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# Payment method status

> Operational health of a payment method in a country, over a recent window. Use it to hide or de-prioritise a method in your own interface.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /utils/status/payment/method/{methodCode}/{countryCode}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Orqex Orchestrate API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The Orqex Orchestrate API for collecting payments and sending payouts.


    Authenticate with a secret key as a bearer token; the key also selects the
    environment. Amounts are in major units everywhere: `50` means 50.00. Writes
    accept an `X-Idempotency-Key` header. Lists are cursor-paginated.


    Which countries, currencies and payment methods are available depends on
    your project configuration: read them from the discovery endpoints at
    payment time, or look them up in your dashboard.
  contact:
    name: Orqex Orchestrate
    url: https://orqex.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.orqex.com/v1
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Checkout
    description: Hosted checkout sessions.
  - name: Payment intents
    description: Payments, discovery and reconciliation.
  - name: Payment attempts
    description: Collecting a payment and confirming it.
  - name: Refunds
    description: Returning money to a payer.
  - name: Payouts
    description: Sending money out.
  - name: Utilities
    description: Exchange rates and method status.
paths:
  /utils/status/payment/method/{methodCode}/{countryCode}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Utilities
      summary: Payment method status
      description: >-
        Operational health of a payment method in a country, over a recent
        window. Use it to hide or de-prioritise a method in your own interface.
      operationId: paymentMethodStatus
      parameters:
        - name: methodCode
          in: path
          required: true
          description: A method code returned by the methods endpoint.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: countryCode
          in: path
          required: true
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The current status.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      method:
                        type: string
                      country:
                        type: string
                        example: US
                      status:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - unavailable
                          - available
                          - operational
                          - degraded
                          - down
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      environment:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - live
                          - sandbox
                      window_minutes:
                        type: integer
                      generated_at:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      ttl_seconds:
                        type: integer
        '401':
          description: Missing, invalid, inactive or expired API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: The request address is not on the API key's allowlist.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Resource not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per key).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Your secret key, e.g. `sk_live_...` or `sk_sandbox_...`.

````