Complete payment

POST

/v2/payments/{payment_id}/complete

Completes (captures) a payment.

By default, payments are set to complete immediately after they are created.

You can use this endpoint to complete a payment with the APPROVED status.

Permissions:PAYMENTS_WRITE

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payment_id

string

Required

The unique ID identifying the payment to be completed.

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Request body

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version_token

string

Beta

Used for optimistic concurrency. This opaque token identifies the current Payment version that the caller expects. If the server has a different version of the Payment, the update fails and a response with a VERSION_MISMATCH error is returned.

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Response fields

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errors

Error[ ]

Information about errors encountered during the request.

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payment

Payment

The successfully completed payment.

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Examples

API version2026-08-19

All versions ->

POST/v2/payments/{payment_id}/complete

cURL

curl https://connect.squareup.com/v2/payments/bP9mAsEMYPUGjjGNaNO5ZDVyLhSZY/complete \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Square-Version: 2026-08-19' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

Response JSON

{
  "payment": {
    "id": "bP9mAsEMYPUGjjGNaNO5ZDVyLhSZY",
    "created_at": "2021-10-13T19:34:33.524Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-10-13T19:34:34.339Z",
    "amount_money": {
      "amount": 555,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "delay_duration": "PT168H",
    "source_type": "CARD",
    "card_details": {
      "status": "CAPTURED",
      "card": {
        "card_brand": "VISA",
        "last_4": "1111",
        "exp_month": 11,
        "exp_year": 2022,
        "fingerprint": "sq-1-Hxim77tbdcbGejOejnoAklBVJed2YFLTmirfl8Q5XZzObTc8qY_U8RkwzoNL8dCEcQ",
        "card_type": "DEBIT",
        "prepaid_type": "NOT_PREPAID",
        "bin": "411111"
      },
      "entry_method": "KEYED",
      "cvv_status": "CVV_ACCEPTED",
      "avs_status": "AVS_ACCEPTED",
      "auth_result_code": "2Nkw7q",
      "statement_description": "SQ *EXAMPLE TEST GOSQ.C",
      "card_payment_timeline": {
        "authorized_at": "2021-10-13T19:34:33.680Z",
        "captured_at": "2021-10-13T19:34:34.340Z"
      }
    },
    "location_id": "L88917AVBK2S5",
    "order_id": "d7eKah653Z579f3gVtjlxpSlmUcZY",
    "processing_fee": [
      {
        "effective_at": "2021-10-13T21:34:35.000Z",
        "type": "INITIAL",
        "amount_money": {
          "amount": 34,
          "currency": "USD"
        }
      }
    ],
    "note": "Test Note",
    "total_money": {
      "amount": 555,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "approved_money": {
      "amount": 555,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "employee_id": "TMoK_ogh6rH1o4dV",
    "receipt_number": "bP9m",
    "receipt_url": "https://squareup.com/receipt/preview/bP9mAsEMYPUGjjGNaNO5ZDVyLhSZY",
    "delay_action": "CANCEL",
    "delayed_until": "2021-10-20T19:34:33.524Z",
    "team_member_id": "TMoK_ogh6rH1o4dV",
    "application_details": {
      "square_product": "VIRTUAL_TERMINAL",
      "application_id": "sq0ids-Pw67AZAlLVB7hsRmwlJPuA"
    },
    "version_token": "56pRkL3slrzet2iQrTp9n0bdJVYTB9YEWdTNjQfZOPV6o"
  }
}