Transfer

transferAuthorizationCreate

POST
/transfer/authorization/create

Use the /transfer/authorization/create endpoint to determine transfer failure risk.

In Plaid's sandbox environment the decisions will be returned as follows:

  • To approve a transfer, make an authorization request with an amount less than the available balance in the account.

  • To decline a transfer with the rationale code NSF, the available balance on the account must be less than the authorization amount. See Create Sandbox test data for details on how to customize data in Sandbox.

  • To decline a transfer with the rationale code RISK, the available balance on the account must be exactly $0. See Create Sandbox test data for details on how to customize data in Sandbox.

  • To permit a transfer with the rationale code MANUALLY_VERIFIED_ITEM, create an Item in Link through the Same Day Micro-deposits flow.

  • To permit a transfer with the rationale code LOGIN_REQUIRED, reset the login for an Item.

All username/password combinations other than the ones listed above will result in a decision of permitted and rationale code ERROR.

Authorization

PLAID-CLIENT-ID PLAID-SECRET Plaid-Version
PLAID-CLIENT-ID<token>

In: header

PLAID-SECRET<token>

In: header

Plaid-Version<token>

In: header

Request Body

application/json

Defines the request schema for /transfer/authorization/create

client_id?string

Your Plaid API client_id. The client_id is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-CLIENT-ID header or as part of a request body.

secret?string

Your Plaid API secret. The secret is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-SECRET header or as part of a request body.

access_token*string

The Plaid access_token for the account that will be debited or credited.

account_id*string

The Plaid account_id for the account that will be debited or credited.

type*TransferType1

The type of transfer. This will be either debit or credit. A debit indicates a transfer of money into the origination account; a credit indicates a transfer of money out of the origination account.

Value in

  • "debit"
  • "credit"
network*TransferNetwork

The network or rails used for the transfer. Valid options are ach or same-day-ach.

Value in

  • "ach"
  • "same-day-ach"
amount*string

The amount of the transfer (decimal string with two digits of precision e.g. “10.00”).

ach_class*ACHClass

Specifies the use case of the transfer. Required for transfers on an ACH network.

"arc" - Accounts Receivable Entry

"cbr" - Cross Border Entry

"ccd" - Corporate Credit or Debit - fund transfer between two corporate bank accounts

"cie" - Customer Initiated Entry

"cor" - Automated Notification of Change

"ctx" - Corporate Trade Exchange

"iat" - International

"mte" - Machine Transfer Entry

"pbr" - Cross Border Entry

"pop" - Point-of-Purchase Entry

"pos" - Point-of-Sale Entry

"ppd" - Prearranged Payment or Deposit - the transfer is part of a pre-existing relationship with a consumer, eg. bill payment

"rck" - Re-presented Check Entry

"tel" - Telephone-Initiated Entry

"web" - Internet-Initiated Entry - debits from a consumer’s account where their authorization is obtained over the Internet

Value in

  • "arc"
  • "cbr"
  • "ccd"
  • "cie"
  • "cor"
  • "ctx"
  • "iat"
  • "mte"
  • "pbr"
  • "pop"
  • "pos"
  • "ppd"
  • "rck"
  • "tel"
  • "web"
user*

The legal name and other information for the account holder.

device?

Information about the device being used to initiate the authorization.

origination_account_id?string

Plaid's unique identifier for the origination account for this authorization. If not specified, the default account will be used.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/transfer/authorization/create" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "access_token": "string",    "account_id": "string",    "type": "debit",    "network": "ach",    "amount": "string",    "ach_class": "arc",    "user": {      "legal_name": "string"    }  }'
{  "authorization": {    "id": "460cbe92-2dcc-8eae-5ad6-b37d0ec90fd9",    "created": "2020-08-06T17:27:15Z",    "decision": "approved",    "decision_rationale": null,    "proposed_transfer": {      "ach_class": "ppd",      "account_id": "6qL6lWoQkAfNE3mB8Kk5tAnvpX81qefrvvl7B",      "type": "credit",      "user": {        "legal_name": "Foo Bar",        "phone_number": "123-456-7890",        "email_address": "user@plaid.com",        "address": {          "street": "100 Market Street",          "city": "San Francisco",          "region": "California",          "postal_code": "94103",          "country": "US"        }      },      "amount": "12.34",      "network": "ach",      "origination_account_id": "0123-4567-8901-2345-67890123"    }  },  "request_id": "saKrIBuEB9qJZno"}