external_id_taken

HTTP status: 409 Conflict. Retrying the same request unchanged fails the same way.

Why it happens

• external_id is your own reference, and is unique among your payouts.

What to do

Use a new external_id, or retrieve the payout that has it.

Example

The response is application/problem+json. Branch on code, never on title or detail. See errors for the format.

{
  "type": "https://docs.nowgate.io/errors/external_id_taken",
  "title": "Conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "What exactly was wrong, in a sentence.",
  "instance": "/v1/payments",
  "code": "external_id_taken",
  "request_id": "req_01jc3xb1n6f0q2w8e4r7t5y9v3"
}