Record a manual payment for a contact.
curl --request POST \
--url https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"contact_id": "9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab",
"amount": 150,
"currency": "USD",
"payment_method": "cash",
"reference": "PAY-INV-2026-0042",
"description": "Deposit for consultation"
}
'import requests
url = "https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments"
payload = {
"contact_id": "9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab",
"amount": 150,
"currency": "USD",
"payment_method": "cash",
"reference": "PAY-INV-2026-0042",
"description": "Deposit for consultation"
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
contact_id: '9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab',
amount: 150,
currency: 'USD',
payment_method: 'cash',
reference: 'PAY-INV-2026-0042',
description: 'Deposit for consultation'
})
};
fetch('https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'contact_id' => '9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab',
'amount' => 150,
'currency' => 'USD',
'payment_method' => 'cash',
'reference' => 'PAY-INV-2026-0042',
'description' => 'Deposit for consultation'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"contact_id\": \"9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab\",\n \"amount\": 150,\n \"currency\": \"USD\",\n \"payment_method\": \"cash\",\n \"reference\": \"PAY-INV-2026-0042\",\n \"description\": \"Deposit for consultation\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"contact_id\": \"9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab\",\n \"amount\": 150,\n \"currency\": \"USD\",\n \"payment_method\": \"cash\",\n \"reference\": \"PAY-INV-2026-0042\",\n \"description\": \"Deposit for consultation\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"contact_id\": \"9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab\",\n \"amount\": 150,\n \"currency\": \"USD\",\n \"payment_method\": \"cash\",\n \"reference\": \"PAY-INV-2026-0042\",\n \"description\": \"Deposit for consultation\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>",
"errors": {}
}{
"message": "<string>"
}Record a manual payment for a contact.
Records a manual (non-gateway) payment via PaymentService::recordManual. The payment is advanced straight to succeeded through the same path as a gateway webhook, posting a statement credit, converting the contact to a client, and updating their balance/LTV. Returns the created payment (201).
POST
/
payments
Record a manual payment for a contact.
curl --request POST \
--url https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"contact_id": "9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab",
"amount": 150,
"currency": "USD",
"payment_method": "cash",
"reference": "PAY-INV-2026-0042",
"description": "Deposit for consultation"
}
'import requests
url = "https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments"
payload = {
"contact_id": "9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab",
"amount": 150,
"currency": "USD",
"payment_method": "cash",
"reference": "PAY-INV-2026-0042",
"description": "Deposit for consultation"
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
contact_id: '9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab',
amount: 150,
currency: 'USD',
payment_method: 'cash',
reference: 'PAY-INV-2026-0042',
description: 'Deposit for consultation'
})
};
fetch('https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'contact_id' => '9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab',
'amount' => 150,
'currency' => 'USD',
'payment_method' => 'cash',
'reference' => 'PAY-INV-2026-0042',
'description' => 'Deposit for consultation'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"contact_id\": \"9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab\",\n \"amount\": 150,\n \"currency\": \"USD\",\n \"payment_method\": \"cash\",\n \"reference\": \"PAY-INV-2026-0042\",\n \"description\": \"Deposit for consultation\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"contact_id\": \"9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab\",\n \"amount\": 150,\n \"currency\": \"USD\",\n \"payment_method\": \"cash\",\n \"reference\": \"PAY-INV-2026-0042\",\n \"description\": \"Deposit for consultation\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://dash.dmly.io/api/v1/payments")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"contact_id\": \"9f1c2a7e-3b4d-4e5f-8a90-1234567890ab\",\n \"amount\": 150,\n \"currency\": \"USD\",\n \"payment_method\": \"cash\",\n \"reference\": \"PAY-INV-2026-0042\",\n \"description\": \"Deposit for consultation\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>",
"errors": {}
}{
"message": "<string>"
}Was this page helpful?
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