---
title: "Create a ForwardingRequest"
method: POST
path: "/v1/forwarding/requests"
---

# Create a ForwardingRequest

`POST /v1/forwarding/requests`

Creates a ForwardingRequest object.

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- ForwardingRequest — Instructs Stripe to make a request on your behalf using the destination URL. The destination URL is activated by Stripe at the time of onboarding. Stripe verifies requests with your credentials provided during onboarding, and injects card details from the payment_method into the request. Stripe redacts all sensitive fields and headers, including authentication credentials and card numbers, before storing the request and response data in the forwarding Request object, which are subject to a 30-day retention period. You can provide a Stripe idempotency key to make sure that requests with the same key result in only one outbound request. The Stripe idempotency key provided should be unique and different from any idempotency keys provided on the underlying third-party request. Forwarding Requests are synchronous requests that return a response or time out according to Stripe’s limits. Related guide: [Forward card details to third-party API endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/forwarding).
  - `created` integer, required — Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the object.
  - `livemode` boolean, required — If the object exists in live mode, the value is `true`. If the object exists in test mode, the value is `false`.
  - `metadata` object, nullable — Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.
  - `object` 'forwarding.request', required — String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value.
  - `payment_method` string, required — The PaymentMethod to insert into the forwarded request. Forwarding previously consumed PaymentMethods is allowed.
  - `replacements` string[], required — The field kinds to be replaced in the forwarded request.
  - `request_context` ForwardedRequestContext — Metadata about the forwarded request.
    - `destination_duration` integer, required — The time it took in milliseconds for the destination endpoint to respond.
    - `destination_ip_address` string, required — The IP address of the destination.
  - `request_details` ForwardedRequestDetails — Details about the request forwarded to the destination endpoint.
    - `body` string, required — The body payload to send to the destination endpoint.
    - `headers` ForwardedRequestHeader[], required — The headers to include in the forwarded request. Can be omitted if no additional headers (excluding Stripe-generated ones such as the Content-Type header) should be included.
      - `name` string, required — The header name.
      - `value` string, required — The header value.
    - `http_method` 'POST', required — The HTTP method used to call the destination endpoint.
  - `response_details` ForwardedResponseDetails — Details about the response from the destination endpoint.
    - `body` string, required — The response body from the destination endpoint to Stripe.
    - `headers` ForwardedRequestHeader[], required — HTTP headers that the destination endpoint returned.
      - `name` string, required — The header name.
      - `value` string, required — The header value.
    - `status` integer, required — The HTTP status code that the destination endpoint returned.
  - `url` string, nullable — The destination URL for the forwarded request. Must be supported by the config.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response.

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