API reference | Draft payments

Method	Path	Summary
GET	…/draft-payments	List draft payments in the workspace
POST	…/draft-payments	Create a single draft payment
GET	…/draft-payments/{draftPaymentId}/draft-transfers	List transfers belonging to a draft payment
GET	…/draft-payments/search	Search draft payments by attributes

Paths start with /workspaces/{workspaceId}. GET endpoints need draft-payments:read, the others draft-payments:write.

The DraftPayment object

firestoreIdstringrequired

ID of the draft payment.

messageIdstringrequired

endToEndIdsstring[]required

transferIdsstring[]required

workspaceIdstringrequired

ID of the workspace.

bankAccountIdstringrequired

ID of the bank account.

counterpartyIdsstring[]required

Show all 14 fields

transferCounterpartyIdsRecord<string, string>required

creationobjectrequired

When and by whom the resource was created.

Show 2 child fields

creationDateTimestringdate-timerequired

Date and time when the resource was created.

createdBystring

ID of the user who created the resource, when recorded.

invoiceIdsstring[]

instructionobjectrequired

Show 7 child fields

executionDatestring

paymentMethodstring

paymentInformationIdstring

debtorNamestring

debtorIbanstring

debtorCurrencystring

debtorBicstring

submissionStatusobject

Show 2 child fields

statusstring

creationDateTimestring

instructionStatusobject

Show 1 child field

statusstring

relationshipsobjectrequired

Show 1 child field

firstTransfersDraftPaymentTransfer[]required

Show 8 child fields

firestoreIdstringrequired

ID of the draft payment transfer.

workspaceIdstringrequired

ID of the workspace.

draftPaymentIdstringrequired

ID of the draft payment.

bankAccountIdstringrequired

ID of the bank account.

counterpartyIdstringrequired

ID of the counterparty.

transferCreditTransferrequired

Show 8 child fields

instructionIdstring

endToEndIdstringrequired

amountnumber

currencystring

creditorNamestring

creditorIbanstring

communicationstring

structuredReferencestring

transferStatusobject

Show 2 child fields

statusstring

acceptanceDateTimestring

relationshipsobjectrequired

Show 1 child field

counterpartyCounterpartyrequired

The DraftPayment object

{
  "firestoreId": "dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI",
  "messageId": "string",
  "endToEndIds": [
    "string"
  ],
  "transferIds": [
    "string"
  ],
  "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
  "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
  "counterpartyIds": [
    "string"
  ],
  "transferCounterpartyIds": {
    "key": "string"
  },
  "creation": {
    "creationDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
    "createdBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
  },
  "invoiceIds": [
    "string"
  ],
  "instruction": {
    "executionDate": "string",
    "paymentMethod": "string",
    "paymentInformationId": "string",
    "debtorName": "string",
    "debtorIban": "string",
    "debtorCurrency": "string",
    "debtorBic": "string"
  },
  "submissionStatus": {
    "status": "string",
    "creationDateTime": "string"
  },
  "instructionStatus": {
    "status": "string"
  },
  "relationships": {
    "firstTransfers": [
      {
        "firestoreId": "dtrans_RFQtMjAyNjAzMDI",
        "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
        "draftPaymentId": "dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI",
        "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
        "counterpartyId": "Cp2nG7vB4xLq9wRt5hMz",
        "transfer": {
          "instructionId": "string",
          "endToEndId": "string",
          "amount": 0,
          "currency": "string",
          "creditorName": "string",
          "creditorIban": "string",
          "communication": "string",
          "structuredReference": "string"
        },
        "transferStatus": {
          "status": "string",
          "acceptanceDateTime": "string"
        },
        "relationships": {
          "counterparty": {
            "firestoreId": "Cp2nG7vB4xLq9wRt5hMz",
            "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
            "creation": {
              "creationDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
              "createdBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
            },
            "activation": {
              "enabled": true,
              "updateDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
              "updatedBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
            },
            "entityType": "individual",
            "name": "string",
            "phones": [
              "string"
            ],
            "emails": [
              "string"
            ],
            "address": {
              "country": "CH",
              "postCode": "8001",
              "townName": "Zürich",
              "streetName": "Bahnhofstrasse",
              "buildingNumber": "10",
              "name": "Haus zur Linde",
              "sortingCode": "string",
              "postBox": "Postfach 1234",
              "administrativeArea": "Zürich",
              "recipients": [
                "Anna Meier"
              ],
              "organization": "Muster AG",
              "source": [
                "Muster AG",
                "Bahnhofstrasse 10",
                "8001 Zürich"
              ]
            },
            "contactPersons": [
              {
                "name": "string",
                "phone": "string",
                "email": "string"
              }
            ],
            "taxIdentification": "string",
            "notes": "string",
            "cashAccounts": [
              {
                "identifications": [
                  {
                    "type": "bic",
                    "value": "string"
                  }
                ],
                "currency": "CHF",
                "bankAddress": {
                  "country": "CH",
                  "postCode": "8001",
                  "townName": "Zürich",
                  "streetName": "Bahnhofstrasse",
                  "buildingNumber": "10",
                  "name": "Haus zur Linde",
                  "sortingCode": "string",
                  "postBox": "Postfach 1234",
                  "administrativeArea": "Zürich",
                  "recipients": [
                    "Anna Meier"
                  ],
                  "organization": "Muster AG",
                  "source": [
                    "Muster AG",
                    "Bahnhofstrasse 10",
                    "8001 Zürich"
                  ]
                },
                "internalId": "string",
                "nickname": "string",
                "verification": {
                  "id": "3f2c8a1e-6b4d-4e7a-9c15-8d2b7f0e4a61",
                  "status": "verified",
                  "holderName": "string",
                  "dateTime": "2026-03-02T09:30:00.000Z"
                }
              }
            ],
            "cashAccountIdentifications": [
              "string"
            ],
            "approvedCashAccountIds": [
              "string"
            ],
            "bankAccountId": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

