---
title: "Create payment"
method: POST
path: "/payments"
tags: ["Payments"]
---

# Create payment

`POST /payments`

Create a single payment to charge an invoice.

## Request body

- CreatePaymentRequest — Request body for creating a payment
  - `amount` string
  - `customer_id` string
  - `idempotency_key` string
  - `invoice_id` string
  - `payment_date` string
  - `payment_method` 'card' | 'standard_ach' — @enum card,standard_ach
  - `payment_method_id` string

## Response `201`

Payment is being processed!

- string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/alternativepayments/apis/alternative-payments.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/alternativepayments/apis/alternative-payments/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/alternativepayments/alternative-payments/revisions/730efda86cd1/schema)