The Payment Link object

Attributes

idstring
Unique identifier for the object.

activeboolean
Whether the payment link’s url is active. If false, customers visiting the URL will be shown a page saying that the link has been deactivated.

line_itemsobjectExpandable
The line items representing what is being sold.

metadataobject
Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.

urlstring
The public URL that can be shared with customers.

More attributes

objectstring

after_completionobject

allow_promotion_codesboolean

applicationnullable stringExpandableConnect only

application_fee_amountnullable integerConnect only

application_fee_percentnullable floatConnect only

automatic_taxobject

billing_address_collectionenum

consent_collectionnullable object

currencyenum

custom_fieldsarray of objects

custom_textobject

customer_creationenum

inactive_messagenullable string

invoice_creationnullable object

livemodeboolean

on_behalf_ofnullable stringExpandableConnect only

payment_intent_datanullable object

payment_method_collectionenum

payment_method_typesnullable array of enums

phone_number_collectionobject

restrictionsnullable object

shipping_address_collectionnullable object

shipping_optionsarray of objects

submit_typeenum

subscription_datanullable object

tax_id_collectionobject

transfer_datanullable objectConnect only

The Payment Link object

{
  "id": "plink_1MoC3ULkdIwHu7ixZjtGpVl2",
  "object": "payment_link",
  "active": true,
  "after_completion": {
    "hosted_confirmation": {
      "custom_message": null
    },
    "type": "hosted_confirmation"
  },
  "allow_promotion_codes": false,
  "application_fee_amount": null,
  "application_fee_percent": null,
  "automatic_tax": {
    "enabled": false,
    "liability": null
  },
  "billing_address_collection": "auto",
  "consent_collection": null,
  "currency": "usd",
  "custom_fields": [],
  "custom_text": {
    "shipping_address": null,
    "submit": null
  },
  "customer_creation": "if_required",
  "invoice_creation": {
    "enabled": false,
    "invoice_data": {
      "account_tax_ids": null,
      "custom_fields": null,
      "description": null,
      "footer": null,
      "issuer": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "rendering_options": null
    }
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "on_behalf_of": null,
  "payment_intent_data": null,
  "payment_method_collection": "always",
  "payment_method_types": null,
  "phone_number_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "shipping_address_collection": null,
  "shipping_options": [],
  "submit_type": "auto",
  "subscription_data": {
    "description": null,
    "invoice_settings": {
      "issuer": {
        "type": "self"
      }
    },
    "trial_period_days": null
  },
  "tax_id_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "transfer_data": null,
  "url": "https://buy.stripe.com/test_cN25nr0iZ7bUa7meUY"
}

Create a payment link

Creates a payment link.

Parameters

line_itemsarray of objectsRequired
The line items representing what is being sold. Each line item represents an item being sold. Up to 20 line items are supported.

metadataobject
Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata. Metadata associated with this Payment Link will automatically be copied to checkout sessions created by this payment link.

More parameters

after_completionobject

allow_promotion_codesboolean

application_fee_amountintegerConnect only

application_fee_percentfloatConnect only

automatic_taxobject

billing_address_collectionenum

consent_collectionobject

currencyenum

custom_fieldsarray of objects

custom_textobject

customer_creationenum

inactive_messagestring

invoice_creationobject

on_behalf_ofstringConnect only

payment_intent_dataobject

payment_method_collectionenum

payment_method_typesarray of enums

phone_number_collectionobject

restrictionsobject

shipping_address_collectionobject

shipping_optionsarray of objects

submit_typeenum

subscription_dataobject

tax_id_collectionobject

transfer_dataobjectConnect only

Returns

Returns the payment link.

POST /v1/payment_links

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_links \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -d "line_items[0][price]"=price_1MoC3TLkdIwHu7ixcIbKelAC \
  -d "line_items[0][quantity]"=1

