# Query historical payments

Query payments processed before 25 June 2024.

Provide a transactionReference and entityReference for a payment to find the matching payment in the archive.

Endpoint: GET /paymentQueries/archivedPayments
Version: 1
Security: BasicAuth

## Header parameters:

  - `Accept` (string, required)
    Example: "application/vnd.worldpay.payment-queries-v1.hal+json"

## Query parameters:

  - `transactionReference` (string, required)
    A unique reference generated by you, used to identify a payment throughout its lifecycle.
    Example: "89197aeb-c94a-456e-8014-1272fbcb64eb"

  - `entityReference` (string, required)
    A merchant entity.
    Example: "default"

## Response 200 fields (application/vnd.worldpay.payment-queries-v1.hal+json):

  - `_links` (object, required)
    Self link and next action links.The Next action links are dependent on the lastEvent, refer to 'query for historical payments Response' section for more details.

  - `_links.self` (object, required)
    Self link to the page.

  - `_links.self.href` (string)
    Self link to the page.

  - `_links.payments:cancel` (object)
    Next action links.

  - `_links.payments:cancel.href` (string)
    Next action links.

  - `_links.payments:settle` (object)
    Next action links.

  - `_links.payments:partialSettle` (object)
    Next action links.

  - `_embedded` (object, required)

  - `_embedded.payments` (array)
    Array of payments.

  - `_embedded.payments.lastEvent` (string)
    The last event of a payment. Possible event values are:AuthorizedRefusedSent for CancellationSent for RefundSent for SettlementUnknown

  - `_embedded.payments.paymentInstrument` (object)
    An object that contains information about the payment type.

  - `_embedded.payments.paymentInstrument.type` (string)
    An object that contains information about the payment type.
    Enum: "card/plain", "card/network", "card/networkToken", "card/networkToken+applepay", "card/networkToken+googlepay", "card/plain+masked"

  - `_embedded.payments.paymentInstrument.card` (object)
    An object that contains information about the card used.

  - `_embedded.payments.paymentInstrument.card.number` (object)
    An object that contains information about the card number.

  - `_embedded.payments.paymentInstrument.card.number.last4Digits` (string)
    last4Digits of the card number used.

  - `_embedded.payments.paymentInstrument.card.brand` (object)
    An object that contains information about the brand. The brand values can be Visa, Mastercard etc.

  - `_embedded.payments.value` (object)
    An object that contains payment amount and currency.

  - `_embedded.payments.value.amount` (integer, required)
    This is a whole number including the currency exponent (e.g. GBP has an exponent of 2, so for £2.50 supply:250).

  - `_embedded.payments.value.currency` (string, required)
    The 3 digit currency code.

## Response 400 fields (application/vnd.worldpay.payment-queries-v1.hal+json):

  - `errorName` (string, required)
    The type of error.
    Example: "entityIsNotConfigured"

  - `message` (string, required)
    A description of the error
    Example: "Entity is not configured to use this resource"