Creates a new mandate object.

<p class="restricted-notice"><strong>Restricted</strong>: this endpoint requires approved [custom payment pages](https://support.gocardless.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115004521925-Custom-Payment-Pages).</p> <p class="notice"><strong>Note</strong>: this endpoint is a legacy API endpoint and does not support GoCardless' newest features. We recommend using the [Billing Requests API](https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/collect-payments/setting-up-mandates) instead.</p> <p class="notice--warning"><strong>Warning</strong>: by default, the ability to provide a custom mandate reference is switched off. The banking system rules for valid references are quite complex, and we recommend allowing GoCardless to generate it. If you would like to provide custom references, please contact support.</p>

{
  "mandates": {
    "reference": "REF-123",
    "scheme": "bacs",
    "payer_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "links": {
      "customer_bank_account": "BA123",
      "creditor": "CR123"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mandates": {
    "id": "MD123",
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "reference": "REF-123",
    "status": "pending_submission",
    "scheme": "bacs",
    "mandate_type": "bank_debit",
    "next_possible_charge_date": "2014-10-27",
    "next_possible_standard_ach_charge_date": "2014-10-27",
    "verified_at": "2021-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "links": {
      "customer_bank_account": "BA123",
      "creditor": "CR123",
      "new_mandate": "MD123",
      "customer": "CU123"
    }
  }
}