Payment

In this document, you’ll learn what a payment is and how it's created, captured, and refunded.

What's a Payment?#

When a payment session is authorized, a payment, represented by the Payment data model, is created. This payment can later be captured or refunded.

A payment carries many of the data and relations of a payment session:

• It belongs to the same payment collection.
• It’s associated with the same payment provider, which handles further payment processing.
• It stores the payment session’s data property in its data property, as it’s still useful for the payment provider’s processing.

Capture Payments#

When a payment is captured, a capture, represented by the Capture data model, is created. It holds details related to the capture, such as the amount, the capture date, and more.

The payment can also be captured incrementally, each time a capture record is created for that amount.

Refund Payments#

When a payment is refunded, a refund, represented by the Refund data model, is created. It holds details related to the refund, such as the amount, refund date, and more.

A payment can be refunded multiple times, and each time a refund record is created.