Create payment

The Create payment method is used for creating a payment for topping up the balance of an account of the current reseller or any of its downstream resellers.

An API token of a manager is required for authorization. To get an API token via the Operator Control Panel, see Viewing and updating manager's information.

The manager's API token specified in an API request determines:

The role and access level of the manager, which determine the availability of a method.
The current reseller and downstream resellers accessible within a method.

POST {base_url}/api/v3/resellers/{reseller_id}/payments

{
    "data":
    {
        "attributes":
        {
            "account_id": {account_id},
            "total": {amount_of_payment},
            "comment": "{comment}",
            "purpose": "{payment_purpose}"
        }
    }
      
}

Arguments

Name	Parameter Type	Data type	Required/ Optional	Description
X-Api-Token	header	string	Required	API token of a manager that performs the operation (see Viewing and updating manager's information)
Content-Type	header	string	Required	Media type of the request. Specify the following: application/vnd.api+json
Accept	header	string	Required	Supported media types of the answer. Specify the following: application/vnd.api+json
base_url	path	string	Required	ActivePlatform URL
reseller_id	path	number	Required	ID of the current reseller or any of its downstream resellers (see Viewing and updating reseller general information)
account_id	form	number	Required	ID of the account to top up the balance
total	form	number	Required	Total amount of the payment
comment	form	string	Required	Comment on the payment
purpose	form	string	Optional	The purpose of the top-up payment displayed in the receipt (see Creating a payment manually)

Response model

If no errors are encountered, the method returns information about the created payment (see Get payment without the included parameter) with the 201 Created status.

Request example

POST /api/v3/resellers/1/payments
Host: test.activeplatform.com
Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
X-Api-Token: vY5fwetestK3gJXZH5uHCw
Accept: application/vnd.api+json

{
    "data":
    {
        "attributes":
        {
            "account_id": 505,
            "total": 199.99,
            "comment": "top-up payment",
            "purpose": "prepay payment"
        }
    }
      
}

Response example

{
    "data": {
        "id": "2162",
        "type": "payments",
        "attributes": {
            "created_at": "2025-07-28T10:44:11.723416+0300",
            "updated_at": "2025-07-28T10:44:11.723416+0300",
            "account_id": 463,
            "discount_amount": "0.0",
            "total": "199.99",
            "amount_paid_from_balance": null,
            "initial_total": "199.99",
            "currency_code": "USD",
            "comment": "top-up payment",
            "status": "waiting_for_payment",
            "document_id": "002018",
            "expiration_date": null,
            "payment_method_id": null,
            "requester_ip": null,
            "manager_id": null,
            "purpose": "prepay payment",
            "external_total": null,
            "external_currency": null,
            "due_date": null,
            "payment_method_name": null,
            "closed_at": null
        },
        "relationships": {
            "orders": {
                "data": []
            },
            "invoices": {
                "data": []
            },
            "charges": {
                "data": []
            },
            "corrections": {
                "data": []
            },
            "reseller": {
                "data": {
                    "id": "1",
                    "type": "resellers"
                }
            },
            "account": {
                "data": {
                    "id": "463",
                    "type": "accounts"
                }
            },
            "payment_method": {
                "data": null
            }
        }
    }
}