# Create order URL: https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/billing/post-billing-paypal-order > Opens a server-priced PayPal REST v2 order for either a bounded credit top-up (intent CAPTURE) or a plan purchase's first period (intent AUTHORIZE). `POST /v1/billing/paypal/order` > [Billing →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/billing) · [All API references →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Get started →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/guides) | | | | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | | **Address** | `https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/billing/paypal/order` | | **Method** | `POST` | | **Operation** | `post_billing_paypal_order` | | **Auth** | `Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY` | Opens a server-priced PayPal REST v2 order for either a bounded credit top-up (intent CAPTURE) or a plan purchase's first period (intent AUTHORIZE). No balance or subscription row is minted here: the browser hands the returned `orderId` to the PayPal Smart Buttons SDK for buyer approval, then settles the payment through POST /v1/billing/topup/token or POST /v1/billing/subscribe/card with `provider: "paypal"`. ## Request 13 fields, body `application/json` (required). | Field | In | Type | Required | Description | | ------------------- | ------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `X-Idempotency-Key` | header | string | — | | | `amountCents` | body | integer (int64) | — | AmountCents is the top-up amount in whole cents when PlanID is empty. | | `balanceCents` | body | integer (int64) | — | BalanceCents is an organization's optional starting usage balance. | | `coupon` | body | string | — | Coupon is an optional plan coupon code for a monthly subscription. | | `currency` | body | string | — | Currency is the ISO-4217 code (default usd). | | `interval` | body | string | — | Interval selects the billing term ("month" or "year"). | | `level` | body | integer (int64) | — | Level selects which published price level of the plan to buy. | | `lines` | body | billing.SaleLine\[] | — | Lines are a team's additional seat types bought on the same subscription. | | `lines[].planId` | body | string | — | PlanID is the seat type, e.g. "team-premium". | | `lines[].quantity` | body | integer (int64) | — | Quantity is the seats of it bought, at least 1. | | `planId` | body | string | — | PlanID is the plan slug when buying a plan's first period; empty for a top-up. | | `quantity` | body | integer (int64) | — | Quantity is the seat count for a per-seat plan. | | `storeId` | body | string | — | StoreID scopes the plan catalog when set. | ## Response | Status | Body | Meaning | | --------- | ---------------------- | ------- | | `200` | billing.PayPalOrderOut | ok | | `default` | problem-details | refused | `200` body — 7 fields. | Field | In | Type | Always | Description | | ------------- | ---- | --------------- | ------ | ----------- | | `amountCents` | body | integer (int64) | — | | | `currency` | body | string | — | | | `environment` | body | string | — | | | `intent` | body | string | — | | | `orderId` | body | string | — | | | `status` | body | string | — | | | `test` | body | boolean | — | | Failure carries the platform error shape — see [Errors](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/errors). ## Examples **CLI** ```bash hanzo billing paypal order ``` **SDK** **.ts** ```ts import { Configuration, BillingApi } from 'hanzoai'; const api = new BillingApi(new Configuration({ accessToken: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY })); const { data } = await api.postBillingPaypalOrder({ amountCents: 0, balanceCents: 0 }); ``` **.py** ```python from hanzoai.cloud import ApiClient, Configuration from hanzoai.cloud.api import BillingApi client = ApiClient(Configuration(access_token=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"])) result = BillingApi(client).post_billing_paypal_order(amount_cents=0, balance_cents=0) ``` **.go** ```go cfg := hanzoai.NewConfiguration() cfg.AddDefaultHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")) client := hanzoai.NewAPIClient(cfg) resp, _, err := client.BillingAPI.PostBillingPaypalOrder(context.Background()).Execute() if err != nil { return err } ``` **.rs** ```rust use hanzo_client::apis::{configuration::Configuration, billing_api}; let mut cfg = Configuration::new(); cfg.bearer_access_token = std::env::var("HANZO_API_KEY").ok(); let result = billing_api::post_billing_paypal_order(&cfg, Default::default()).await?; ``` **.java** ```java import ai.hanzo.cloud.ApiClient; import ai.hanzo.cloud.api.BillingApi; ApiClient client = new ApiClient(); client.setBearerToken(System.getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")); var result = new BillingApi(client).postBillingPaypalOrder(); ``` The method above is the one at the current release of the document. `hanzoai@8.5.914` (npm) and `hanzoai@8.5.914` (PyPI) were generated from an earlier release, where this operation carried a different id, so it spells the method differently — regenerating the clients is what makes the two agree. [SDKs →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/sdks) **HTTP** ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/billing/paypal/order \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "amountCents": 0, "balanceCents": 0 }' ``` **MCP** MCP reaches **billing** through the `billing` tool, which names its 45 operations with its own verbs — this one among them, under a name only MCP declares. `describe` explains any of them: ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "describe", "arguments": { "op": "list_billing_accounts" } } }' ``` --- [Billing API](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/billing) · [All Hanzo APIs](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Interactive reference](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/reference)