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Charges

Charges represent attempts to debit money from a customer's bank account using a Paykey. Each charge includes automatic balance verification, real-time fraud screening, and multi-rail optimization and detailed status tracking throughout the payment lifecycle. Use charges to accept bank payments with confidence knowing every transaction is protected.

Lookup a charge
$ straddle charges get
GET/v1/charges/{id}
Update a charge
$ straddle charges update
PUT/v1/charges/{id}
Create a charge
$ straddle charges create
POST/v1/charges
Hold a charge
$ straddle charges hold
PUT/v1/charges/{id}/hold
Release a charge
$ straddle charges release
PUT/v1/charges/{id}/release
Cancel a charge
$ straddle charges cancel
PUT/v1/charges/{id}/cancel
Get a charge by id.
$ straddle charges unmask
GET/v1/charges/{id}/unmask
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chargeV1: object { data, meta, response_type }
data: object { id, amount, config, 21 more }
id: string

Unique identifier for the charge.

amount: number

The amount of the charge in cents.

config: object { balance_check, auto_hold, auto_hold_message, sandbox_outcome }

Configuration options for the charge.

balance_check: "required" or "enabled" or "disabled"

Defines whether to check the customer's balance before processing the charge.

"required"
"enabled"
"disabled"
auto_hold: optional boolean

Defines whether to automatically place this charge on hold after being created.

auto_hold_message: optional string

The reason the charge is being automatically held on creation.

sandbox_outcome: optional "standard" or "paid" or "on_hold_daily_limit" or 8 more

Payment will simulate processing if not Standard.

"standard"
"paid"
"on_hold_daily_limit"
"cancelled_for_fraud_risk"
"cancelled_for_balance_check"
"failed_insufficient_funds"
"reversed_insufficient_funds"
"failed_customer_dispute"
"reversed_customer_dispute"
"failed_closed_bank_account"
"reversed_closed_bank_account"

The channel or mechanism through which the payment was authorized. Use internet for payments made online or through a mobile app and signed for signed agreements where there is a consent form or contract. Use signed for PDF signatures.

created_at: string

Timestamp of when the charge was created.

currency: string

The currency of the charge. Only USD is supported.

description: string

An arbitrary description for the charge.

device: object { ip_address }

Information about the device used when the customer authorized the payment.

ip_address: string

The IP address of the device used when the customer authorized the charge or payout. Use 0.0.0.0 to represent an offline consent interaction.

external_id: string

Unique identifier for the charge in your database. This value must be unique across all charges.

funding_ids: array of string

Funding Ids

paykey: string

Value of the paykey used for the charge.

payment_date: string

The desired date on which the payment should be occur. For charges, this means the date you want the customer to be debited on.

status: "created" or "scheduled" or "failed" or 6 more

The current status of the charge.

"created"
"scheduled"
"failed"
"cancelled"
"on_hold"
"pending"
"paid"
"reversed"
"validating"
status_details: object { changed_at, message, reason, 2 more }

Additional details about the current status of the charge.

changed_at: string

The time the status change occurred.

message: string

A human-readable description of the current status.

reason: "insufficient_funds" or "closed_bank_account" or "invalid_bank_account" or 24 more

A machine-readable identifier for the specific status, useful for programmatic handling.

"insufficient_funds"
"closed_bank_account"
"invalid_bank_account"
"invalid_routing"
"disputed"
"payment_stopped"
"owner_deceased"
"frozen_bank_account"
"risk_review"
"fraudulent"
"duplicate_entry"
"invalid_paykey"
"payment_blocked"
"amount_too_large"
"too_many_attempts"
"internal_system_error"
"user_request"
"ok"
"other_network_return"
"payout_refused"
"cancel_request"
"failed_verification"
"require_review"
"blocked_by_system"
"watchtower_review"
"validating"
"auto_hold"
source: "watchtower" or "bank_decline" or "customer_dispute" or 2 more

Identifies the origin of the status change (e.g., bank_decline, watchtower). This helps in tracking the cause of status updates.

"watchtower"
"bank_decline"
"customer_dispute"
"user_action"
"system"
code: optional string

The status code if applicable.

status_history: array of object { changed_at, message, reason, 3 more }

Status history.

changed_at: string

The time the status change occurred.

message: string

A human-readable description of the status.

reason: "insufficient_funds" or "closed_bank_account" or "invalid_bank_account" or 24 more

A machine-readable identifier for the specific status, useful for programmatic handling.

"insufficient_funds"
"closed_bank_account"
"invalid_bank_account"
"invalid_routing"
"disputed"
"payment_stopped"
"owner_deceased"
"frozen_bank_account"
"risk_review"
"fraudulent"
"duplicate_entry"
"invalid_paykey"
"payment_blocked"
"amount_too_large"
"too_many_attempts"
"internal_system_error"
"user_request"
"ok"
"other_network_return"
"payout_refused"
"cancel_request"
"failed_verification"
"require_review"
"blocked_by_system"
"watchtower_review"
"validating"
"auto_hold"
source: "watchtower" or "bank_decline" or "customer_dispute" or 2 more

Identifies the origin of the status change (e.g., bank_decline, watchtower). This helps in tracking the cause of status updates.

"watchtower"
"bank_decline"
"customer_dispute"
"user_action"
"system"
status: "created" or "scheduled" or "failed" or 6 more

The current status of the charge or payout.

"created"
"scheduled"
"failed"
"cancelled"
"on_hold"
"pending"
"paid"
"reversed"
"validating"
code: optional string

The status code if applicable.

trace_ids: map[string]

Trace Ids.

updated_at: string

Timestamp of when the charge was last updated.

customer_details: optional object { id, customer_type, email, 2 more }

Information about the customer associated with the charge.

id: string

Unique identifier for the customer

customer_type: "individual" or "business"

The type of customer

"individual"
"business"
email: string

The customer's email address

name: string

The name of the customer

phone: string

The customer's phone number in E.164 format

effective_at: optional string

Timestamp of when the charge was effective in the customer's bank account, otherwise known as the date on which the customer is debited.

metadata: optional map[string]

Up to 20 additional user-defined key-value pairs. Useful for storing additional information about the charge in a structured format.

paykey_details: optional object { id, customer_id, label, balance }

Information about the paykey used for the charge.

id: string

Unique identifier for the paykey.

customer_id: string

Unique identifier for the customer associated with the paykey.

label: string

Human-readable label that combines the bank name and masked account number to help easility represent this paykey in a UI

balance: optional number

The most recent balance of the bank account associated with the paykey in dollars.

payment_rail: optional "ach"

The payment rail that the charge will be processed through.

"ach"
processed_at: optional string

Timestamp of when the charge was processed by Straddle and originated to the payment rail.

Related payments.

meta: object { api_request_id, api_request_timestamp }

Metadata about the API request, including an identifier and timestamp.

api_request_id: string

Unique identifier for this API request, useful for troubleshooting.

api_request_timestamp: string

Timestamp for this API request, useful for troubleshooting.

response_type: "object" or "array" or "error" or "none"

Indicates the structure of the returned content.

  • "object" means the data field contains a single JSON object.
  • "array" means the data field contains an array of objects.
  • "error" means the data field contains an error object with details of the issue.
  • "none" means no data is returned.
"object"
"array"
"error"
"none"