# PayPal Capture payment

To successfully capture a payment for an already created transaction, the buyer must first approve the order.

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Valid JWT Token is required to make the API call.
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## Required fields <a href="#required__00a0card__00a0processing-fields" id="required__00a0card__00a0processing-fields"></a>

There are no required fields for the Capture API.

## Optional fields <a href="#optional__00a0fields" id="optional__00a0fields"></a>

* agreementId - Billing Agreement ID. **Used only for reference transactions.**
* description - An informational note about the capture. Appears in both the payer's transaction  history and the emails that the payer receives.
* amount - The `amount` object tells the amount to capture. If not provided, full capture will be performed. In this object, the fields are:
  * amount.value - Amount to capture. Always expects integer (112 will be 1.12 for USD/ EUR. For most currencies, 1000 is equal to 10; it depends on the number of digits after the decimal separator. You can see the list of all currencies [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217#Active_codes)).
  * amount.currencyCode - Currency code (ISO-4217)

Here is an example POST */transactions/{id}/capture* request that can be used for capturing a transaction payment:

* **POST** `/transactions/{id}/capture`

```json
{
  "amount" : {
    "value": 52,
    "currencyCode": "USD"
  }
}
```

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You can make the request with an empty body. In that case, full amount will be captured.
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The response for capturing transaction payment will look like this:

```json
{  
   "id": "08d7c6da-f49e-41e8-bc7b-1faed116bc42",
   "captureId": "7GC71528R83703259",
   "createdAt": "2021-02-01T11:16:07Z",
   "isFinalCapture": true,
   "status": "AUTHORISED"
}
```


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