Wise recipient API
Recipient or beneficiary is the one who will receive the funds.Recipient account endpoints use a mixture of our v1 and v2 APIs. Please ensure you address the right version to get the expected results.{% admonition type="info" %}All recipient IDs are cross compatible with v1 and v2.{% /admonition %}
Wise recipient API is one of 47 APIs that Wise publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
Tagged areas include recipient. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.
This API exposes 11 operations across 8 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.wise.com, https://api.wise-sandbox.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 4
Wise recipient API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (UserToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (PersonalToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (ClientCredentialsToken).
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth).
UserToken— User Access Token for making API calls on behalf of a Wise user. Can be obtained via two OAuth 2.0 flows: - registrationcode grant: For partners creating users…PersonalToken— Personal API Token for individual personal or small business users. Generated from Wise.com Settings Connect and manage apps API tokens. Has limited API access…ClientCredentialsToken— Application-level token for partner operations that don't require a specific user context, such as bulk settlement and card spend controls. Obtained via POST /…BasicAuth— Basic Authentication using your Client ID and Client Secret as the username and password. Client credentials are provided by Wise when your partnership begins.…
Paths & Operations 11
Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PATCH, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Recipient or beneficiary is the one who will receive the funds. Recipient account endpoints use a mixture of our v1 and v2 APIs. Please ensure you address the right version to get…
Schemas 5
The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are recipient (18 properties), recipient-v1 (12 properties), recipient-create-request (6 properties), confirmations (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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