# The manual gateway object

A manual gateway object is returned as part of the response body of each successful list, retrieve, create or update API call to the `/api/manual_gateways` endpoint.

## Fields

| Field                              | Type       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **type**                           | `string`   | `manual_gateways`                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **id**                             | `string`   | The manual gateway unique identifier                                                                                                                                                                |
| links.**self**                     | `string`   | The manual gateway endpoint URL                                                                                                                                                                     |
| attributes.**name**                | `string`   | The payment gateway's internal name.                                                                                                                                                                |
| attributes.**force\_payments**     | `boolean`  | Indicates if the payment source is forced on the editable order upon receiving a successful event from the gateway.                                                                                 |
| attributes.**\_disable**           | `boolean`  | Send this attribute if you want to mark this resource as disabled.                                                                                                                                  |
| attributes.**\_enable**            | `boolean`  | Send this attribute if you want to mark this resource as enabled.                                                                                                                                   |
| attributes.**disabled\_at**        | `datetime` | Time at which this resource was disabled.                                                                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**created\_at**         | `datetime` | Time at which the resource was created.                                                                                                                                                             |
| attributes.**updated\_at**         | `datetime` | 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.**payment\_methods** | `array`    | The associated payment methods.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| relationships.**versions**         | `array`    | The associated changes.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| relationships.**event\_stores**    | `array`    | The associated event stores.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| meta.**mode**                      | `string`   | The resource environment (can be one of `test` or `live`)                                                                                                                                           |