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Add external payment

POST
/api/connector/v1/payments/addExternal

Adds a new external payment to a bill of the specified customer. An external payment represents a payment that is tracked outside of the system. Note this operation supports Portfolio Access Tokens.

Prerequisites: The external payment type must be enabled by the property in order to accept such payments in their Mews environment. Use Get configuration to check which external payment types are supported.

ExternalPaymentParameters
object
ClientToken
required

Token identifying the client application.

string
>= 1 characters
AccessToken
required

Access token of the client application.

string
>= 1 characters
Client
required

Name and version of the client application.

string
>= 1 characters
EnterpriseId

Unique identifier of the enterprise. Required when using Portfolio Access Tokens, ignored otherwise.

string format: uuid
nullable
AccountId
required

Unique identifier of the Customer or Company. Company billing may not be enabled for your integration.

string format: uuid
CustomerId

Unique identifier of the Customer. Deprecated!

string format: uuid
nullable
BillId

Unique identifier of an open bill of the customer where to assign the payment.

string format: uuid
nullable
AccountingCategoryId

Unique identifier of an Accounting category to be assigned to the external payment.

string format: uuid
nullable
ReservationId

Unique identifier of the reservation the payment belongs to.

string format: uuid
nullable
Amount
required
Amount parameters

Amount of the external card payment.

object
Currency
required

ISO-4217 code of the Currency.

string format: currency
>= 1 characters
TaxCodes

The tax values applied.

Array<string>
nullable
NetValue

Net value in case the item is taxed.

number format: double
nullable
GrossValue

Gross value including all taxes.

number format: double
nullable
Type

Type of the external payment. (Required for the enterprises based in the French Legal Environment where Unspecified is considered as fraud.)

Unspecified (Unspecified (unavailable in French Legal Environment))

BadDebts (Bad debts)

Bacs (Bacs payment)

WireTransfer (Wire transfer)

Invoice (Invoice)

ExchangeRateDifference (Exchange rate difference)

Complimentary (Complimentary)

Reseller (Reseller)

ExchangeRoundingDifference (Exchange rounding difference)

Barter (Barter)

Commission (Commission)

BankCharges (Bank charges)

CrossSettlement (Cross settlement)

Cash (Cash)

CreditCard (Credit card – deprecated, only for existing partners)

Prepayment (Prepayment)

Cheque (Cheque)

Bancontact (Bancontact)

IDeal (iDeal – deprecated, only for existing partners)

PayPal (PayPal – deprecated, only for existing partners)

GiftCard (Gift card)

LoyaltyPoints (Loyalty points)

ChequeVacances (Chèque-Vacances)

OnlinePayment (Online payment – deprecated, only for existing partners)

CardCheck (Card check)

PaymentHubRedirection (Payment hub redirection)

Voucher (Voucher)

MasterCard (MasterCard – deprecated, only for existing partners)

Visa (Visa – deprecated, only for existing partners)

Amex (American Express – deprecated, only for existing partners)

Discover (Discover – deprecated, only for existing partners)

DinersClub (Diners Club – deprecated, only for existing partners)

Jcb (JCB – deprecated, only for existing partners)

UnionPay (UnionPay – deprecated, only for existing partners)

Twint (TWINT)

Reka (Reka)

LoyaltyCard (Loyalty card)

PosDiningAndSpaReward (POS Dining & Spa Reward)

DirectDebit (Direct debit)

DepositCheck (Deposit - check)

DepositCash (Deposit - cash)

DepositCreditCard (Deposit - credit card)

DepositWireTransfer (Deposit - wire transfer)

string
Allowed values: Unspecified BadDebts Bacs WireTransfer Invoice ExchangeRateDifference Complimentary Reseller ExchangeRoundingDifference Barter Commission BankCharges CrossSettlement Cash CreditCard Prepayment Cheque Bancontact IDeal PayPal GiftCard LoyaltyPoints ChequeVacances OnlinePayment CardCheck PaymentHubRedirection Voucher MasterCard Visa Amex Discover DinersClub Jcb UnionPay Twint Reka LoyaltyCard PosDiningAndSpaReward DirectDebit DepositCheck DepositCash DepositCreditCard DepositWireTransfer
ExternalIdentifier

Identifier of the payment from external system.

string
nullable
Notes

Additional payment notes.

string
nullable
Example
{
"ClientToken": "E0D439EE522F44368DC78E1BFB03710C-D24FB11DBE31D4621C4817E028D9E1D",
"AccessToken": "C66EF7B239D24632943D115EDE9CB810-EA00F8FD8294692C940F6B5A8F9453D",
"Client": "Sample Client 1.0.0",
"AccountId": "35d4b117-4e60-44a3-9580-c582117eff98",
"EnterpriseId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"Amount": {
"Currency": "GBP",
"GrossValue": 100
},
"ExternalIdentifier": "b06de5e4-7137-47ec-8a49-3303131b02c0",
"Type": "Cash",
"AccountingCategoryId": null
}

OK

AddExternalPaymentResult
object
ExternalPaymentId

Unique identifier of the Payment item.

string format: uuid
Example
{
"ExternalPaymentId": "4ee05b77-ae21-46e8-8418-ac1c009dfb2b"
}

Server has successfully fulfilled the request and there is no additional information to send back.

ConnectorApiExceptionResult
object
Message
string
nullable
RequestId
string
nullable
Details
nullable

Error caused by the client app, e.g. in case of malformed request or invalid identifier of a resource. In most cases, such an error signifies a bug in the client app (consumer of the API).

ConnectorApiExceptionResult
object
Message
string
nullable
RequestId
string
nullable
Details
nullable

Error caused by usage of invalid ClientToken, AccessToken, or you may not have the necessary permission to use the endpoint.

ConnectorApiExceptionResult
object
Message
string
nullable
RequestId
string
nullable
Details
nullable

Server error that should be reported to the end user of the client app. Happens for example when the server-side validation fails or when a business-logic check is violated.

ConnectorApiExceptionResult
object
Message
string
nullable
RequestId
string
nullable
Details
nullable

Error caused by heavy request that takes too long to process (typically tens of seconds). To get around this, request data in smaller batches. For more information, see Request timeouts

ConnectorApiExceptionResult
object
Message
string
nullable
RequestId
string
nullable
Details
nullable

Error caused by too many requests sent in a given amount of time. Response contains Retry-After header indicating how long the user agent should wait before making a follow-up request. For more information, see Request limits.

ConnectorApiExceptionResult
object
Message
string
nullable
RequestId
string
nullable
Details
nullable

Unexpected error on the Mews side. This may be due to a software fault. If such a situation occurs, the error will be logged and the development team notified, however you can raise an issue through GitHub on our documentation repository.

ConnectorApiExceptionResult
object
Message
string
nullable
RequestId
string
nullable
Details
nullable