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Query historical payments

Last updated: 17 October 2025 | Change log

Query historical payments

Query card payments processed before 25 June 2024.

Request

Provide a transactionReference and entityReference to find the matching payment.

GET https://try.access.worldpay.com/paymentQueries/archivedPayments?transactionReference={transactionReference}&entityReference={entityReference}

Example

GET https://try.access.worldpay.com/paymentQueries/archivedPayments?transactionReference=PayFac20230302-3charState&entity=entityReference123

Parameter descriptions

ParameterRequiredDescription
transactionReference✅A unique reference generated by you. It is used to identify a payment throughout its lifecycle.
entityReference✅Direct your payment to assist with billing, reporting and reconciliation. This is mandatory for authentication of a payment.
Contact your Implementation Manager for more details.
Note
You might have supplied this as entity in your original payment request.

The response contains summary information about the payment associated with the request parameters.

Response

Response schema

_linksobjectrequired

Self link and next action links.The Next action links are dependent on the lastEvent, refer to 'query for historical payments Response' section for more details.

_links.​selfobjectrequired

Self link to the page.

_links.​self.​hrefstring

Self link to the page.

_links.​payments:cancelobject

Next action links.

_links.​payments:settleobject

Next action links.

_links.​payments:partialSettleobject

Next action links.

_embeddedobjectrequired
_embedded.​paymentsArray of objects

Array of payments.

Response examples

{
    "_embedded": {
        "payments": [
            {
                "lastEvent": "Authorized",
                "value": {
                    "amount": 500,
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
                "paymentInstrument": {
                    "type": "card/plain",
                    "card": {
                        "number": {
                            "last4Digits": "1111"
                        },
                        "brand": "visa"
                    }
                },
                "_links": {
                    "payments:cancel": {
                        "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/authorizations/cancellations/eyJrIjoiazNhYjYzMiIsImxpbmtWZXJzaW9uIjoiNS4wLjAifQ==.sN:g8wd64bwkbrp0md+bPxcanBnk2zLdsIqSa1pR99GeDrCwEtsymFb5gQw9WlrStDTK3eIWPy93y:7njc4649JSrU7+vFDl1J36+cwOkX0lW4Z+fnZKMutoUGX3m1:miQ42Na870582T9ERg+1ZUryhkE+qW88hu1DdDl2T76sf:VXab5cMYWO6LS0UzlfoW8PkXm9A8Gx:X:2vAwKFXFzKnt23AOHd1MAcGi2rYDmNWql5dV+zBj9zyT7GZXrLmjasoJJfxtEasqXGr:dzHa6q9jMukzvEX+SLmppl6itAGDMxqvmBKsIqEipLj126"
                    },
                    "payments:settle": {
                        "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/full/eyJrIjoiazNhYjYzMiIsImxpbmtWZXJzaW9uIjoiNS4wLjAifQ==.sN:g8wd64bwkbrp0md+bPxcanBnk2zLdsIqSa1pR99GeDrCwEtsymFb5gQw9WlrStDTK3eIWPy93y:7njc4649JSrU7+vFDl1J36+cwOkX0lW4Z+fnZKMutoUGX3m1:miQ42Na870582T9ERg+1ZUryhkE+qW88hu1DdDl2T76sf:VXab5cMYWO6LS0UzlfoW8PkXm9A8Gx:X:2vAwKFXFzKnt23AOHd1MAcGi2rYDmNWql5dV+zBj9zyT7GZXrLmjasoJJfxtEasqXGr:dzHa6q9jMukzvEX+SLmppl6itAGDMxqvmBKsIqEipLj126"
                    },
                    "payments:partialSettle": {
                        "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/partials/eyJrIjoiazNhYjYzMiIsImxpbmtWZXJzaW9uIjoiNS4wLjAifQ==.sN:g8wd64bwkbrp0md+bPxcanBnk2zLdsIqSa1pR99GeDrCwEtsymFb5gQw9WlrStDTK3eIWPy93y:7njc4649JSrU7+vFDl1J36+cwOkX0lW4Z+fnZKMutoUGX3m1:miQ42Na870582T9ERg+1ZUryhkE+qW88hu1DdDl2T76sf:VXab5cMYWO6LS0UzlfoW8PkXm9A8Gx:X:2vAwKFXFzKnt23AOHd1MAcGi2rYDmNWql5dV+zBj9zyT7GZXrLmjasoJJfxtEasqXGr:dzHa6q9jMukzvEX+SLmppl6itAGDMxqvmBKsIqEipLj126"
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "/paymentQueries/archivedPayments?entityReference=AccessWP&transactionReference=Test123"
        }
    }
}