Response

{
  "id": "plink_1MoC3ULkdIwHu7ixZjtGpVl2",
  "object": "payment_link",
  "active": true,
  "after_completion": {
    "hosted_confirmation": {
      "custom_message": null
    },
    "type": "hosted_confirmation"
  },
  "allow_promotion_codes": false,
  "application_fee_amount": null,
  "application_fee_percent": null,
  "automatic_tax": {
    "enabled": false,
    "liability": null
  },
  "billing_address_collection": "auto",
  "consent_collection": null,
  "currency": "usd",
  "custom_fields": [],
  "custom_text": {
    "shipping_address": null,
    "submit": null
  },
  "customer_creation": "if_required",
  "invoice_creation": {
    "enabled": false,
    "invoice_data": {
      "account_tax_ids": null,
      "custom_fields": null,
      "description": null,
      "footer": null,
      "issuer": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "rendering_options": null
    }
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "on_behalf_of": null,
  "payment_intent_data": null,
  "payment_method_collection": "always",
  "payment_method_types": null,
  "phone_number_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "shipping_address_collection": null,
  "shipping_options": [],
  "submit_type": "auto",
  "subscription_data": {
    "description": null,
    "invoice_settings": {
      "issuer": {
        "type": "self"
      }
    },
    "trial_period_days": null
  },
  "tax_id_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "transfer_data": null,
  "url": "https://buy.stripe.com/test_cN25nr0iZ7bUa7meUY"
}

Update a payment link

Updates a payment link.

Parameters

activeboolean
Whether the payment link’s url is active. If false, customers visiting the URL will be shown a page saying that the link has been deactivated.

line_itemsarray of objects
The line items representing what is being sold. Each line item represents an item being sold. Up to 20 line items are supported.

metadataobject
Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata. Metadata associated with this Payment Link will automatically be copied to checkout sessions created by this payment link.

More parameters

after_completionobject

allow_promotion_codesboolean

automatic_taxobject

billing_address_collectionenum

custom_fieldsarray of objects

custom_textobject

customer_creationenum

inactive_messagestring

invoice_creationobject

payment_intent_dataobject

payment_method_collectionenum

payment_method_typesarray of enums

phone_number_collectionobject

restrictionsobject

shipping_address_collectionobject

submit_typeenum

subscription_dataobject

tax_id_collectionobject

Returns

Updated payment link.

POST /v1/payment_links/:id

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_links/plink_1MoC3ULkdIwHu7ixZjtGpVl2 \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -d "metadata[order_id]"=6735

Response

{
  "id": "plink_1MoC3ULkdIwHu7ixZjtGpVl2",
  "object": "payment_link",
  "active": true,
  "after_completion": {
    "hosted_confirmation": {
      "custom_message": null
    },
    "type": "hosted_confirmation"
  },
  "allow_promotion_codes": false,
  "application_fee_amount": null,
  "application_fee_percent": null,
  "automatic_tax": {
    "enabled": false,
    "liability": null
  },
  "billing_address_collection": "auto",
  "consent_collection": null,
  "currency": "usd",
  "custom_fields": [],
  "custom_text": {
    "shipping_address": null,
    "submit": null
  },
  "customer_creation": "if_required",
  "invoice_creation": {
    "enabled": false,
    "invoice_data": {
      "account_tax_ids": null,
      "custom_fields": null,
      "description": null,
      "footer": null,
      "issuer": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "rendering_options": null
    }
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {
    "order_id": "6735"
  },
  "on_behalf_of": null,
  "payment_intent_data": null,
  "payment_method_collection": "always",
  "payment_method_types": null,
  "phone_number_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "shipping_address_collection": null,
  "shipping_options": [],
  "submit_type": "auto",
  "subscription_data": {
    "description": null,
    "invoice_settings": {
      "issuer": {
        "type": "self"
      }
    },
    "trial_period_days": null
  },
  "tax_id_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "transfer_data": null,
  "url": "https://buy.stripe.com/test_cN25nr0iZ7bUa7meUY"
}

Retrieve a payment link's line items

When retrieving a payment link, there is an includable line_items property containing the first handful of those items. There is also a URL where you can retrieve the full (paginated) list of line items.

Parameters

No parameters.

More parameters

ending_beforestring

limitinteger

starting_afterstring

Returns

A dictionary with a data property that contains an array of up to limit payment link line items, starting after Line Item starting_after. Each entry in the array is a separate Line Item object. If no more line items are available, the resulting array will be empty.

