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External Party #

An External Party represents an individual or business that utilizes your application to send or receive transfers.

Resource Overview - Personal External Party #

PropertyTypeDescription
_linksobjectHAL-JSON links to related resources.
idstring <uuid>Unique external party identifier.
firstNamestringFirst name of external party.
lastNamestringLast name of external party.
externalPartyTypestringpersonal
correlationIdstringA unique string value attached to an external party which can be used for traceability between Dwolla and your application.
createdstring <date-time>ISO-8601 timestamp of when the resource was created.

Personal External Party resource example

bash
{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.dwolla.com/external-parties/585176d7-97d8-49d0-b94d-3aa2719dde58",
            "type": "application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json",
            "resource-type": "external-party"
        }
    },
    "id": "585176d7-97d8-49d0-b94d-3aa2719dde58",
    "created": "2023-09-19T16:22:42.910Z",
    "firstName": "Jane",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "email": "some-email@email.com",
    "externalPartyType": "personal"
}

Resource Overview - Business External Party #

PropertyTypeDescription
_linksobjectHAL-JSON links to related resources.
idstring <uuid>Unique external party identifier.
businessNamestringBusiness name of external party.
emailstring <email>Email address of external party.
externalPartyTypestringbusiness
correlationIdstringA unique string value attached to an external party which can be used for traceability between Dwolla and your application.
createdstring <date-time>ISO-8601 timestamp of when the resource was created.

Business External Party resource example

bash
{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.dwolla.com/external-parties/b8edab05-105c-4600-84b9-9c6f2965ce1b",
            "type": "application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json",
            "resource-type": "external-party"
        }
    },
    "id": "b8edab05-105c-4600-84b9-9c6f2965ce1b",
    "created": "2023-09-19T16:14:31.986Z",
    "email": "externalPartyTest@email.com",
    "businessName": "Business name",
    "externalPartyType": "business"
}
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