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# Pay Bad Debt

POST/accounts/{account\_id}/pay-bad-debt

Pays outstanding bad debt for an account. Discovers all debt automatically and handles invoice deduplication.

##### Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`

##### Path ParametersExpand Collapse 

account\_id: string

Identifier

maxLength32

##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse 

payment\_method\_id: optional string

The payment method to use. If omitted, the default payment method is used.

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse 

errors: array of [ResponseInfo](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/$shared#%28resource%29%20%24shared%20%3E%20%28model%29%20response%5Finfo%20%3E%20%28schema%29) { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

messages: array of [ResponseInfo](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/$shared#%28resource%29%20%24shared%20%3E%20%28model%29%20response%5Finfo%20%3E%20%28schema%29) { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

result: object { client\_secret } 

client\_secret: optional string

The Stripe client secret for frontend payment confirmation.

success: true

Whether the API call was successful

### Pay Bad Debt

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```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/pay-bad-debt \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{}'
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "client_secret": "client_secret"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "client_secret": "client_secret"
  },
  "success": true
}
```