Retrieve a payment
GET /v1/payments/{id}
For a payment that is still pending and is not a refund, client_secret and provider_status are read from Stripe at request time. Both are null, and the answer is still a 200, when Stripe did not answer: everything else here comes from our own row.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations ”Parameters
Section titled “ Parameters ”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters ”Identifier of the payment.
Header Parameters
Section titled “Header Parameters ”The dated API version to speak. Defaults to 2026-09-01; an unsupported value is a 400.
Example
2026-09-01Which Bookrail tool the caller is, recorded as actor.via on every event the request writes. A closed list: an unknown value is a 400. Absent means the request declared no tool.
Responses
Section titled “ Responses ”Success.
object
Identifier of a payment, prefixed with pay_.
Example
pay_0198f0c2a1b47e2e9a1c0f4d5e6a7b8cIdentifier of a booking, prefixed with bk_.
Example
bk_0198f0c2a1b47e2e9a1c0f4d5e6a7b8cpending covers every Stripe state that is not final: requires_payment_method, requires_action, processing. Read provider_status for the detail.
How much of this payment has come back, cumulative.
pi_... for a payment, re_... for a refund. null until Stripe answered.
Example
acct_1234567890For a refund: the payment it gives back.
Example
pay_0198f0c2a1b47e2e9a1c0f4d5e6a7b8cRead from Stripe, only for a pending payment. null on a list, on a refund, and when Stripe did not answer.
Stripe’s own status for the intent, read at request time. null as above.
Free-form key/value pairs stored with the object and returned untouched.
object
The environment of the API key that created the object.
ISO 8601 instant in UTC.
Example
2026-09-08T07:00:00ZISO 8601 instant in UTC.
Example
2026-09-08T07:00:00ZHeaders
Section titled “Headers ”Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.
The API version this response was produced with.
Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.
Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.
Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.
unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.
<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.
Error codes: parameter_invalid, unsupported_api_version.
object
object
Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.
The field or header the error is about, when there is one.
What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.
Headers
Section titled “Headers ”Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.
The API version this response was produced with.
Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.
Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.
Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.
unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.
<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.
Error codes: invalid_api_key, invalid_authorization_header, missing_api_key, revoked_api_key.
object
object
Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.
The field or header the error is about, when there is one.
What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.
Headers
Section titled “Headers ”Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.
The API version this response was produced with.
Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.
Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.
Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.
unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.
<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.
Error codes: resource_missing.
object
object
Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.
The field or header the error is about, when there is one.
What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.
Headers
Section titled “Headers ”Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.
The API version this response was produced with.
Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.
Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.
Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.
unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.
<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.
Error codes: rate_limited.
object
object
Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.
The field or header the error is about, when there is one.
What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.
Headers
Section titled “Headers ”Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.
The API version this response was produced with.
Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.
Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.
Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.
unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.
<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.
Whole seconds to wait before sending this request again. At least 1.
Error codes: internal_error.
object
object
Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.
The field or header the error is about, when there is one.
What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.
Headers
Section titled “Headers ”Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.
The API version this response was produced with.
Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.
Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.
Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.
unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.
<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.
Error codes: stripe_not_configured.
object
object
Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.
The field or header the error is about, when there is one.
What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.
Headers
Section titled “Headers ”Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.
The API version this response was produced with.
Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.
Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.
Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.
unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.
<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.