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/v2/transfers/create

POST

Transfer funds from one account to another account. No currency conversion is performed, so the sending and receiving accounts must hold money in the same currency.

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API parameters

Required

Name	In	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	header	string	Authentication token.
source_account_id	formData	string	Account UUID of the paying account.
destination_account_id	formData	string	Account UUID of the receiving account.
currency	formData	string	Three-digit currency code.
amount	formData	string	Amount.
Optional
Name	In	Type	Description
reason	formData	string	User-generated reason for transfer. Freeform text.

curl -X POST  --header "X-Auth-Token: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX"  https://devapi.currencycloud.com/v2/transfers/create

Response

{
    "id": "b04b5528-0ab2-48d7-a27d-a52998e92ea2",
    "short_reference": "BT-20210420-QMNJSR",
    "source_account_id": "cf28b2d8-5afa-4d7f-9a26-7b45bf616a11",
    "destination_account_id": "22ed17b5-b90c-424e-aa78-d24928b1778e",
    "currency": "GBP",
    "amount": "100.00",
    "status": "pending",
    "reason": null,
    "created_at": "2021-04-20T15:56:42+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2021-04-20T15:56:42+00:00",
    "completed_at": null,
    "creator_account_id": "72970a7c-7921-431c-b95f-3438724ba16f",
    "creator_contact_id": "a66ca63f-e668-47af-8bb9-74363240d781"
}

Error Codes

HTTP Status	Code	Description
401	invalid_supplied_credentials	Authentication failed with the supplied credentials
429	too_many_requests	Too many requests have been made to the api. Please refer to the Developer Center for more information
500	internal_server_error	Internal server error
503	service_unavailable	Service is temporary unavailable

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/v2/transfers/create

POST

API parameters

Required

Optional

Response

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