GET/workspaces/{workspaceId}/draft-payments

List draft payments in the workspace

Scopedraft-payments:read

Path parameters

workspaceIdstringrequired

ID of the workspace.

Query parameters

limitinteger

Maximum number of items to return, from 1 to 100. A missing, invalid or non-positive value falls back to 20, and a larger value to 100.

Default20

startAfterstring

Cursor of the page to return: the nextCursor of the previous page.

fieldsstring

Comma-separated property paths to include in the response, or in each item of a list. Use dots for nested paths.

idsstring[]

Comma-separated IDs of the items to return, up to 30. When set, limit, startAfter and the filters are ignored.

Returns

200

List of items

dataDraftPayment[]required

Items of the page, in list order.

limitintegerrequired

Page size of the request, or the number of requested ids.

nextCursorstring

Cursor of the next page, to pass as startAfter. Absent when the page holds fewer items than limit; a full last page still has one, and the page it points to is empty.

curl 'https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SWAY_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch('https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SWAY_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
console.log(await response.json());

import os

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SWAY_API_KEY']}"},
)
print(response.json())

{
  "data": [
    {
      "firestoreId": "dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI",
      "messageId": "string",
      "endToEndIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "transferIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
      "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
      "counterpartyIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "transferCounterpartyIds": {
        "key": "string"
      },
      "creation": {
        "creationDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
        "createdBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
      },
      "invoiceIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "instruction": {
        "executionDate": "string",
        "paymentMethod": "string",
        "paymentInformationId": "string",
        "debtorName": "string",
        "debtorIban": "string",
        "debtorCurrency": "string",
        "debtorBic": "string"
      },
      "submissionStatus": {
        "status": "string",
        "creationDateTime": "string"
      },
      "instructionStatus": {
        "status": "string"
      },
      "relationships": {…}
    }
  ],
  "limit": 0,
  "nextCursor": "string"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid-argument",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthenticated",
    "message": "Invalid or expired credentials"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "permission-denied",
    "message": "Missing required scope: invoices:read"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not-found",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "internal",
    "message": "An internal error occurred"
  }
}

POST/workspaces/{workspaceId}/draft-payments

Create a single draft payment

Scopedraft-payments:write

Path parameters

workspaceIdstringrequired

ID of the workspace.

Query parameters

fieldsstring

Comma-separated property paths to include in the response, or in each item of a list. Use dots for nested paths.

Request body

bankAccountIdstringrequired

ID of the bank account.

executionDatestringrequired

amountnumberrequired

currencystring

ISO 4217 currency code

counterpartyIdstringrequired

ID of the counterparty.

counterpartyCashAccountIdstringrequired

referencestring

communicationstringrequired

invoiceIdstring

ID of the invoice.

