curl https://production.methodfi.com/forwarding_requests \
-X POST \
-H "Method-Version: 2024-04-04" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"bindings": {
"payment_instrument": "pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc",
"secret": "sec_au22b1fbFrmfp",
"entity": "ent_au22b1FBFJbp8"
},
"url": "https://sample-url/v1/tokens",
"method": "POST",
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{secret.value}}"
},
"body": "{\"first_name\":\"{{entity.individual.first_name}}\",\"last_name\":\"{{entity.individual.last_name}}\",\"number\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.number}}\",\"month\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.month}}\",\"year\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.year}}\",\"cvv\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}\",\"address1\":\"123 Main St\",\"city\":\"San Francisco\",\"state\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"US\",\"postal_code\":\"94110\"}"
}'
const forwardingRequest = await method.forwardingRequests.create({
bindings: {
payment_instrument: 'pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc',
secret: 'sec_au22b1fbFrmfp',
entity: 'ent_au22b1FBFJbp8'
},
url: 'https://sample-url/v1/tokens',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{secret.value}}'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
first_name: '{{entity.individual.first_name}}',
last_name: '{{entity.individual.last_name}}',
number: '{{payment_instrument.card.number}}',
month: '{{payment_instrument.card.month}}',
year: '{{payment_instrument.card.year}}',
cvv: '{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}',
address1: '123 Main St',
city: 'San Francisco',
state: 'CA',
country: 'US',
postal_code: '94110'
})
});
import json
forwarding_request = method.forwarding_requests.create({
'bindings': {
'payment_instrument': 'pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc',
'secret': 'sec_au22b1fbFrmfp',
'entity': 'ent_au22b1FBFJbp8'
},
'url': 'https://sample-url/v1/tokens',
'method': 'POST',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{secret.value}}'
},
'body': json.dumps({
'first_name': '{{entity.individual.first_name}}',
'last_name': '{{entity.individual.last_name}}',
'number': '{{payment_instrument.card.number}}',
'month': '{{payment_instrument.card.month}}',
'year': '{{payment_instrument.card.year}}',
'cvv': '{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}',
'address1': '123 Main St',
'city': 'San Francisco',
'state': 'CA',
'country': 'US',
'postal_code': '94110'
})
})
{
"id": "freq_f6xGfRQyQxDc",
"bindings": {
"payment_instrument": "pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc",
"secret": "sec_au22b1fbFrmfp",
"entity": "ent_au22b1FBFJbp8"
},
"request": {
"url": "https://sample-url/v1/tokens",
"method": "POST",
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{secret.value}}"
},
"body": "{\"first_name\":\"{{entity.individual.first_name}}\",\"last_name\":\"{{entity.individual.last_name}}\",\"number\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.number}}\",\"month\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.month}}\",\"year\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.year}}\",\"cvv\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}\",\"address1\":\"123 Main St\",\"city\":\"San Francisco\",\"state\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"US\",\"postal_code\":\"94110\"}"
},
"response": {
"status_code": 200,
"headers": {
"content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
"x-request-id": "3a92e6c6-7661-4270-bf31-2d4cc25ea911"
},
"body": {
"type": "credit_card",
"id": "vJlxp8rHhCq9FNCNF6VYeA",
"card": {
"brand": "visa",
"first_six": "411111",
"last_four": "1111",
"exp_month": 2,
"exp_year": 2030,
"issuing_country": "US",
"funding_source": "credit"
}
}
},
"duration_ms": 953,
"created_at": "2025-12-04T18:50:54.024Z",
"updated_at": "2025-12-04T18:50:54.024Z",
"status": "completed"
}
Forwarding Requests
Create a Forwarding Request
POST
/
forwarding_requests
curl https://production.methodfi.com/forwarding_requests \
-X POST \
-H "Method-Version: 2024-04-04" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"bindings": {
"payment_instrument": "pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc",
"secret": "sec_au22b1fbFrmfp",
"entity": "ent_au22b1FBFJbp8"
},
"url": "https://sample-url/v1/tokens",
"method": "POST",
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{secret.value}}"
},
"body": "{\"first_name\":\"{{entity.individual.first_name}}\",\"last_name\":\"{{entity.individual.last_name}}\",\"number\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.number}}\",\"month\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.month}}\",\"year\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.year}}\",\"cvv\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}\",\"address1\":\"123 Main St\",\"city\":\"San Francisco\",\"state\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"US\",\"postal_code\":\"94110\"}"
}'
const forwardingRequest = await method.forwardingRequests.create({
bindings: {
payment_instrument: 'pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc',
secret: 'sec_au22b1fbFrmfp',
entity: 'ent_au22b1FBFJbp8'
},
url: 'https://sample-url/v1/tokens',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{secret.value}}'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
first_name: '{{entity.individual.first_name}}',
last_name: '{{entity.individual.last_name}}',
number: '{{payment_instrument.card.number}}',
month: '{{payment_instrument.card.month}}',
year: '{{payment_instrument.card.year}}',
cvv: '{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}',
address1: '123 Main St',
city: 'San Francisco',
state: 'CA',
country: 'US',
postal_code: '94110'
})
});
import json
forwarding_request = method.forwarding_requests.create({
'bindings': {
'payment_instrument': 'pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc',
'secret': 'sec_au22b1fbFrmfp',
'entity': 'ent_au22b1FBFJbp8'
},
'url': 'https://sample-url/v1/tokens',
'method': 'POST',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{secret.value}}'
