# Captures an authorised payment.

**POST /capture**

Captures the authorisation hold on a payment, returning a unique reference for this request. Usually the full authorisation amount is captured, however it's also possible to capture a smaller amount, which results in cancelling the remaining authorisation balance.

Payment methods, which automatically capture as part of authorisation, don't need to be captured, but submitting a capture request on these transactions will not result in double charges. If immediate or delayed auto-capture is enabled, calling the capture method is not neccessary.

For more information, refer to [Capture](https://docs.adyen.com/developers/payment-modifications/capture).


## Servers



## Parameters



### Body:  (object)

- **additionalData** (object)
  This field contains additional data, which may be required for a particular modification request.

  The additionalData object consists of entries, each of which includes the key and value. For more information on possible key-value pairs, refer to the [ModificationRequest.additionalData](https://docs.adyen.com/developers/api-reference/payments-api/modificationrequest/modificationrequest-additionaldata) section.
- **merchantAccount** (string)
  The merchant account that is used to process the payment.
- **modificationAmount** (object)
  The amount that needs to be captured/refunded. Required for `/capture` and `/refund`, not allowed for `/cancel`. The `currency` must match the currency used in authorisation, the `value` must be smaller than or equal to the authorised amount.
- **originalMerchantReference** (string)
  The original merchant reference to cancel.
- **originalReference** (string)
  The original pspReference of the payment to modify.
  This reference is returned in:
  * authorisation response
  * authorisation notification
- **reference** (string)
  Optionally, you can specify your reference for the payment modification. This reference is visible in Customer Area and in reports.
  Maximum length: 80 characters.
- **splits** (array[object])
  The details of how the payment should be split when distributing a payment to a Marketpay Marketplace and its Accounts.
- **tenderReference** (string)
  The transaction reference provided by the PED. For Point-of-sale integrations only.
- **uniqueTerminalId** (string)
  Unique terminal ID for the PED that originally processed the request. For Point-of-sale integrations only.


## Responses
### 400
Bad Request - a problem reading or understanding the request.

### 401
Unauthorized - authentication required.

### 403
Forbidden - insufficient permissions to process the request.

### 422
Unprocessable Entity - a request validation error.

### 500
Internal Server Error - the server could not process the request.

### 200
OK - the request has succeeded.

#### Body:  (object)
- **additionalData** (object)
  This field contains additional data, which may be returned in a particular modification response.
- **pspReference** (string)
  Adyen's 16-character string reference associated with the transaction/request. This value is globally unique; quote it when communicating with us about this request.
- **response** (string)
  Indicates if the modification request has been received for processing.


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