GET /v1/payment_links/:id/line_items

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_links/plink_1N4CWjLkdIwHu7ix2Y2F1kqb/line_items \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "li_NpsHNiHSaDeU0X",
      "object": "item",
      "amount_discount": 0,
      "amount_subtotal": 1099,
      "amount_tax": 0,
      "amount_total": 1099,
      "currency": "usd",
      "description": "T-shirt",
      "price": {
        "id": "price_1N4AEsLkdIwHu7ix7Ssho8Cl",
        "object": "price",
        "active": true,
        "billing_scheme": "per_unit",
        "created": 1683237782,
        "currency": "usd",
        "custom_unit_amount": null,
        "livemode": false,
        "lookup_key": null,
        "metadata": {},
        "nickname": null,
        "product": "prod_NppuJWzzNnD5Ut",
        "recurring": null,
        "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
        "tiers_mode": null,
        "transform_quantity": null,
        "type": "one_time",
        "unit_amount": 1099,
        "unit_amount_decimal": "1099"
      },
      "quantity": 1
    }
  ],
  "has_more": false,
  "url": "/v1/payment_links/plink_1N4CWjLkdIwHu7ix2Y2F1kqb/line_items"
}

Retrieve payment link

Retrieve a payment link.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns the payment link.

GET /v1/payment_links/:id

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_links/plink_1MoC3ULkdIwHu7ixZjtGpVl2 \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"

Response

{
  "id": "plink_1MoC3ULkdIwHu7ixZjtGpVl2",
  "object": "payment_link",
  "active": true,
  "after_completion": {
    "hosted_confirmation": {
      "custom_message": null
    },
    "type": "hosted_confirmation"
  },
  "allow_promotion_codes": false,
  "application_fee_amount": null,
  "application_fee_percent": null,
  "automatic_tax": {
    "enabled": false,
    "liability": null
  },
  "billing_address_collection": "auto",
  "consent_collection": null,
  "currency": "usd",
  "custom_fields": [],
  "custom_text": {
    "shipping_address": null,
    "submit": null
  },
  "customer_creation": "if_required",
  "invoice_creation": {
    "enabled": false,
    "invoice_data": {
      "account_tax_ids": null,
      "custom_fields": null,
      "description": null,
      "footer": null,
      "issuer": null,
      "metadata": {},
      "rendering_options": null
    }
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "on_behalf_of": null,
  "payment_intent_data": null,
  "payment_method_collection": "always",
  "payment_method_types": null,
  "phone_number_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "shipping_address_collection": null,
  "shipping_options": [],
  "submit_type": "auto",
  "subscription_data": {
    "description": null,
    "invoice_settings": {
      "issuer": {
        "type": "self"
      }
    },
    "trial_period_days": null
  },
  "tax_id_collection": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "transfer_data": null,
  "url": "https://buy.stripe.com/test_cN25nr0iZ7bUa7meUY"
}

The Payment Link object

Attributes

idstring

activeboolean

line_itemsobjectExpandable

metadataobject

urlstring

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objectstring

after_completionobject

allow_promotion_codesboolean

applicationnullable stringExpandableConnect only

application_fee_amountnullable integerConnect only

application_fee_percentnullable floatConnect only

automatic_taxobject

billing_address_collectionenum

consent_collectionnullable object

currencyenum

custom_fieldsarray of objects

custom_textobject

customer_creationenum

inactive_messagenullable string

invoice_creationnullable object

livemodeboolean

on_behalf_ofnullable stringExpandableConnect only

payment_intent_datanullable object

payment_method_collectionenum

payment_method_typesnullable array of enums

phone_number_collectionobject

restrictionsnullable object

shipping_address_collectionnullable object

shipping_optionsarray of objects

submit_typeenum

subscription_datanullable object

tax_id_collectionobject

transfer_datanullable objectConnect only

Create a payment link

Parameters

line_itemsarray of objectsRequired

metadataobject

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after_completionobject

allow_promotion_codesboolean

application_fee_amountintegerConnect only

application_fee_percentfloatConnect only

automatic_taxobject

billing_address_collectionenum

consent_collectionobject

currencyenum

custom_fieldsarray of objects

custom_textobject

customer_creationenum

inactive_messagestring

invoice_creationobject

on_behalf_ofstringConnect only

payment_intent_dataobject

payment_method_collectionenum

payment_method_typesarray of enums

phone_number_collectionobject

restrictionsobject

shipping_address_collectionobject

shipping_optionsarray of objects

submit_typeenum

subscription_dataobject

tax_id_collectionobject

transfer_dataobjectConnect only

Returns

Update a payment link

Parameters

activeboolean

line_itemsarray of objects

metadataobject

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after_completionobject

allow_promotion_codesboolean

automatic_taxobject

billing_address_collectionenum

custom_fieldsarray of objects

custom_textobject

customer_creationenum

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