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# AP Payments

> Create AP Payments in batch

**Security**

The requesting user must have the following permission to create AP payments:

- Accounts Payable → AP Payments → Create Manual AP Payments

Create and approve are separate permissions — this permission does not grant approval rights.

## OpenAPI

````json POST /public/v1/accounting/accounts-payable/payments
{
  "openapi": "3.0.1",
  "info": {
    "title": "R365 Public API",
    "contact": {
      "name": "R365 Services Team",
      "email": "r365@restaurant365.com"
    },
    "version": "1.0"
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "Bearer": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/public/v1/accounting/accounts-payable/payments": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "accounting"
        ],
        "summary": "AP Payments",
        "description": "Create AP Payments in batch\n\n**Security**\n\nThe requesting user must have the following permission to create AP payments:\n\n- Accounts Payable → AP Payments → Create Manual AP Payments\n\nCreate and approve are separate permissions — this permission does not grant approval rights.",
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreatePaymentsRequest"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "207": {
            "description": "Multi-Status – batch operation result containing per-payment success or failure.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreatePaymentsResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request — a parameter value is malformed, of the wrong type, or outside its allowed range."
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized — the bearer token is missing, invalid or expired, or is not valid for the specified tenant."
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden — the caller lacks the permission required for this operation."
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Not Found — the requested resource does not exist, or the supplied continuation token is unknown or has expired."
          },
          "409": {
            "description": "Conflict — the request conflicts with the current state of the resource and cannot be applied."
          },
          "422": {
            "description": "Unprocessable Entity — a required parameter is missing, or a supplied parameter value is invalid."
          },
          "429": {
            "description": "Too Many Requests — the caller has exceeded the rate limit; retry after a short delay."
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal Server Error — an unexpected error occurred while processing the request."
          }
        },
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/TenantId"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "CreatePaymentsRequest": {
        "required": [
          "payments"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "payments": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PaymentCreateItem"
            },
            "description": "The list of AP payments to create."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "CreatePaymentsResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "results": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PaymentCreateResult"
            },
            "description": "Per-payment results for the batch operation."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "PaymentCreateItem": {
        "required": [
          "locationId",
          "vendorId",
          "bankGlAccountId",
          "paymentDate",
          "paymentAmount"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "locationId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The identifier of the location for the payment. Required.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "vendorId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The identifier of the vendor being paid. Required.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "bankGlAccountId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The identifier of the bank GL account used for the payment. Required.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "paymentDate": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The date of the payment. Required.",
            "format": "date"
          },
          "paymentAmount": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "The amount of the payment. Required.",
            "format": "decimal"
          },
          "comment": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional comment for the payment.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "checkNumber": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional check number associated with the payment.",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "PaymentCreateResult": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "requestIndex": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Zero-based index of the payment in the original request array.",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "vendorId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The vendor identifier from the original request.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Result status of this payment. Valid values: Unknown, Succeeded, Failed."
          },
          "errorCode": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error code if the payment failed, otherwise null.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "errorMessage": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable error message if the payment failed, otherwise null.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The identifier of the created payment if succeeded, otherwise null.",
            "format": "uuid",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "TenantId": {
        "name": "x-r365-context-tenant-id",
        "in": "header",
        "required": true,
        "description": "Identifies the R365 tenant the request applies to. Required on every request.",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Bearer": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "Bearer"
      }
    }
  }
}
````