Get a contract

GEThttps://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/{instance_key}/contracts/{contract_id}

Language

Credentials

Secret key

Instance keyRemember on this device

Kept in this browser tab unless you tick Remember; don't on a shared computer. Use keys from a sandbox account to test without moving money.

Parameters

Path

contract_idrequired

Query

expand

cURL request

curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/contracts/CONTRACT_ID \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>'

const url = 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/contracts/CONTRACT_ID';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

import requests

url = "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/contracts/CONTRACT_ID"

headers = {"Authorization": "Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/contracts/CONTRACT_ID', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/contracts/CONTRACT_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/contracts/CONTRACT_ID"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

const url = 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/contracts/CONTRACT_ID';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

import requests

url = "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/contracts/CONTRACT_ID"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/contracts/CONTRACT_ID', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/contracts/CONTRACT_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/contracts/CONTRACT_ID"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Response

Contract details

{
  "contract": {
    "account": "string",
    "alt_key": "string",
    "amount": "string",
    "channel": "string",
    "completed": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "created": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "currency": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "designation": "string",
    "frequency": "WEEKLY",
    "gateway": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "initiated": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "initiative": "string",
    "keep_active_until": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "last_charge": "string",
    "last_transaction": "string",
    "legal_entity": "string",
    "metadata": {
      "order_id": "12345",
      "customer_reference": "CUS-001"
    },
    "next_contract": "string",
    "next_payment": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "nonce": "string",
    "account_alt_key": "string",
    "charge_count": 0,
    "event_date": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "outstanding_amount": "string",
    "payment_method": "string",
    "recurring": true,
    "retry_complete": true,
    "retry_count": 0,
    "status": "SETUP",
    "updated": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

GET

/contracts/{contract_id}

Retrieve details of a specific contract, by its ID or the alt_key you gave it.

You can expand the following fields:

account
created_session
payment_method
last_transaction
last_charge
updated_session

Authorizations

basicAuth
bearerAuth

Parameters

Path Parameters

contract_id

required

string

The contract’s ID (co_...), or the alt_key you gave it.

Query Parameters

expand

string

Fields to expand into full objects

Responses

200

Contract details

application/json

object

contract

object

A contract representing a one-time or recurring payment agreement

object

account

string

Associated account ID

alt_key

string

Your reference for the contract

amount

string

Contract amount

channel

string

Channel ID

completed

string · date-time

When the contract was completed

created

string · date-time

When the contract was created

currency

string

Currency code

description

string

Description passed to the payment API

designation

string

Designation ID

frequency

string · enum

Payment frequency for recurring contracts

Allowed values: WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY BIMONTHLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY BIANNUALLY ANNUALLY

gateway

string

Payment gateway ID

string

Contract ID

initiated

string · date-time

When the contract was initiated

initiative

string

Initiative ID

keep_active_until

string · date-time

Optional. When set to a future date, the contract stays active until this date even after its final scheduled payment is collected, so mid-term amendments can still be applied. Once the date has passed and no balance is outstanding, the contract completes normally. Omitted when not set.

last_charge

string

ID of the last charge

last_transaction

string

ID of the last transaction

legal_entity

string

Legal entity ID

metadata

object

e.g. { "order_id": "12345", "customer_reference": "CUS-001"}

Custom key-value pairs stored on the contract

object

key

additional properties

string

next_contract

string

ID of the successor contract (created when amount or frequency is changed)

next_payment

string · date-time

When the next payment will be attempted

nonce

string

Unique identifier for duplicate payment prevention. If the same nonce is submitted within 24 hours:

No new contract will be created
The success status of the previous contract will be returned

account_alt_key

string

Your identifier for the account on this contract

charge_count

integer

Number of charges raised on this contract

event_date

string · date-time

Event date associated with the payment

outstanding_amount

string

Amount remaining to be paid

payment_method

string

Payment method ID

recurring

boolean

Whether this is a recurring contract

retry_complete

boolean

Whether retry attempts are exhausted

retry_count

integer

Number of retry attempts made

status

string · enum

Current contract status

Allowed values: SETUP ACTIVE FAILING PENDING SUSPENDED UNRESOLVED COMPLETED CANCELLED CANCELLING

updated

string · date-time

When the contract was last modified

400

Bad request

application/json

Every error has a code and a message. Some add more fields alongside them, with detail about the error.

object

code

string

The error code, for example VALIDATION_ERROR, INVALID, INVALID_REQUEST, UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN or NOT_FOUND. Program against this, not the message.

message

string

What went wrong, in words, for logs and support.

401

Unauthorised: the API key is missing or not valid

application/json

Every error has a code and a message. Some add more fields alongside them, with detail about the error.

object

code

string

The error code, for example VALIDATION_ERROR, INVALID, INVALID_REQUEST, UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN or NOT_FOUND. Program against this, not the message.

message

string

What went wrong, in words, for logs and support.

Example

{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "message": "Unauthorised"
}

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