer.

billing_document_settingsobject(FlexibleBillingDocumentSettings)

The billing document settings for the customer.

sold_to_idstring or null

ID of the sold-to contact.

Example:"2c92c0f86a8dd422016a9e7a70116b0d"
sold_toobject(Contact)read-only

The selling address for the customer.

balancenumberread-onlydeprecated

The total balance remaining. This field is deprecated. Use remaining_balance field.

Response
{
  "id": "8ad08dc986023f76018608da69e8606a",
  "created_by_id": "2c92c0946a6dffc0016a7faab604299b",
  "created_time": "2023-01-31T09:22:57-08:00",
  "updated_by_id": "2c92c0946a6dffc0016a7faab604299b",
  "updated_time": "2023-01-31T09:22:57-08:00",
  "payment_number": "P-00002779",
  "payment_date": "2023-01-31",
  "gateway_id": "Test Gateway",
  "payment_method_id": "8ad08ccf8292a2d20182a95408ac6530",
  "reference_id": "6168540.740581938",
  "state": "posted",
  "account_id": "2c92c0f96abc17de016abd62bd0c5854",
  "amount": 22,
  "amount_refunded": 0,
  "remaining_balance": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "gateway_response": "This transaction has been approved by Test gateway.",
  "gateway_response_code": "approve",
  "gateway_state": "submitted",
  "custom_fields": {
    "field__c": "custom field value"
  },
  "state_transitions": {},
  "gateway_state_transitions": {
    "submitted_time": "2023-01-31T09:22:57-08:00"
  },
  "custom_objects": {}
}