Step 5: Initiating a transfer #

Create a transfer by specifying Joe Buyer’s funding source as the source and Jane Merchant’s funding source as the destination.

Raw

POST https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/transfers
Accept: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Content-Type: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Authorization: Bearer 0Sn0W6kzNicvoWhDbQcVSKLRUpGjIdlPSEYyrHqrDDoRnQwE7Q
{
    "_links": {
        "source": {
            "href": "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/funding-sources/80275e83-1f9d-4bf7-8816-2ddcd5ffc197"
        },
        "destination": {
            "href": "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/funding-sources/375c6781-2a17-476c-84f7-db7d2f6ffb31"
        }
    },
    "amount": {
        "currency": "USD",
        "value": "225.00"
    }
}

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/transfers/d76265cd-0951-e511-80da-0aa34a9b2388

Retrieve the status of your transfer #

You can check the status of the newly created transfer by retrieving the transfer by its URL.

Request and response (view schema in `raw`)

Raw

GET https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/transfers/d76265cd-0951-e511-80da-0aa34a9b2388
Accept: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Authorization: Bearer pBA9fVDBEyYZCEsLf/wKehyh1RTpzjUj5KzIRfDi0wKTii7DqY

...

{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/transfers/D76265CD-0951-E511-80DA-0AA34A9B2388"
    },
    "source": {
      "href": "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/AB443D36-3757-44C1-A1B4-29727FB3111C"
    },
    "destination": {
      "href": "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/C7F300C0-F1EF-4151-9BBE-005005AC3747"
    }
  },
  "id": "D76265CD-0951-E511-80DA-0AA34A9B2388",
  "status": "pending",
  "amount": {
    "value": "225.00",
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  "created": "2015-09-02T00:30:25.580Z"
}

That’s it! You’ve successfully transferred money from Joe Buyer to Jane Merchant. Please continue to the Webhooks guide for information on implementing notifications for your customers about the transfer.

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