---
updatedAt: 2025-11-12T21:47:02.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.getbeam.cash/llms.txt
---

# Create Payment

# OpenAPI definition

```json
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  "info": {
    "title": "beam-api-reference",
    "version": "3.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.getbeam.cash"
    }
  ],
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        "name": "Authorization",
        "in": "header",
        "x-bearer-format": "bearer",
        "x-default": "{key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/accounts/v3/individuals/{accountId}/payments": {
      "post": {
        "summary": "Create Payment",
        "description": "",
        "operationId": "create-payment",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "accountId",
            "in": "path",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "idempotency-key",
            "in": "header",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "paymentAccount": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "paymentAccountId": {
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "amount": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
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                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "5594c283-5ca8-4f33-b339-af757dab9563"
                    },
                    "status": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "Processing"
                    },
                    "amount": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "10"
                    },
                    "effectiveDate": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "2024-09-02"
                    },
                    "paymentAccountId": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "97a410d6-345c-4f2c-a521-e63b60ad86d9"
                    },
                    "createdAt": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "2024-09-02T14:50:44.667Z"
                    },
                    "updatedAt": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "2024-09-02T14:50:45.589Z"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
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                    "value": "{}"
                  }
                },
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                  "properties": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": false
      }
    }
  },
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    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```