Expire Hold

Use the Expire Hold endpoint to expire a funds hold that was created with the Create Hold endpoint. This endpoint does not expire any other kind of hold.

Status codes

See Global Response Statuses for status codes that are common across endpoints.

The table below lists status codes that apply to this specific endpoint.

Status codeDescription
540-01Provided hold ID does not map to an active hold in our system
540-02Provided expiration date needs to be in the correct format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) and needs to be in the future. Omit this field if you want to expire the hold immediately.
540-03An unknown error occurred while creating the hold. Please contact client support if this error persists
Form Data
string
required

Web service username, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 50 characters
Example: "AbC123-9999"

string
required

Web service password, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 15 characters
Example: "4sb62fh6w4h7w34g"

int32
required

Galileo-issued provider identifier.
Pattern: Max 10 digits
Example: 9999

string
required
1 to 60

A unique provider-generated ID to identify this API call. A UUID is preferred.
Pattern: 60 characters or less
Example: "9845dk-39fdk3fj3-4483483478"

int32 | null

Hold ID (hold_id) as returned by the Create Hold or Get Hold History endpoint.
Pattern: Positive integer
Example: 453434

date-time | null

Date and time to expire the hold. Must be a date-time in the future. Leave this parameter empty to expire the hold immediately.
Pattern: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
Example: "2017-01-01 13:00:00"

Headers
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enum
Defaults to json

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enum
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