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# Payments

## List payments

> Get a paginated list of payments with optional filtering

```json
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```

## Create payment

> Create a single payment to charge an invoice.

```json
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```

## Get payment by ID

> Retrieve detailed information about a specific payment

```json
{"openapi":"3.1.1","info":{"title":"Alternative Payments","version":"1.1.0"},"servers":[{"url":"http://public-api.alternativepayments.io"}],"security":[{"OAuth2ClientCredentials":["payments:read"]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"OAuth2ClientCredentials":{"type":"oauth2","flows":{"clientCredentials":{"tokenUrl":"/oauth/token","scopes":{"read":"Read access","write":"Write access"}}}}},"schemas":{"Payment":{"properties":{"created_at":{"type":"string"},"customer_id":{"type":"string"},"due_date":{"type":"string"},"fees":{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/PaymentFee"},"type":"array"},"id":{"type":"string"},"payment_method":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"sub_total":{"type":"number"},"total":{"type":"number"}},"type":"object"},"PaymentFee":{"properties":{"amount":{"type":"number"},"covered_by_customer":{"type":"boolean"},"name":{"type":"string"},"type":{"description":"@enum FT_LATE_PAYMENT,FT_PRODUCT,FT_METHOD,FT_INTEREST","enum":["FT_LATE_PAYMENT","FT_PRODUCT","FT_METHOD","FT_INTEREST"],"type":"string"}},"type":"object"},"HttpError":{"properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"validation_errors":{"additionalProperties":{"type":"string"},"type":"object"}},"type":"object"}}},"paths":{"/payments/{id}":{"get":{"description":"Retrieve detailed information about a specific payment","operationId":"getPayment","parameters":[{"schema":{"type":"string"},"description":"Payment ID","in":"path","name":"id","required":true}],"responses":{"200":{"description":"OK","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Payment"}}}},"400":{"description":"Bad Request","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/HttpError"}}}},"404":{"description":"Not Found","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/HttpError"}}}}},"summary":"Get payment by ID","tags":["Payments"]}}}}
```


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