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# Settle an x402 payment on the blockchain

> **Security Requirements**

| Auth Types | Entities | Permissions | Required Roles |
|------------|----------|-------------|----------------|
| SERVICE, AGENT | PAYMENT | WRITE | PAYMENT:WRITE |



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/swarmd.json post /a2a-payments/v1/settle
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: OpenAPI definition
  version: v0
servers:
  - url: https://api.swarmd.ai
    description: Production
  - url: https://api.sandbox.swarmd.ai
    description: Sandbox
security: []
tags:
  - name: Policy Groups
    x-displayName: Policy Groups
  - name: Policy Bindings
    x-displayName: Policy Bindings
  - name: Webhooks
    x-displayName: Webhooks
  - name: Human JSON-RPC
    x-displayName: Human JSON-RPC
  - name: Channel JSON-RPC
    x-displayName: Channel JSON-RPC
  - name: HITL Approvals
    x-displayName: HITL Approvals
  - name: Agent JSON-RPC
    x-displayName: Agent JSON-RPC
  - name: Tasks
    x-displayName: Tasks
  - name: Push Notifications
    x-displayName: Push Notifications
  - name: Messaging
    x-displayName: Messaging
  - name: Conversations
    x-displayName: Conversations
  - name: Agent Discovery
    x-displayName: Agent Discovery
  - name: User Subscriptions
    x-displayName: User Subscriptions
  - name: MCP Servers
    x-displayName: MCP Servers
  - name: Kill Switches
    x-displayName: Kill Switches
  - name: Channels
    x-displayName: Channels
  - name: Channel Subscriptions
    x-displayName: Channel Subscriptions
  - name: Agents
    x-displayName: Agents
  - name: Agent Subscriptions
    x-displayName: Agent Subscriptions
  - name: Marketplace
    x-displayName: Marketplace
  - name: Identity Providers
    x-displayName: Identity Providers
  - name: Groups
    x-displayName: Groups
  - name: Authentication
    x-displayName: Authentication
  - name: Users
    x-displayName: Users
  - name: Tenants
    x-displayName: Tenants
  - name: Audit Integrity
    x-displayName: Audit Integrity
  - name: Audit Events
    x-displayName: Audit Events
  - name: Audit Traces
    x-displayName: Audit Traces
  - name: A2A Payments
    x-displayName: A2A Payments
paths:
  /a2a-payments/v1/settle:
    post:
      tags:
        - A2A Payments
      summary: Settle an x402 payment on the blockchain
      description: |-
        **Security Requirements**

        | Auth Types | Entities | Permissions | Required Roles |
        |------------|----------|-------------|----------------|
        | SERVICE, AGENT | PAYMENT | WRITE | PAYMENT:WRITE |
      operationId: settle
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SettleRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SettleResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    SettleRequest:
      required:
        - paymentPayload
        - paymentRequirements
      type: object
      properties:
        paymentPayload:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentPayload'
        paymentRequirements:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentRequirements'
    SettleResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
        transactionHash:
          type: string
        networkId:
          type: string
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    PaymentPayload:
      required:
        - network
        - payload
        - scheme
        - x402Version
      type: object
      properties:
        x402Version:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        scheme:
          type: string
        network:
          type: string
        payload:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentPayloadData'
    PaymentRequirements:
      required:
        - maxAmountRequired
        - network
        - payTo
        - resource
        - scheme
      type: object
      properties:
        scheme:
          type: string
        network:
          type: string
        maxAmountRequired:
          type: integer
        resource:
          type: string
        payTo:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        maxTimeoutSeconds:
          type: integer
          format: int32
    PaymentPayloadData:
      required:
        - authorization
        - signature
      type: object
      properties:
        signature:
          type: string
        authorization:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Authorization'
    Authorization:
      required:
        - from
        - nonce
        - to
        - validAfter
        - validBefore
        - value
      type: object
      properties:
        from:
          type: string
        to:
          type: string
        value:
          type: integer
        validAfter:
          type: integer
        validBefore:
          type: integer
        nonce:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT token (USER, AGENT, or SERVICE auth)

````