Online Payments
General Info
In Freshbooks, invoices can be paid online via a variety of payment gateways setup on the sender's account. In order for this to be available on an invoice, the online payments must be set up through a separate call after the invoice has been created.
While default payment options exist, they are not automatically applied to new invoices and must be retrieved and added manually.
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Includes
There are no includes for online payments.
Filters
There are no filters for online payments.
Field Descriptions
underlined fields are required on creation
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gateway_name | string |
Payment gateway name. The available gateway_names are as follows: - WePay: "fbpay" - Stripe: "stripe" - PayPal: "paypal" |
| has_credit_card | bool | If the invoice can accept credit cards |
| has_ach_transfer | bool | If the invoice can accept ACH bank transfers |
| has_bacs_debit | bool | |
| has_sepa_debit | bool | |
| has_paypal_smart_checkout | bool | |
| allow_partial_payments | bool | If the client can use the gateway to pay part of the invoice or only the full amount. |
| entity_type | string | Eg. "invoices" |
| entity_id | int | invoice_id of the connected invoice |
| gateway_info | object | Additional gateway details |
Get the Default Invoice Payment Options
Request: GET https://api.freshbooks.com/payments/account/<accountid>/payment_options?entity_type=invoice
Response:
{ "payment_options": { "gateway_name": "stripe", "has_credit_card": true, "has_ach_transfer": false, "has_bacs_debit": false, "has_sepa_debit": false, "has_paypal_smart_checkout": false, "allow_partial_payments": false, "entity_type": "invoice", "entity_id": "5370347", "gateway_info": { ... } } }
Add a Payment Option to an invoice
Request: POST https://api.freshbooks.com/payments/account/<accountid>/invoice/<invoiceid>/payment_options
{
"gateway_name":"stripe",
"entity_id": 2168250,
"entity_type":"invoice",
"has_credit_card":true
}Response:
{ "payment_options": { "gateway_name": "stripe", "has_credit_card": true, "has_ach_transfer": false, "has_bacs_debit": false, "has_sepa_debit": false, "has_paypal_smart_checkout": false, "allow_partial_payments": false, "entity_type": "invoice", "entity_id": "5370347", "gateway_info": { ... } } }
See Payment Options on an invoice
Request: GET https://api.freshbooks.com/payments/account/<accountid>/invoice/<invoiceid>/payment_options
Response:
{ "payment_options": { "gateway_name": "stripe", "has_credit_card": true, "has_ach_transfer": false, "has_bacs_debit": false, "has_sepa_debit": false, "has_paypal_smart_checkout": false, "allow_partial_payments": false, "entity_type": "invoice", "entity_id": "5370347", "gateway_info": { ... } } }