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Update a transfer ​

Updates the specified transfer by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged.

This request accepts only metadata as an argument.

Returns ​

Returns the transfer object if the update succeeded. This call will raise an error if update parameters are invalid.

Parameters ​

  • description (string, optional) An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

  • metadata (object, optional) Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

curl
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/transfers/{{TRANSFER_ID}} \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -d "metadata[order_id]=6735"

Response ​

json
{
  "id": "tr_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixNCZvFdgA",
  "object": "transfer",
  "amount": 400,
  "amount_reversed": 0,
  "balance_transaction": "txn_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixxapQrznl",
  "created": 1678043844,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": null,
  "destination": "acct_1MTfjCQ9PRzxEwkZ",
  "destination_payment": "py_1MiN3gQ9PRzxEwkZWTPGNq9o",
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {
    "order_id": "6735"
  },
  "reversals": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/transfers/tr_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixNCZvFdgA/reversals"
  },
  "reversed": false,
  "source_transaction": null,
  "source_type": "card",
  "transfer_group": "ORDER_95"
}

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