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Currently Paylias supports webhook notifications for events that occur during the lifecycle of a payment. Additional events for other flows outside the scope of a payment will be added in due course. Your feedback is invaluable to us. Please feel free to suggest priority event categories you’d like us to focus on for future updates.

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Event definition

When Paylias POSTs a notification to your endpoint, the payload will be a JSON object that contains the following fields
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token
string
required
Unique identifier for the event.
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version
string
required
Currently 1.0.0, the version in use by Paylias Webhook APIs
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event_type
string
required
Description of the eventCurrently can be one of two values: EK_Created or EK_Updated
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record_type
string
required
Record type of the payloadCurrently can be one of the following values:RT_PaymentsRT_PaymentSubmissionsRT_PaymentAdmissionsRT_PaymentAdmissionTasksRT_ErrorRT_Transactions
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endpoint
string
required
The destination endpoint for the webhook subscription
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data
any
required
Object containing data associated with the event.This field will contain the resource corresponding to the record_type
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created_at
Timestamp
required
UTC Unix timestamp in seconds for when this event was created

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Example Event

Payment Created Event
{
  "token": "cjes76vsemvj3obsnc54",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "event_type": "EK_Created",
  "resource_type": "RT_Payments",
  "endpoint": "https://www.postb.in/1743269295619-3870068176183",
  "data": {
    "payment_id": "cjes76vsemvj3obsnc54",
    "organization_id": "org_ct239n420or249k5bo90",
    "partner_id": "part_ct23b6420or249k5boag",
    "reference": "INV0001",
    "initiated_at": 1744270523,
    "expires_at": 1744274123,
    "amount": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "total": "10000"
    },
    "debtor_party": {
      "payment_address": "john@stripe-platinum",
      "first_name": "John",
      "last_name": "Collison",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "phone": "+16462442945",
      "type": "Payee_Individual",
      "billing": {
        "country": "US"
      }
    },
    "beneficiary_party": {
      "payment_address": "ziyad@safepay-platinum",
      "first_name": "Ziyad",
      "last_name": "Parekh",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "phone": "+923008277879",
      "type": "Payee_Individual",
      "billing": {
        "country": "US"
      }
    },
    "device": {},
    "location": {}
  },
  "created_at": {
    "seconds": 1744270524,
    "nanos": 58146000
  }
}

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Notification definition

When you use the List events endpoint, or view delivered events through the dashboard, the structure is slightly different. This endpoint gives additional details surrounding the event. The notification object has the following fields
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token
string
required
Unique identifier for the notification
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notification_id
string
required
Notification ID foreign key reference
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webhook_id
string
required
ID to link it back to the original webhook subscription
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event_kind
EventKind
required
Description of the eventCurrently can be one of two values:1 corresponds to EK_Created2 corresponds to EK_Updated
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record_type
RecordType
required
Record type of the payloadCurrently can be one of the following values:1 corresponds toRT_Error2 corresponds toRT_Payments3 corresponds toRT_PaymentSubmissions4 corresponds toRT_PaymentAdmissions5 corresponds toRT_PaymentAdmissionTasks6 corresponds toRT_Transactions
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payload
string
required
The raw bytes for the payload for the messageThis field contains a base64 encoded string of the JSON event defined above.
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endpoint_url
string
required
The recipient endpoint URL
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signature
string
required
HMAC signature for verifying the payload
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status
DeliveryStatus
required
The status of the notification
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delivery_attempts
number
required
The number of delivery attempts made so far for this notification
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created_at
Timestamp
required
The timestamp of when the webhook notification was created
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updated_at
Timestamp
required
The timestamp of when the webhook notification was last updated

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Example Webhook Notification

Webhook Notification
{
  "token": "wh_cvrn9f420or7jl6nihg0",
  "notification_id": "notif_cvrn9es20or7jl6nihfg",
  "webhook_id": "whk_cvk2qqs20or7iffvl200",
  "event_kind": 1,
  "record_type": 2,
  "payload": "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",
  "endpoint_url": "https://www.postb.in/1743269295619-3870068176183",
  "signature": "c568b3bf6d1621e9d79f8b8db3d83e4c30053fa610f265e3fd61aa4f5e123b1e123e390b26fdc74c3ab15eaef00e56d79f4c1321461f1aa9e9fbe4f9a6d78a61",
  "status": 0,
  "delivery_attempts": 1,
  "created_at": {
      "seconds": 1744270524
  },
  "updated_at": {
      "seconds": 1744270525
  }
},