Returns

200

Successful response

dataDraftPaymentrequired

curl -X POST 'https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SWAY_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
  "executionDate": "2026-03-02",
  "amount": 0,
  "currency": "CHF",
  "counterpartyId": "Cp2nG7vB4xLq9wRt5hMz",
  "counterpartyCashAccountId": "string",
  "reference": "string",
  "communication": "string",
  "invoiceId": "Iv5zP2nK7wRt3xMq9bLd"
}'

const response = await fetch('https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SWAY_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
    "executionDate": "2026-03-02",
    "amount": 0,
    "currency": "CHF",
    "counterpartyId": "Cp2nG7vB4xLq9wRt5hMz",
    "counterpartyCashAccountId": "string",
    "reference": "string",
    "communication": "string",
    "invoiceId": "Iv5zP2nK7wRt3xMq9bLd"
  }),
});
console.log(await response.json());

import os

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SWAY_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
        "executionDate": "2026-03-02",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "CHF",
        "counterpartyId": "Cp2nG7vB4xLq9wRt5hMz",
        "counterpartyCashAccountId": "string",
        "reference": "string",
        "communication": "string",
        "invoiceId": "Iv5zP2nK7wRt3xMq9bLd",
    },
)
print(response.json())

{
  "data": {
    "firestoreId": "dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI",
    "messageId": "string",
    "endToEndIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "transferIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
    "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
    "counterpartyIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "transferCounterpartyIds": {
      "key": "string"
    },
    "creation": {
      "creationDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
      "createdBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
    },
    "invoiceIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "instruction": {
      "executionDate": "string",
      "paymentMethod": "string",
      "paymentInformationId": "string",
      "debtorName": "string",
      "debtorIban": "string",
      "debtorCurrency": "string",
      "debtorBic": "string"
    },
    "submissionStatus": {
      "status": "string",
      "creationDateTime": "string"
    },
    "instructionStatus": {
      "status": "string"
    },
    "relationships": {…}
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid-argument",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthenticated",
    "message": "Invalid or expired credentials"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "permission-denied",
    "message": "Missing required scope: invoices:read"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not-found",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "internal",
    "message": "An internal error occurred"
  }
}

GET/workspaces/{workspaceId}/draft-payments/{draftPaymentId}/draft-transfers

List transfers belonging to a draft payment

Scopedraft-payments:read

Path parameters

workspaceIdstringrequired

ID of the workspace.

draftPaymentIdstringrequired

ID of the draft payment.

Query parameters

limitinteger

Maximum number of items to return, from 1 to 100. A missing, invalid or non-positive value falls back to 20, and a larger value to 100.

Default20

startAfterstring

Cursor of the page to return: the nextCursor of the previous page.

fieldsstring

Comma-separated property paths to include in the response, or in each item of a list. Use dots for nested paths.

idsstring[]

Comma-separated IDs of the items to return, up to 30. When set, limit, startAfter and the filters are ignored.

Returns

200

List of items

dataDraftPaymentTransfer[]required

Items of the page, in list order.

Show 8 child fields

firestoreIdstringrequired

ID of the draft payment transfer.

workspaceIdstringrequired

ID of the workspace.

draftPaymentIdstringrequired

ID of the draft payment.

bankAccountIdstringrequired

ID of the bank account.

counterpartyIdstringrequired

ID of the counterparty.

transferCreditTransferrequired

Show 8 child fields

instructionIdstring

endToEndIdstringrequired

amountnumber

currencystring

creditorNamestring

creditorIbanstring

communicationstring

structuredReferencestring

transferStatusobject

Show 2 child fields

statusstring

acceptanceDateTimestring

relationshipsobjectrequired

Show 1 child field

counterpartyCounterpartyrequired

limitintegerrequired

Page size of the request, or the number of requested ids.

nextCursorstring

Cursor of the next page, to pass as startAfter. Absent when the page holds fewer items than limit; a full last page still has one, and the page it points to is empty.

curl 'https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments/dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI/draft-transfers' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SWAY_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch('https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments/dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI/draft-transfers', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SWAY_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
console.log(await response.json());

import os

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments/dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI/draft-transfers",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SWAY_API_KEY']}"},
)
print(response.json())