},
'body': json.dumps({
'first_name': '{{entity.individual.first_name}}',
'last_name': '{{entity.individual.last_name}}',
'number': '{{payment_instrument.card.number}}',
'month': '{{payment_instrument.card.month}}',
'year': '{{payment_instrument.card.year}}',
'cvv': '{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}',
'address1': '123 Main St',
'city': 'San Francisco',
'state': 'CA',
'country': 'US',
'postal_code': '94110'
})
})
{
"id": "freq_f6xGfRQyQxDc",
"bindings": {
"payment_instrument": "pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc",
"secret": "sec_au22b1fbFrmfp",
"entity": "ent_au22b1FBFJbp8"
},
"request": {
"url": "https://sample-url/v1/tokens",
"method": "POST",
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{secret.value}}"
},
"body": "{\"first_name\":\"{{entity.individual.first_name}}\",\"last_name\":\"{{entity.individual.last_name}}\",\"number\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.number}}\",\"month\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.month}}\",\"year\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.year}}\",\"cvv\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}\",\"address1\":\"123 Main St\",\"city\":\"San Francisco\",\"state\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"US\",\"postal_code\":\"94110\"}"
},
"response": {
"status_code": 200,
"headers": {
"content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
"x-request-id": "3a92e6c6-7661-4270-bf31-2d4cc25ea911"
},
"body": {
"type": "credit_card",
"id": "vJlxp8rHhCq9FNCNF6VYeA",
"card": {
"brand": "visa",
"first_six": "411111",
"last_four": "1111",
"exp_month": 2,
"exp_year": 2030,
"issuing_country": "US",
"funding_source": "credit"
}
}
},
"duration_ms": 953,
"created_at": "2025-12-04T18:50:54.024Z",
"updated_at": "2025-12-04T18:50:54.024Z",
"status": "completed"
}
Creates a new ForwardingRequest to securely forward sensitive data to an external API.
The request is executed immediately, and the response from the upstream server is returned.
Operation Type:
Body
Returns
Returns the ForwardingRequest object with therequest and response fields populated.
curl https://production.methodfi.com/forwarding_requests \
-X POST \
-H "Method-Version: 2024-04-04" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"bindings": {
"payment_instrument": "pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc",
"secret": "sec_au22b1fbFrmfp",
"entity": "ent_au22b1FBFJbp8"
},
"url": "https://sample-url/v1/tokens",
"method": "POST",
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{secret.value}}"
},
"body": "{\"first_name\":\"{{entity.individual.first_name}}\",\"last_name\":\"{{entity.individual.last_name}}\",\"number\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.number}}\",\"month\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.month}}\",\"year\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.year}}\",\"cvv\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}\",\"address1\":\"123 Main St\",\"city\":\"San Francisco\",\"state\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"US\",\"postal_code\":\"94110\"}"
}'
const forwardingRequest = await method.forwardingRequests.create({
bindings: {
payment_instrument: 'pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc',
secret: 'sec_au22b1fbFrmfp',
entity: 'ent_au22b1FBFJbp8'
},
url: 'https://sample-url/v1/tokens',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{secret.value}}'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
first_name: '{{entity.individual.first_name}}',
last_name: '{{entity.individual.last_name}}',
number: '{{payment_instrument.card.number}}',
month: '{{payment_instrument.card.month}}',
year: '{{payment_instrument.card.year}}',
cvv: '{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}',
address1: '123 Main St',
city: 'San Francisco',
state: 'CA',
country: 'US',
postal_code: '94110'
})
});
import json
forwarding_request = method.forwarding_requests.create({
'bindings': {
'payment_instrument': 'pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc',
'secret': 'sec_au22b1fbFrmfp',
'entity': 'ent_au22b1FBFJbp8'
},
'url': 'https://sample-url/v1/tokens',
'method': 'POST',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{secret.value}}'
},
'body': json.dumps({
'first_name': '{{entity.individual.first_name}}',
'last_name': '{{entity.individual.last_name}}',
'number': '{{payment_instrument.card.number}}',
'month': '{{payment_instrument.card.month}}',
'year': '{{payment_instrument.card.year}}',
'cvv': '{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}',
'address1': '123 Main St',
'city': 'San Francisco',
'state': 'CA',
'country': 'US',
'postal_code': '94110'
})
})
{
"id": "freq_f6xGfRQyQxDc",
"bindings": {
"payment_instrument": "pmt_inst_7TNTTRQwQxWc",
"secret": "sec_au22b1fbFrmfp",
"entity": "ent_au22b1FBFJbp8"
},
"request": {
"url": "https://sample-url/v1/tokens",
"method": "POST",
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{secret.value}}"
},
"body": "{\"first_name\":\"{{entity.individual.first_name}}\",\"last_name\":\"{{entity.individual.last_name}}\",\"number\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.number}}\",\"month\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.month}}\",\"year\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.year}}\",\"cvv\":\"{{payment_instrument.card.cvv}}\",\"address1\":\"123 Main St\",\"city\":\"San Francisco\",\"state\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"US\",\"postal_code\":\"94110\"}"
},
"response": {
"status_code": 200,
"headers": {
"content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
"x-request-id": "3a92e6c6-7661-4270-bf31-2d4cc25ea911"
},
"body": {
"type": "credit_card",
"id": "vJlxp8rHhCq9FNCNF6VYeA",
"card": {
"brand": "visa",
"first_six": "411111",
"last_four": "1111",
"exp_month": 2,
"exp_year": 2030,
"issuing_country": "US",
"funding_source": "credit"
}
}
},
"duration_ms": 953,
"created_at": "2025-12-04T18:50:54.024Z",
"updated_at": "2025-12-04T18:50:54.024Z",
"status": "completed"
}
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