---
title: "Get capture"
method: GET
path: "/payments/{paymentId}/captures/{captureId}"
tags: ["Captures API"]
---

# Get capture

`GET /payments/{paymentId}/captures/{captureId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mollie.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.mollie.com/v2/payments/{paymentId}/captures/{captureId}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `https://my.mollie.com/oauth2/authorize`
    - Token URL: `https://api.mollie.com/oauth2/tokens` scopes: `payments.read`

Retrieve a single payment capture by its ID and the ID of its parent payment.

> 🔑 Access with
>
> [API key](/reference/authentication)
>
> [Advanced access token with **payments.read**](/reference/authentication)
>
> [OAuth access with **payments.read**](/reference/authentication)

## Query parameters

- `embed` 'payment'
- `testmode` boolean

## Response `200`

The capture object.

- object
  - `resource` string, required: Indicates the response contains a capture object. Will always contain the string `capture` for this endpoint.
  - `id` string, required: The identifier uniquely referring to this capture. Example: `cpt_mNepDkEtco6ah3QNPUGYH`.
  - `mode` string, required: Whether this entity was created in live mode or in test mode. Possible values: `live` `test`
  - `description` string: The description of the capture.
  - `amount` object, nullable, required: The amount captured. If no amount is provided, the full authorized amount is captured.
    - `currency` string, required: A three-character ISO 4217 currency code.
    - `value` string, required: A string containing an exact monetary amount in the given currency.
  - `settlementAmount` object, nullable: In v2 endpoints, monetary amounts are represented as objects with a `currency` and `value` field.
    - `currency` string, required: A three-character ISO 4217 currency code.
    - `value` string, required: A string containing an exact monetary amount in the given currency.
  - `status` string, required: The capture's status. Possible values: `pending` `succeeded` `failed`
  - `metadata` union: Provide any data you like, for example a string or a JSON object. We will save the data alongside the entity. Whenever you fetch the entity with our API, we will also include the metadata. You can use up to approximately 1kB.
    - string
    - number
    - object
    - string[]
  - `paymentId` string, required: The unique identifier of the payment this capture was created for. For example: `tr_5B8cwPMGnU6qLbRvo7qEZo`. The full payment object can be retrieved via the payment URL in the `_links` object.
  - `shipmentId` string, nullable: The unique identifier of the shipment that triggered the creation of this capture, if applicable. For example: `shp_gNapNy9qQTUFZYnCrCF7J`.
  - `settlementId` string, nullable: The identifier referring to the settlement this capture was settled with. For example, `stl_BkEjN2eBb`. This field is omitted if the capture is not settled (yet).
  - `createdAt` string, required: The entity's date and time of creation, in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format.
  - `testmode` boolean, nullable: Whether to create the entity in test mode or live mode. Most API credentials are specifically created for either live mode or test mode, in which case this parameter must not be sent. For organization-level credentials such as OAuth access tokens, you can enable test mode by setting `testmode` to `true`.
  - `_links` object, required: An object with several relevant URLs. Every URL object will contain an `href` and a `type` field.
    - `self` object, required: In v2 endpoints, URLs are commonly represented as objects with an `href` and `type` field.
      - `href` string, required: The actual URL string.
      - `type` string, required: The content type of the page or endpoint the URL points to.
    - `payment` object, required: The API resource URL of the [payment](get-payment) that this capture belongs to.
      - `href` string, required: The actual URL string.
      - `type` string, required: The content type of the page or endpoint the URL points to.
    - `settlement` object, nullable: The API resource URL of the [settlement](get-settlement) this capture has been settled with. Not present if not yet settled.
      - `href` string: The actual URL string.
      - `type` string: The content type of the page or endpoint the URL points to.
    - `shipment` object, nullable: The API resource URL of the [shipment](get-shipment) this capture is associated with. Not present if it isn't associated with a shipment.
      - `href` string: The actual URL string.
      - `type` string: The content type of the page or endpoint the URL points to.
    - `documentation` object, required: In v2 endpoints, URLs are commonly represented as objects with an `href` and `type` field.
      - `href` string, required: The actual URL string.
      - `type` string, required: The content type of the page or endpoint the URL points to.

## Other responses

- `404`: No entity with this ID exists.
- `429`: Rate Limit has been reached.

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `64fc448adebb`: 1 info
  - added the optional write-only property `allOf[subschema #1]/testmode` to the response with the `200` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/mollie/apis/accepting-payments/changes/payments/:paymentId/captures/:captureId/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/mollie/apis/accepting-payments.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/mollie/apis/accepting-payments/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/mollie/apis/accepting-payments/revisions/64fc448adebb?raw)