Create and manage the expiration of an Adyen Pay by Link payment link via the Checkout API
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Steps
Call POST /paymentLinks with merchantAccount, amount, and reference to generate a hosted payment page URL; by default the link accepts any payment method enabled for that merchant account, including cards and BNPL methods like Klarna and Afterpay
Set expiresAt to control how long the link stays payable — the default is 24 hours from creation, and Adyen allows extending it up to a maximum of 70 days from creation time
Share the returned url with the shopper (email, SMS, chat, etc.); the shopper completes payment on Adyen's hosted page with no further integration work required
To close a link before its natural expiry (for example, after the order total changes), call PATCH /paymentLinks/{linkId} with status set to expired, which also sets its expiresAt to the current time
Reconcile completed links using Adyen's standard AUTHORISATION webhook matched via the link's reference, since a Pay by Link payment settles through the same notification pipeline as any other Adyen payment
Known gotchas
expiresAt has a hard ceiling of 70 days from creation — a single request cannot create a link intended to stay open longer than that
A payment link's own status field (active, completed, expired, or paymentPending — reusable/open links only ever show active or expired) reflects the link's lifecycle, not the underlying payment's authorization outcome; always confirm the actual result via the webhook, not just the link status
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