---
title: "Instruct Payout"
method: POST
path: "/v3/payouts/{payoutId}"
tags: ["Instruct Payout"]
---

# Instruct Payout

`POST /v3/payouts/{payoutId}`

Instruct a payout to be made for the specified payoutId.

## Path parameters

- `payoutId` string, uuid, required

## Response `202`

HTTP 202 Accepted

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request. See Error message payload for details of failure
- `401` — Invalid access token. May be expired or invalid
- `403` — The authentication does not have permissions to access the resource This usually occurs when there is a valid authentication instance (client or user) but they do not have the required permissions
- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — The request contained data that would reult in a duplicate value

## Changes

- **2020-01-28** `1b2abf26b5d6` — 6 info
  - api operation id `instructPayoutV3` removed and replaced with ``
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `409`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - …2 more
- **2019-11-27** `4052795ca58f` — 1 info
  - api operation id `instructPayoutV3` was added
- **2019-07-15** `ced8e167a97c` — 3 breaking, 6 info
  - removed the request body
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `409`
  - api operation id `instructPayoutV3` removed and replaced with ``
  - …5 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/velopaymentsapi/apis/velo-payments-apis/changes/v3/payouts/:payoutId/post.md)

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