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Cancel a payment request

payment_requests.cancel(strpayment_request_id) -> PaymentRequest
POST/v3/payment_requests/{paymentRequestId}/cancel

Cancels an unpaid payment request: the underlying payment intent is canceled and the request moves to canceled. A request that is already paid, canceled, or expired returns 409.

ParametersExpand Collapse
payment_request_id: str
formatuuid
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class PaymentRequest: …
id: str

Unique identifier of the payment request.

formatuuid
amount: int

Amount in the currency’s minor units. In subscription mode this is the recurring amount (price × quantity) the recipient pays per interval, starting at checkout.

formatint64
checkout_url: str

URL the recipient opens to pay: https://zero.linqapp.com/pay/{slug}?session=..., where {slug} is your partner checkout slug.

created_at: datetime
formatdate-time
currency: str
mode: Literal["payment", "subscription"]

Whether this request collects a one-time charge or starts a subscription.

One of the following:
"payment"
"subscription"
object: str
status: Literal["requested", "succeeded", "canceled", "expired"]

Lifecycle status of the payment request.

One of the following:
"requested"
"succeeded"
"canceled"
"expired"
description: Optional[str]
expires_at: Optional[datetime]

When an unpaid request auto-expires.

formatdate-time
interval: Optional[Literal["day", "week", "month", "year"]]

Subscription mode — how often the subscription renews.

One of the following:
"day"
"week"
"month"
"year"
interval_count: Optional[int]

Subscription mode — intervals per renewal (e.g. 3 + month = quarterly).

formatint64
metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]]
natural: Optional[Natural]

Natural-rail join keys, present when rail: natural.

payment_request_id: Optional[str]

The Natural payment request (prq_...).

transaction_id: Optional[str]

The settled transaction (txn_...).

price_id: Optional[str]

Subscription mode — the recurring price this request subscribes to.

quantity: Optional[int]

Subscription mode — units of the price subscribed to.

formatint64
rail: Optional[Literal["stripe", "natural"]]

The rail this request settled on.

One of the following:
"stripe"
"natural"
stripe: Optional[Stripe]

Ids of the Stripe objects created on your connected account — your join keys into your own Stripe Dashboard, webhooks, and API. After a subscription’s first payment succeeds, its ongoing lifecycle (renewals, plan changes, cancellation) is managed in your Stripe account using subscription_id.

customer_id: Optional[str]

The Customer this request is attached to (cus_...). Always set in subscription mode (created for you unless you passed customer_id); set in payment mode only when you passed one.

payment_intent_id: Optional[str]

The PaymentIntent collected at checkout (pi_...).

subscription_id: Optional[str]

Subscription mode — the Subscription (sub_...).

trial_end: Optional[datetime]

Subscription mode — when the free trial ends and the first charge happens. Present only on trial requests; paid_at/succeeded mean the payment method was collected (no funds move until this time).

formatdate-time
updated_at: Optional[datetime]
formatdate-time

Cancel a payment request

import os
from linq import LinqAPIV3

client = LinqAPIV3(
    api_key=os.environ.get("LINQ_API_V3_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
payment_request = client.payment_requests.cancel(
    "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(payment_request.id)
{
  "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "amount": 497,
  "checkout_url": "https://zero.linqapp.com/pay/tomo?session=tok_abc123",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "currency": "usd",
  "mode": "payment",
  "object": "payment_request",
  "status": "requested",
  "description": "description",
  "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "interval": "day",
  "interval_count": 0,
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "string"
  },
  "natural": {
    "payment_request_id": "payment_request_id",
    "transaction_id": "transaction_id"
  },
  "paid_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "price_id": "price_id",
  "quantity": 0,
  "rail": "stripe",
  "stripe": {
    "customer_id": "cus_QAbCdEfGhIjKlMn",
    "payment_intent_id": "pi_3QAbCdEfGhIjKlMn",
    "subscription_id": "sub_1QAbCdEfGhIjKlMn"
  },
  "trial_end": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "code": 2004,
    "message": "Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication token",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2004/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 403,
    "code": 2005,
    "message": "Access denied - insufficient permissions for this resource",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2005/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 404,
    "code": 2001,
    "message": "Resource not found",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2001/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 409,
    "code": 2013,
    "message": "This chat is unavailable",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2013/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 500,
    "code": 3006,
    "message": "Internal server error",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/3xxx/3006/"
  },
  "success": false
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "amount": 497,
  "checkout_url": "https://zero.linqapp.com/pay/tomo?session=tok_abc123",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "currency": "usd",
  "mode": "payment",
  "object": "payment_request",
  "status": "requested",
  "description": "description",
  "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "interval": "day",
  "interval_count": 0,
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "string"
  },
  "natural": {
    "payment_request_id": "payment_request_id",
    "transaction_id": "transaction_id"
  },
  "paid_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "price_id": "price_id",
  "quantity": 0,
  "rail": "stripe",
  "stripe": {
    "customer_id": "cus_QAbCdEfGhIjKlMn",
    "payment_intent_id": "pi_3QAbCdEfGhIjKlMn",
    "subscription_id": "sub_1QAbCdEfGhIjKlMn"
  },
  "trial_end": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "code": 2004,
    "message": "Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication token",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2004/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 403,
    "code": 2005,
    "message": "Access denied - insufficient permissions for this resource",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2005/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 404,
    "code": 2001,
    "message": "Resource not found",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2001/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 409,
    "code": 2013,
    "message": "This chat is unavailable",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2013/"
  },
  "success": false
}
{
  "error": {
    "status": 500,
    "code": 3006,
    "message": "Internal server error",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/3xxx/3006/"
  },
  "success": false
}
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