PaymentFile
Get payment file for a pay run
GET
/
file
/
run
/
{payrollConfigId}
/
year
/
{year}
/
frequency
/
{frequency}
/
period
/
{period}
Get payment file for a pay run
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period} \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}"
headers = {
"X-Auth-Token": "<api-key>",
"X-Org-Id": "<api-key>"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Auth-Token': '<api-key>', 'X-Org-Id': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}', 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://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Auth-Token: <api-key>",
"X-Org-Id: <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"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}")
.header("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Auth-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Org-Id"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {
"organisationId": "01K1BKF2MJC2WPNP38V3VVQ94C",
"payrollConfigId": "01KMKX9ZBHS65ZWGV2266K0S8K",
"year": 2025,
"frequency": "Weekly",
"period": 25,
"status": "GENERATED",
"format": {
"paymentMethod": "BACS",
"paymentFormat": "Standard18"
},
"summary": {
"totalRecords": 15,
"employeeCount": 8,
"totalAmount": 6268.12
},
"file": {
"name": "Acme_Ltd_Payment File 2025 Weekly 25 - 20260515-215906.txt",
"size": 2279,
"downloadUrl": "https://example.com/signed-url",
"downloadUrlExpiresAt": "2026-05-22T21:59:06Z"
},
"failure": null,
"externalReference": null,
"createdDate": "2026-05-15T21:59:06+00:00",
"createdBy": "SYSTEM"
},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}Authorizations
Access token obtained from OAuth2 client credentials flow
Organisation to scope the request to. Required when the principal can access more than one organisation; optional for single-organisation principals (the authorizer resolves it automatically).
Path Parameters
Response
Payment file retrieved successfully. The body always carries a PaymentFileResponse whose status field is the canonical outcome — GENERATED, PARTIAL_SUCCESS, FAILED, RETRYING, or SUBMITTED. Clients branch on status; do not infer state from HTTP code. file is non-null when a downloadable artefact exists (GENERATED, SUBMITTED, PARTIAL_SUCCESS); failure is non-null when employees were not included (FAILED, PARTIAL_SUCCESS).
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Get payment file for a pay run
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period} \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}"
headers = {
"X-Auth-Token": "<api-key>",
"X-Org-Id": "<api-key>"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Auth-Token': '<api-key>', 'X-Org-Id': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}', 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://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Auth-Token: <api-key>",
"X-Org-Id: <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"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}")
.header("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payment/file/run/{payrollConfigId}/year/{year}/frequency/{frequency}/period/{period}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Auth-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Org-Id"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {
"organisationId": "01K1BKF2MJC2WPNP38V3VVQ94C",
"payrollConfigId": "01KMKX9ZBHS65ZWGV2266K0S8K",
"year": 2025,
"frequency": "Weekly",
"period": 25,
"status": "GENERATED",
"format": {
"paymentMethod": "BACS",
"paymentFormat": "Standard18"
},
"summary": {
"totalRecords": 15,
"employeeCount": 8,
"totalAmount": 6268.12
},
"file": {
"name": "Acme_Ltd_Payment File 2025 Weekly 25 - 20260515-215906.txt",
"size": 2279,
"downloadUrl": "https://example.com/signed-url",
"downloadUrlExpiresAt": "2026-05-22T21:59:06Z"
},
"failure": null,
"externalReference": null,
"createdDate": "2026-05-15T21:59:06+00:00",
"createdBy": "SYSTEM"
},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}