Retrieve an outbound payment

Operation ID: getOutboundPayment

Group: Accounting › Outbound Payments

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GET /accounting/outbound-payments/{id}

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Retrieves an outbound payment. Use the outbound payment's id, not its outboundPaymentNumber.

An outbound payment has one or more lines. The response includes the lines, which GET accounting/outbound-payments doesn't return.

POST accounting/outbound-payments/search returns the same record for each match.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
Api-Version header string · v1 yes The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version v1.
id path string yes The unique identifier of the outbound payment you want to retrieve. Example: "3b7d5e9c-1a24-4f80-9c6d-2e8f70b13a45".

Response

200 Success

Under data (getOutboundPaymentOutput):

Field Type Required Description
id string yes The unique identifier for the outbound payment.
outboundPaymentNumber string no The outbound payment number. Absent until a number has been assigned.
description string no A description of the payment.
paymentDate date yes The date the payment was made. Format YYYY-MM-DD.
paymentCurrency string yes The currency the payment is denominated in. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. Governs totalPaid, appliedAmount and unappliedAmount.
paymentType string yes How the money was sent, for example 'ach', 'wire' or 'check'.
status string yes The processing status of the payment.
approvalStatus string no Where the payment sits in the approval workflow.
applicationStatus string no How much of the payment has been applied to bills. Values include 'unapplied', 'partiallyApplied' and 'applied'.
totalPaid decimal no The total amount paid, in the payment currency.
appliedAmount decimal no The portion already applied against vendor bills, in the payment currency.
unappliedAmount decimal no The portion not yet applied to any bill, in the payment currency.
bankCurrency string no The currency of the bank account the money left, when it differs from the payment currency. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'.
paymentId string no The payment reference assigned by the bank or payment provider.
externalId string no The identifier this payment has in the upstream system that produced it. It is not unique.
externalUrl string no A link to the payment in an external system, when one is stored.
origin string no The source system this payment came from. Recorded when an integration created the payment.
singlePayment boolean no Whether the payment covers a single bill rather than a batch.
paymentAccountId string no The bank general ledger account the money left. See id on GET accounting/accounts/:id.
paymentAccountName string no The name of the bank general ledger account the money left.
entityId string no The legal entity that made the payment. See id on GET base/entities.
entityName string no The name of the legal entity that made the payment.
lastModifiedDate date-time yes The date and time the payment last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ.
lines array<object> no The payment lines, one per payee or bill covered. An empty array when the payment has none.
lines[].id string yes The unique identifier for the line.
lines[].lineNumber string no The line number.
lines[].description string yes A description of the line.
lines[].amount decimal no The amount paid on this line, in the line currency.
lines[].currency string yes The currency for the line. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'.
lines[].paymentDate date no The date this line was paid, when it differs from the header. Format YYYY-MM-DD.
lines[].paymentType string no How this line was sent, for example 'ach', 'wire' or 'check'.
lines[].receiverName string yes The name of the payee.
lines[].receiverAccount string no The payee bank account number. It is returned here and on search but never on the collection endpoint and never filterable.
lines[].receiverBankCode string no The payee sort or routing code. It is returned here and on search but never on the collection endpoint and never filterable.
lines[].customReference string no A reference you supplied, carried on the line. 
{
  "data": {
    "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "outboundPaymentNumber": "<outboundPaymentNumber>",
    "description": "<description>",
    "paymentDate": "2026-01-15",
    "paymentCurrency": "<paymentCurrency>",
    "paymentType": "<paymentType>",
    "status": "<status>",
    "approvalStatus": "<approvalStatus>",
    "applicationStatus": "<applicationStatus>",
    "totalPaid": "19.99",
    "appliedAmount": "19.99",
    "unappliedAmount": "19.99",
    "bankCurrency": "<bankCurrency>",
    "paymentId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "externalId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "externalUrl": "<externalUrl>",
    "origin": "<origin>",
    "singlePayment": true,
    "paymentAccountId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "paymentAccountName": "<paymentAccountName>",
    "entityId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "entityName": "<entityName>",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z",
    "lines": [
      {
        "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
        "lineNumber": "<lineNumber>",
        "description": "<description>",
        "amount": "19.99",
        "currency": "<currency>",
        "paymentDate": "2026-01-15",
        "paymentType": "<paymentType>",
        "receiverName": "<receiverName>",
        "receiverAccount": "<receiverAccount>",
        "receiverBankCode": "<receiverBankCode>",
        "customReference": "<customReference>"
      }
    ]
  },
  "diagnostics": [
    {
      "code": "<code>",
      "message": "<message>",
      "severity": "error",
      "path": [
        "<path>"
      ],
      "details": "<details>"
    }
  ]
}

Errors

Code Status
NOT_FOUND 400

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