{
  "data": [
    {
      "firestoreId": "dtrans_RFQtMjAyNjAzMDI",
      "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
      "draftPaymentId": "dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI",
      "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
      "counterpartyId": "Cp2nG7vB4xLq9wRt5hMz",
      "transfer": {
        "instructionId": "string",
        "endToEndId": "string",
        "amount": 0,
        "currency": "string",
        "creditorName": "string",
        "creditorIban": "string",
        "communication": "string",
        "structuredReference": "string"
      },
      "transferStatus": {
        "status": "string",
        "acceptanceDateTime": "string"
      },
      "relationships": {
        "counterparty": {
          "firestoreId": "Cp2nG7vB4xLq9wRt5hMz",
          "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
          "creation": {
            "creationDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
            "createdBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
          },
          "activation": {
            "enabled": true,
            "updateDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
            "updatedBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
          },
          "entityType": "individual",
          "name": "string",
          "phones": [
            "string"
          ],
          "emails": [
            "string"
          ],
          "address": {
            "country": "CH",
            "postCode": "8001",
            "townName": "Zürich",
            "streetName": "Bahnhofstrasse",
            "buildingNumber": "10",
            "name": "Haus zur Linde",
            "sortingCode": "string",
            "postBox": "Postfach 1234",
            "administrativeArea": "Zürich",
            "recipients": [
              "Anna Meier"
            ],
            "organization": "Muster AG",
            "source": [
              "Muster AG",
              "Bahnhofstrasse 10",
              "8001 Zürich"
            ]
          },
          "contactPersons": [
            {
              "name": "string",
              "phone": "string",
              "email": "string"
            }
          ],
          "taxIdentification": "string",
          "notes": "string",
          "cashAccounts": [
            {
              "identifications": [
                {
                  "type": "bic",
                  "value": "string"
                }
              ],
              "currency": "CHF",
              "bankAddress": {
                "country": "CH",
                "postCode": "8001",
                "townName": "Zürich",
                "streetName": "Bahnhofstrasse",
                "buildingNumber": "10",
                "name": "Haus zur Linde",
                "sortingCode": "string",
                "postBox": "Postfach 1234",
                "administrativeArea": "Zürich",
                "recipients": [
                  "Anna Meier"
                ],
                "organization": "Muster AG",
                "source": [
                  "Muster AG",
                  "Bahnhofstrasse 10",
                  "8001 Zürich"
                ]
              },
              "internalId": "string",
              "nickname": "string",
              "verification": {
                "id": "3f2c8a1e-6b4d-4e7a-9c15-8d2b7f0e4a61",
                "status": "verified",
                "holderName": "string",
                "dateTime": "2026-03-02T09:30:00.000Z"
              }
            }
          ],
          "cashAccountIdentifications": [
            "string"
          ],
          "approvedCashAccountIds": [
            "string"
          ],
          "bankAccountId": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "limit": 0,
  "nextCursor": "string"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid-argument",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthenticated",
    "message": "Invalid or expired credentials"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "permission-denied",
    "message": "Missing required scope: invoices:read"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not-found",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "internal",
    "message": "An internal error occurred"
  }
}

GET/workspaces/{workspaceId}/draft-payments/search

Search draft payments by attributes

Scopedraft-payments:read

Path parameters

workspaceIdstringrequired

ID of the workspace.

Query parameters

fieldsstring

Comma-separated property paths to include in the response, or in each item of a list. Use dots for nested paths.

querystringrequired

pageinteger

Default0

sizeinteger

Default20

Returns

200

Successful response

dataDraftPayment[]required

curl 'https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments/search?query=string' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SWAY_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch('https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments/search?query=string', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SWAY_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
console.log(await response.json());

import os

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.business.swayapp.io/v1/workspaces/Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv/draft-payments/search?query=string",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SWAY_API_KEY']}"},
)
print(response.json())

{
  "data": [
    {
      "firestoreId": "dpay_RFAtMjAyNjAzMDI",
      "messageId": "string",
      "endToEndIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "transferIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "workspaceId": "Wk7fQ2xR9bLm4tZp8sNv",
      "bankAccountId": "bacc_Q0gzMTA4NzY1NDM",
      "counterpartyIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "transferCounterpartyIds": {
        "key": "string"
      },
      "creation": {
        "creationDateTime": "2026-03-02T09:15:00.000Z",
        "createdBy": "Xq3vT9mB2kLpR7sN4wYc8dZf1aHj"
      },
      "invoiceIds": [
        "string"
      ],
      "instruction": {
        "executionDate": "string",
        "paymentMethod": "string",
        "paymentInformationId": "string",
        "debtorName": "string",
        "debtorIban": "string",
        "debtorCurrency": "string",
        "debtorBic": "string"
      },
      "submissionStatus": {
        "status": "string",
        "creationDateTime": "string"
      },
      "instructionStatus": {
        "status": "string"
      },
      "relationships": {…}
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid-argument",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthenticated",
    "message": "Invalid or expired credentials"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "permission-denied",
    "message": "Missing required scope: invoices:read"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not-found",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "internal",
    "message": "An internal error occurred"
  }
}

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Draft payments

The DraftPayment object

List draft payments in the workspace

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Create a single draft payment

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Request body

Returns

List transfers belonging to a draft payment

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Returns

Search draft payments by attributes

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