---
title: "Create a Wire Drawdown Request"
method: POST
path: "/wire_drawdown_requests"
---

# Create a Wire Drawdown Request

`POST /wire_drawdown_requests`

## Request body

- CreateAWireDrawdownRequestParameters
  - `account_number_id` string, required — The Account Number to which the debtor should send funds.
  - `amount` integer, required — The amount requested from the debtor, in USD cents.
  - `charge_bearer` 'shared' | 'debtor' | 'creditor' | 'service_level' — Determines who bears the cost of the drawdown request. Defaults to `shared` if not specified.
  - `creditor_address` object, required — The creditor's address.
    - `city` string, required — The city, district, town, or village of the address.
    - `country` string, required — The two-letter [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code for the country of the address.
    - `line1` string, required — The first line of the address. This is usually the street number and street.
    - `line2` string — The second line of the address. This might be the floor or room number.
    - `postal_code` string — The postal code of the address.
    - `state` string — The address state.
  - `creditor_name` string, required — The creditor's name.
  - `debtor_account_number` string — The debtor's account number.
  - `debtor_address` object, required — The debtor's address.
    - `city` string, required — The city, district, town, or village of the address.
    - `country` string, required — The two-letter [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code for the country of the address.
    - `line1` string, required — The first line of the address. This is usually the street number and street.
    - `line2` string — The second line of the address. This might be the floor or room number.
    - `postal_code` string — The postal code of the address.
    - `state` string — The address state.
  - `debtor_external_account_id` string — The ID of an External Account to initiate a transfer to. If this parameter is provided, `debtor_account_number` and `debtor_routing_number` must be absent.
  - `debtor_name` string, required — The debtor's name.
  - `debtor_routing_number` string — The debtor's routing number.
  - `end_to_end_identification` string — A free-form reference string set by the sender mirrored back in the subsequent wire transfer.
  - `unstructured_remittance_information` string, required — Remittance information the debtor will see as part of the request.

## Response `200`

Wire Drawdown Request

- WireDrawdownRequest — Wire drawdown requests enable you to request that someone else send you a wire. Because there is nuance to making sure your counterparty's bank processes these correctly, we ask that you reach out to [support@increase.com](mailto:support@increase.com) to enable this feature so we can help you plan your integration. For more information, see our [Wire Drawdown Requests documentation](/documentation/wire-drawdown-requests).
  - `account_number_id` string, required — The Account Number to which the debtor—the recipient of this request—is being requested to send funds.
  - `amount` integer, required — The amount being requested in cents.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) date and time at which the wire drawdown request was created.
  - `creditor_address` object, required — The creditor's address.
    - `city` string, required — The city, district, town, or village of the address.
    - `country` string, required — The two-letter [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code for the country of the address.
    - `line1` string, required — The first line of the address.
    - `line2` string, nullable, required — The second line of the address.
    - `postal_code` string, nullable, required — The postal code of the address.
    - `state` string, nullable, required — The address state.
  - `creditor_name` string, required — The creditor's name.
  - `currency` string, required — The [ISO 4217](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217) code for the amount being requested. Will always be "USD".
  - `debtor_account_number` string, required — The debtor's account number.
  - `debtor_address` object, required — The debtor's address.
    - `city` string, required — The city, district, town, or village of the address.
    - `country` string, required — The two-letter [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code for the country of the address.
    - `line1` string, required — The first line of the address.
    - `line2` string, nullable, required — The second line of the address.
    - `postal_code` string, nullable, required — The postal code of the address.
    - `state` string, nullable, required — The address state.
  - `debtor_external_account_id` string, nullable, required — The debtor's external account identifier.
  - `debtor_name` string, required — The debtor's name.
  - `debtor_routing_number` string, required — The debtor's routing number.
  - `end_to_end_identification` string, nullable, required — A free-form reference string set by the sender, to be mirrored back in the subsequent wire transfer.
  - `fulfillment_inbound_wire_transfer_id` string, nullable, required — If the recipient fulfills the drawdown request by sending funds, then this will be the identifier of the corresponding Transaction.
  - `id` string, required — The Wire drawdown request identifier.
  - `idempotency_key` string, nullable, required — The idempotency key you chose for this object. This value is unique across Increase and is used to ensure that a request is only processed once. Learn more about [idempotency](https://increase.com/documentation/idempotency-keys).
  - `status` 'pending_submission' | 'fulfilled' | 'pending_response' | 'refused', required — The lifecycle status of the drawdown request.
  - `submission` object, nullable, required — After the drawdown request is submitted to Fedwire, this will contain supplemental details.
    - `input_message_accountability_data` string, required — The input message accountability data (IMAD) uniquely identifying the submission with Fedwire.
  - `type` 'wire_drawdown_request', required — A constant representing the object's type. For this resource it will always be `wire_drawdown_request`.
  - `unique_end_to_end_transaction_reference` string, nullable, required — The unique end-to-end transaction reference ([UETR](https://www.swift.com/payments/what-unique-end-end-transaction-reference-uetr)) of the drawdown request.
  - `unstructured_remittance_information` string, required — Remittance information the debtor will see as part of the drawdown request.

## Other responses

- `4XX` — Error
- `5XX` — Error

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