GET
Get a payout
GET
{baseUrl}/api/payouts/{idOrReference}Returns one payout, looked up by Orbita's payout ID or your customerReference. Use it to requery a payout's status — including after a request that timed out.
Authentication
Send your API key and a request signature on every call. Requests must also come from an IP address on your allowlist — see Authentication.
Headers
Field
Type
Description
X-Signature-Timestamp
required
string
Unix time in milliseconds used in the signature. Must be within 5 minutes of Orbita's clock.
Path parameters
Field
Type
Description
idOrReference
required
string
The payout
id, or the customerReference you sent when creating it. URL-encode references containing reserved characters.Response
data is a payout object. Every response is wrapped in the standard envelope.
Field
Type
Description
id
string (uuid)
Payout ID.
customerReference
string
Your reference for the payout.
sourceCurrency
string
Currency debited.
destinationCurrency
string
Currency the beneficiary receives.
amount
number
Payout amount (2 decimal places).
fee
number
Fee charged for the payout.
0 when no fee applies — same-currency payouts only carry a fee when they are offshore.amountSent
number
Amount the beneficiary receives.
amount minus fee when the fee is deducted from the payout; equal to amount when the fee is charged on top or there is no fee.destinationAmount
number
Payout amount in
destinationCurrency, before any deducted fee.exchangeRate
number
Exchange rate recorded on the payout (up to 8 decimal places).
destinationAccountNumber
string
Beneficiary account number.
destinationAccountName
string
Beneficiary account name.
destinationBankCode
string
Beneficiary bank code.
destinationBankName
string
Beneficiary bank name.
narration
string
Narration sent with the payout.
refundStatus
string | null
refunded once a failed payout's funds have been returned to your balance, otherwise null.isGreylisted
boolean
true when the payout has been flagged for additional compliance review.conversionIdRolling out
string | null
ID of the conversion linked to this payout, or
null.createdAt
string (datetime)
When the payout was created.
updatedAt
string (datetime)
When the payout last changed.
Errors
Errors specific to this endpoint:
Status
Message
When
404
Payout not found
No payout with this ID or reference belongs to your business.
Plus the errors every endpoint can return — authentication, signing, rate limiting and server errors. See Responses & errors.
