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# Record payment

> Record a payment received on one invoice, on a bank account, with date and method. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/alegra/record_payment

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Record a payment received on one invoice, on a bank account, with date and method.

Alegra API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/alegra.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/alegra/invoices/{invoice_id}/payments`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Books a payment of amount against one invoice and returns the new total paid and balance. The method is cash, check, transfer, deposit, credit-card or debit-card, and Alegra needs the date and the bank account. A payment of the full balance leaves the invoice at zero. Alegra does not delete a payment that is wrong: it is voided and can be restored, and only a payment that is not reconciled can be deleted. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `invoice_id` | string | yes | Invoice ID from list_invoices. |
| `amount` | number | yes | Amount received. |
| `date` | date | yes | Payment date, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `bank_account_id` | string | yes | Account ID from list_bank_accounts. |
| `payment_method` | enum | no | cash, check, transfer, deposit, credit-card or debit-card. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/alegra/invoices/1042/payments \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"amount":1130.5,"date":"2026-10-20","bank_account_id":"2","payment_method":"transfer"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("alegra", "record_payment", {"invoice_id":"1042","amount":1130.5,"date":"2026-10-20","bank_account_id":"2","payment_method":"transfer"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('alegra', 'record_payment', {"invoice_id":"1042","amount":1130.5,"date":"2026-10-20","bank_account_id":"2","payment_method":"transfer"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call alegra record_payment --data '{"invoice_id":"1042","amount":1130.5,"date":"2026-10-20","bank_account_id":"2","payment_method":"transfer"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "payment_id": "311",
  "invoice_id": "1042",
  "number": "FV-0042",
  "date": "2026-10-20",
  "amount": 1130.5,
  "payment_method": "transfer",
  "bank_account": {
    "bank_account_id": "2",
    "name": "Bancolombia"
  },
  "total": 1130.5,
  "total_paid": 1130.5,
  "balance": 0
}
```

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