# 8.2. Charging an existing profile

After successful profile registration, the `paymentProfileId` parameter will be returned. It is required in order to charge the profile.

To charge an existing profile, send a `POST` request to:

```
https://api.axepta.pl/v1/merchant/{merchantId}/transaction/profile
```

where:
* `merchantId` - client identifier.

#### Example URL to send the POST request to

```
https://api.axepta.pl/v1/merchant/6yt3gjtm9p7b8h9xsdqz/transaction/profile
```

#### Request payload

```json
{
    "serviceId": "63f574ed-d4ad-407e-9981-39ed7584a7b7",
    "paymentProfileId": "39ac1087-e632-41ff-acb8-8d661068a9d5",
    "amount": 100,
    "currency": "PLN",
    "orderId": "123456"
}
```

where:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `serviceId` | string(36) | ✔️ | Store identifier as UUID v4. |
| `paymentProfileId` | string(36) | ✔️ | Identifier of the profile to be charged. |
| `amount` | integer(1-999999999) | ✔️ | Amount in the smallest currency unit, e.g. grosz. |
| `currency` | string(3) | ✔️ | Currency in ISO 4217 format. |
| `orderID` | string(100) | ✔️ | Merchant order number - allowed characters: A-Za-z0-9#_-.\/ plus space and UNICODE 00C0 - 02C0. |
| `title` | string(255) | - | Transaction title - allowed characters: A-Za-z0-9#&_-"',.\/ plus space and UNICODE 00C0 - 02C0. |

#### Possible statuses
Attempting to charge a profile can return two statuses:

| Status | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `Success` | string | Success - profile charged |
| `Fail` | string | Error - profile was not charged |

#### Server response

If an attempt is made to charge an inactive profile, the response will look like:

```json
{
    "status": "FAIL",
    "message": "Payment profile inactive.",
    "data": {
        "errorCode": "PAYMENT_PROFILE_INACTIVE",
        "errorId": 120301,
        "bqh": "6jO"
    }
}
```

#### ErrorCode descriptions
When the server returns status "FAIL", the following errors (`errorCode`) may occur:

| errorCode | Type | Description |
|----------|------|-------------|
| `PAYMENT_PROFILE_INACTIVE` | string | Payment profile deactivated |
| `PAYMENT_PROFILE_NOT_FOUND` | string | Payment profile not found |
| `SCHEMA_VALIDATION` | string | Character validation error. The request payload is invalid or does not meet character requirements |