Make a payment

Makes a payment to your account.

• The requested amount is charged to the default payment method if no payment_method_id is specified.

• A payment_submitted event is generated when a payment is successfully submitted.

Parent and child accounts

In a parent and child account environment, the following apply:

• Child account users can't run this operation. These users don't have access to billing-related operations.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need permissions, based on the model you're using:

• Identity and access permissions. Your user needs a role with these permissions. Learn more.

  • Permissions: make_billing_payment

• OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.

  • Scopes: account:read_write

CLI

linode-cli account payment-create \
  --usd 120.50 \
  --payment_method_id 123

Learn more