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# Expiring payment link

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/api/public/v1/payment_links/:id/expiration`

Immediately expires a payment link, transitioning its status to `expired`. Only payment links with status `created` or `pending` can be expired.

**Headers**

| Name          | Value                      |
| ------------- | -------------------------- |
| Content-Type  | `application/vnd.api+json` |
| Authorization | `Bearer <api_key>`         |

**Path Parameters**

| Name | Value            |
| ---- | ---------------- |
| id   | Payment link ID. |

**Response Body**

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="97">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>data.id</td><td>string</td><td>Payment link ID.</td></tr><tr><td>data.type</td><td>string</td><td>Always <code>paymentLinks</code>.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.amount</td><td>string</td><td>Payment amount displayed to the end user.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.currency</td><td>string</td><td>Currency of the payment amount.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.accountCurrency</td><td>string</td><td>Merchant account currency used for settlement or funding.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.network</td><td>string</td><td>Network code selected by the end user. <code>null</code> if not yet selected.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.networkName</td><td>string</td><td>Human-readable network name. <code>null</code> if not yet selected.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.reference</td><td>string</td><td>Your internal correlation key, as set at creation.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.hostedPageUrl</td><td>string</td><td>URL of the Txn-hosted page.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.status</td><td>string</td><td>Always <code>expired</code> after a successful call.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.approvalStatus</td><td>string</td><td>Approval workflow status for payout payment links subject to an approval rule. <code>null</code> otherwise.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.expiresAt</td><td>string</td><td>ISO 8601 timestamp of when the payment link expired.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.createdAt</td><td>string</td><td>ISO 8601 timestamp of when the payment link was created.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.paymentType</td><td>string</td><td><code>Invoice</code> or <code>Payout</code>.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.paymentMethods[]</td><td>array</td><td>Payment methods that were available on the hosted page.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.successRedirectUrl</td><td>string</td><td>Success redirect URL. <code>null</code> if not set.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.unsuccessRedirectUrl</td><td>string</td><td>Unsuccessful redirect URL. <code>null</code> if not set.</td></tr><tr><td>data.relationships.target.data</td><td>object</td><td>ID and type of the child invoice or payout. <code>null</code> if none was triggered before expiry.</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="HTTP 200" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "e33e1727-1eba-4581-bfd5-ded60713a5b8",
    "type": "paymentLinks",
    "attributes": {
      "amount": "50.00",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "accountCurrency": "EUR",
      "network": null,
      "networkName": null,
      "reference": "docs-example-pl-payout-001",
      "hostedPageUrl": "https://sandbox.txn.io/redirect?payment_link_id=e33e1727-1eba-4581-bfd5-ded60713a5b8&request_type=payment_link_hosted_page&zone=eu",
      "status": "expired",
      "approvalStatus": null,
      "expiresAt": "2026-05-17T10:07:53.269Z",
      "createdAt": "2026-05-17T10:07:43.353Z",
      "paymentType": "Payout",
      "successRedirectUrl": null,
      "unsuccessRedirectUrl": null,
      "paymentMethods": [
        "on_chain"
      ]
    },
    "relationships": {
      "target": {
        "data": null
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "jsonapi": {
    "version": "1.0"
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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