Accept pending payment as Paper Check

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API Refs

Production: Accept pending payment as Paper Check

Staging: Accept pending payment as Paper Check

URI Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
paymentId	string	Pending payment id	yes

Request body

Name	Type	Description	Required
alias	string	An alias for the client's address information.	yes
mailType	string	Check shipping type. Available in four options only: FedEx, Mail, USPSFirst, USPSTrack.	yes

Response body

Name	Type	Description	Required
id	number	Id of payment. Can be used for any payment operations.	yes
transactionId	string	Payment transaction Id. It can be seen in the application in the transaction history.	yes
amount	number	Payment amount without any fees.	yes
customerId	number	The Id of the insured who will receive the payment or has already received it.	yes
customerName	string	Name of the insured who will receive the payment or has already received it.	yes
merchantName	string	Name of the insurer who will send the payment or has already sent it.	yes
fee	number	Fee for the payment amount. It will only be different from zero when this payment is sent.	yes
feeDeductFrom	string	Which side of the transfer will pay the fee.	yes
status	string	Status of payment. Main statuses: Awaiting-cash-out, Canceled, Preparing to mail, In-transit, Settled	yes
type	string	Type of payment. Can be only of two types: ACH or paper check with delivery type.	yes
memo	string	A string with a maximum length of 280 characters.	no
createdAt	Date	Creation date	yes

Example

Get list of insured’s addresses Request with userId = 1;

Get list of insured’s addresses Response:

[
  {
    "address1": "11 Birch Hill Street",
    "address2": "Apt. 123",
    "city": "Bronx",
    "postalCode": "10023",
    "state": "NY",
    "phone": "123-456-7890",
    "alias": "Home"
  }
]

Get list of self payments Request;

Get list of self payments Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "transactionId": "a444aa44-aaa4-4a4a-aaaa-a44a44444a44",
    "amount": 10.23,
     "createdAt": "2023-08-09T15:42:26.683Z",
    "customerId": 1,
    "customerName": "John Smith",
    "merchantName": "Jake Merchant",
    "fee": "0.00",
    "feeDeductFrom": null,
    "status": "Awaiting-cash-out",
    "type": "--",
    "memo": ""
  }
]

Accept pending payment as Paper Check Request with paymentId = 1:
```
{
  "alias": "Home",
  "mailType": "FedEx"
}
```

Accept pending payment as Paper Check Response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "transactionId": "a444aa44-aaa4-4a4a-aaaa-a44a44444a44",
  "amount": 10.23,
  "createdAt": "2023-08-09T15:42:26.683Z",
  "customerId": 1,
  "customerName": "John Smith",
  "merchantName": "Jake Merchant",
  "fee": "9.00",
  "feeDeductFrom": "sender",
  "status": "Preparing to mail",
  "type": "Paper Check: USPS First-Class (3-5 days)",
  "memo": "Test check"
}

Description

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Where to get address alias
You can get all existing addresses with their alias for any you insured. Go to Get list of insured’s addresses for more information about it.

When accepting a pending payment as a paper check, you must always indicate the alias of the address of the insured to whom the paper check will be sent.

If the transaction is successfully created, the pending payment status will change to Preparing to mail.

Such a payment has the following statuses:

Preparing to mail;
Mailing soon;
Rejected;
Resubmitted: Preparing to mail again;
Canceled;
Mailed.