# The external payment object

An external payment object is returned as part of the response body of each successful list, retrieve, create or update API call to the `/api/external_payments` endpoint.

## Fields

| Field                                 | Type     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **type**                              | `string` | `external_payments`                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **id**                                | `string` | The external payment unique identifier                                                                                                                                                              |
| links.**self**                        | `string` | The external payment endpoint URL                                                                                                                                                                   |
| attributes.**payment\_source\_token** | `string` | The payment source token, as generated by the external gateway SDK. Credit Card numbers are rejected.                                                                                               |
| attributes.**options**                | `object` | External payment options.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**payment\_instrument**    | `object` | Information about the payment instrument used in the transaction.                                                                                                                                   |
| attributes.**created\_at**            | `string` | Time at which the resource was created.                                                                                                                                                             |
| attributes.**updated\_at**            | `string` | Time at which the resource was last updated.                                                                                                                                                        |
| attributes.**reference**              | `string` | A string that you can use to add any external identifier to the resource. This can be useful for integrating the resource to an external system, like an ERP, a marketing tool, a CRM, or whatever. |
| attributes.**reference\_origin**      | `string` | Any identifier of the third party system that defines the reference code.                                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**metadata**               | `object` | Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to the resource. This can be useful for storing additional information about the resource in a structured format.                                        |
| relationships.**order**               | `object` | The order associated to the external payment.                                                                                                                                                       |
| relationships.**payment\_gateway**    | `object` | The associated payment gateway, inherited by the order payment\_method.                                                                                                                             |
| relationships.**wallet**              | `object` | The payment source token stored into customer's wallet.                                                                                                                                             |
| relationships.**event\_stores**       | `array`  | The associated event stores.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| meta.**mode**                         | `string` | The resource environment (can be one of `test` or `live`)                                                                                                                                           |


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