POSTpartial

Bind linked payer and payee accounts before Award preparation

Requires the settlement_adapter role scoped to stripe_connect. Both accounts belong to this tenant. Express debit consent, exact USD amount and party mapping become immutable binding identity. No money is moved by this operation.

/api/cases/{id}/stripe-connect-bindingbindStripeConnectAccounts

Authentication and authority

Send one of the allowed bearer credential roles. Alternatives are OR; credentials named within one alternative are AND.

CanonicalPartnerBearer

Parameters

Name	Location	Requirement	Schema
`id`	path	Required	`{"type":"string"}`
`Idempotency-Key`	header	Required	`{"type":"string","minLength":8,"maxLength":200}`

Request body

Required request body.

application/json

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "payerConnectedAccountId",
    "payeeConnectedAccountId",
    "payerSide",
    "amountUsd",
    "debitConsentReference",
    "authorizeAccountDebit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "payerConnectedAccountId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^acct_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$",
      "example": "acct_payerExample"
    },
    "payeeConnectedAccountId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^acct_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$",
      "example": "acct_payeeExample"
    },
    "payerSide": {
      "enum": [
        "claimant",
        "respondent"
      ]
    },
    "amountUsd": {
      "type": "number",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
      "multipleOf": 0.01
    },
    "debitConsentReference": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "authorizeAccountDebit": {
      "const": true
    }
  }
}

Responses

200

Authorized Stripe Connect resource.

application/json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "data",
    "requestId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "caseId",
        "binding"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "caseId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "binding": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/StripeConnectBinding",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "adapter",
                "connectedAccountId",
                "amountUsd",
                "currency",
                "balanceTransfer"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "adapter": {
                  "const": "stripe_connect"
                },
                "connectedAccountId": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "amountUsd": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "exclusiveMinimum": 0
                },
                "currency": {
                  "const": "usd"
                },
                "buyerReference": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "balanceTransfer": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "required": [
                    "id",
                    "partnerId",
                    "environment",
                    "payerConnectedAccountId",
                    "payerSide",
                    "payeeSide",
                    "debitConsentReference"
                  ],
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "partnerId": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "environment": {
                      "enum": [
                        "test",
                        "live"
                      ]
                    },
                    "payerConnectedAccountId": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "payerSide": {
                      "enum": [
                        "claimant",
                        "respondent"
                      ]
                    },
                    "payeeSide": {
                      "enum": [
                        "claimant",
                        "respondent"
                      ]
                    },
                    "debitConsentReference": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                }
              },
              "x-mcp-exposure": "none"
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "requestId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

201

Authorized Stripe Connect resource.

application/json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "data",
    "requestId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "caseId",
        "binding"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "caseId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "binding": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/StripeConnectBinding",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "adapter",
                "connectedAccountId",
                "amountUsd",
                "currency",
                "balanceTransfer"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "adapter": {
                  "const": "stripe_connect"
                },
                "connectedAccountId": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "amountUsd": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "exclusiveMinimum": 0
                },
                "currency": {
                  "const": "usd"
                },
                "buyerReference": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "balanceTransfer": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "required": [
                    "id",
                    "partnerId",
                    "environment",
                    "payerConnectedAccountId",
                    "payerSide",
                    "payeeSide",
                    "debitConsentReference"
                  ],
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "partnerId": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "environment": {
                      "enum": [
                        "test",
                        "live"
                      ]
                    },
                    "payerConnectedAccountId": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "payerSide": {
                      "enum": [
                        "claimant",
                        "respondent"
                      ]
                    },
                    "payeeSide": {
                      "enum": [
                        "claimant",
                        "respondent"
                      ]
                    },
                    "debitConsentReference": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                }
              },
              "x-mcp-exposure": "none"
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "requestId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

default

Authorization, validation or provider configuration failure.

application/problem+json

{
  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Problem",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "type",
    "title",
    "status",
    "code",
    "detail",
    "requestId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "detail": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "requestId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

Example response

Successful response

{
  "data": {
    "caseId": "pcase_test_123",
    "binding": {
      "adapter": "stripe_connect",
      "connectedAccountId": "connectedAccountId_test",
      "amountUsd": 0.9,
      "currency": "usd",
      "balanceTransfer": {
        "id": "id_test",
        "partnerId": "partner_test_123",
        "environment": "test",
        "payerConnectedAccountId": "payerConnectedAccountId_test",
        "payerSide": "claimant",
        "payeeSide": "claimant",
        "debitConsentReference": "partner_reference_123"
      }
    }
  },
  "requestId": "requestId_test"
}

Errors

Read the response status and stable error code. See errors and rate limits for recovery. Refresh the resource before resolving a state or digest conflict.

Idempotency and retries

For throttling, honor Retry-After when present. Back off on retryable server failures.
Send a unique Idempotency-Key. An exact retry returns the stored result; reusing the key with a different request fails.
The request is accepted only when its credential, authority, case state, and resource preconditions are satisfied.

Use https://peoplescourt.ai with the test credential issued for your integration.

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://peoplescourt.ai/api/cases/id_test/stripe-connect-binding' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer pk_test_replace_me' \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: idem_test_12345678' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "payerConnectedAccountId": "acct_payerExample",
  "payeeConnectedAccountId": "acct_payeeExample",
  "payerSide": "claimant",
  "amountUsd": 0.9,
  "debitConsentReference": "partner_reference_123",
  "authorizeAccountDebit": true
}'

TypeScript SDK

import type { PeopleCourtClient } from "./sdk/typescript/src/index.ts";

// Pass your configured client and this method’s typed arguments.
export async function request(client: PeopleCourtClient,
  ...args: Parameters<PeopleCourtClient["bindStripeConnectAccounts"]>) {
  const response = await client.bindStripeConnectAccounts(...args);
  return response.data;
}

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://peoplescourt.ai/api/cases/id_test/stripe-connect-binding",
    headers={
      "Authorization": "Bearer pk_test_replace_me",
      "Idempotency-Key": "idem_test_12345678",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={"payerConnectedAccountId": "acct_payerExample", "payeeConnectedAccountId": "acct_payeeExample", "payerSide": "claimant", "amountUsd": 0.9, "debitConsentReference": "partner_reference_123", "authorizeAccountDebit": True},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
result = response.json()