create an instance of payments

Create an instance of payments

POST /2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls/{CallSid}/Payments.json

Twilio enabled secure payments solution for accepting credit and ACH payments over the phone.

create an instance of payments. This will start a new payments session

Path parameters

AccountSid string Required

The SID of the Account that will create the resource.
CallSid string Required

The SID of the call that will create the resource. Call leg associated with this sid is expected to provide payment information thru DTMF.

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body

BankAccountType string

Type of bank account if payment source is ACH. One of consumer-checking, consumer-savings, or commercial-checking. The default value is consumer-checking.

Values are consumer-checking, consumer-savings, or commercial-checking.
ChargeAmount number

A positive decimal value less than 1,000,000 to charge against the credit card or bank account. Default currency can be overwritten with currency field. Leave blank or set to 0 to tokenize.
Currency string

The currency of the charge_amount, formatted as ISO 4127 format. The default value is USD and all values allowed from the Connector are accepted.
Description string

The description can be used to provide more details regarding the transaction. This information is submitted along with the payment details to the Payment Connector which are then posted on the transactions.
IdempotencyKey string Required

A unique token that will be used to ensure that multiple API calls with the same information do not result in multiple transactions. This should be a unique string value per API call and can be a randomly generated.
Input string

A list of inputs that should be accepted. Currently only dtmf is supported. All digits captured during a pay session are redacted from the logs.
MinPostalCodeLength integer

A positive integer that is used to validate the length of the PostalCode inputted by the user. User must enter this many digits.
Parameter

A single-level JSON object used to pass custom parameters to payment processors. (Required for ACH payments). The information that has to be included here depends on the Connector. Read more.
PaymentConnector string

This is the unique name corresponding to the Payment Gateway Connector installed in the Twilio Add-ons. Learn more about Connectors. The default value is Default.
PaymentMethod string

Type of payment being captured. One of credit-card or ach-debit. The default value is credit-card.

Values are credit-card or ach-debit.
PostalCode boolean

Indicates whether the credit card postal code (zip code) is a required piece of payment information that must be provided by the caller. The default is true.
SecurityCode boolean

Indicates whether the credit card security code is a required piece of payment information that must be provided by the caller. The default is true.
StatusCallback string(uri) Required

Provide an absolute or relative URL to receive status updates regarding your Pay session. Read more about the expected StatusCallback values
Timeout integer

The number of seconds that should wait for the caller to press a digit between each subsequent digit, after the first one, before moving on to validate the digits captured. The default is 5, maximum is 600.
TokenType string

Indicates whether the payment method should be tokenized as a one-time or reusable token. The default value is reusable. Do not enter a charge amount when tokenizing. If a charge amount is entered, the payment method will be charged and not tokenized.

Values are one-time or reusable.
ValidCardTypes string

Credit card types separated by space that Pay should accept. The default value is visa mastercard amex

Responses

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- account_sid string | null
  
  The SID of the Account that created the Payments resource.
  
  Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.
- call_sid string | null
  
  The SID of the Call the resource is associated with.
  
  Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^CA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.
- date_created string(date-time-rfc-2822) | null
  
  The RFC 2822 date and time in GMT that the resource was created
- date_updated string(date-time-rfc-2822) | null
  
  The RFC 2822 date and time in GMT that the resource was last updated
- sid string | null
  
  The SID of the Payments resource.
  
  Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^PK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.
- uri string(uri) | null
  
  The URI of the resource, relative to https://api.twilio.com

POST /2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls/{CallSid}/Payments.json

curl \
 -X POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls/{CallSid}/Payments.json \
 --user "username:password" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 -d 'BankAccountType=consumer-checking&ChargeAmount=42.0&Currency=string&Description=string&IdempotencyKey=string&Input=string&MinPostalCodeLength=42&PaymentConnector=string&PaymentMethod=credit-card&PostalCode=true&SecurityCode=true&StatusCallback=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&Timeout=42&TokenType=one-time&ValidCardTypes=string'

Request example

{
  "BankAccountType": "consumer-checking",
  "ChargeAmount": 42.0,
  "Currency": "string",
  "Description": "string",
  "IdempotencyKey": "string",
  "Input": "string",
  "MinPostalCodeLength": 42,
  "PaymentConnector": "string",
  "PaymentMethod": "credit-card",
  "PostalCode": true,
  "SecurityCode": true,
  "StatusCallback": "https://example.com",
  "Timeout": 42,
  "TokenType": "one-time",
  "ValidCardTypes": "string"
}

Response examples (201)

{
  "account_sid": "string",
  "call_sid": "string",
  "date_created": "string",
  "date_updated": "string",
  "sid": "string",
  "uri": "https://example.com"
}