Common data types

To keep things simple, the Mollie API endpoints will always attempt to use the same structure when representing certain value objects.

The API references lists the data type used for each field and parameter of every endpoint. This guide contains a list of all data types used, along with an explanation of the way these data types are structured.

Amount object

In v2 endpoints, an amount object is always represented as follows.

currencystringrequired
An ISO 4217 currency code.
valuestringrequired
A string containing the exact amount in the given currency.

Address object

In the v2 endpoints, an address object includes at least the following fields.

givenNamestringrequired
The given name (first name) of the person should be more than 1 character and cannot contain only numbers.
familyNamestringrequired
The family name (surname) of the person should be more than 1 character and cannot contain only numbers.
streetAndNumberstringrequired
The street and street number of the address.
streetAdditionalstringoptional
Any additional addressing details, for example an apartment number.
postalCodestringoptional

The postal code of the address. Required for countries that use postal codes. May only be omitted for these country codes:

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citystringrequired
The city of the address.
regionstringoptional
The region of the address.
countrystringrequired
The country of the address in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format.

When providing an address object as parameter to a request, the following conditions must be met:

  • At least the streetAndNumber, city, and country fields should be provided to create a valid address.
  • The postalCode field is required for countries that have postal codes. See the list above.
  • For certain PayPal payments the region field is required. See the Create payment documentation for more information.

Boolean

In JSON structures, booleans should be passed as the JSON boolean type.

In query string parameters (e.g. GET requests) only the strings true and false are accepted.

Business Category

A token that represents the industry associated with the profile’s trade name or brand.

Possible values:

  • Animal Services
    • PET_SHOPS Pet Shops, Pet Food, and Supplies
    • VETERINARY_SERVICES Veterinary services
  • Building Services
    • AC_AND_HEATING_CONTRACTORS A/C and heating contractors
    • CARPENTRY_CONTRACTORS Carpentry contractors
    • ELECTRICAL_CONTRACTORS Electrical contractors
    • EQUIPMENT_TOOLS_FURNITURE_RENTAL_LEASING Equipment, tools or furniture rental/leasing
    • GENERAL_CONTRACTORS General contractors
    • SPECIAL_TRADE_CONTRACTORS Special trade contractors
  • Charity and Donations
    • CHARITY_AND_DONATIONS Charity and Donations
    • FUNDRAISING_CROWDFUNDING_SOCIAL_SERVICE Fundraising, crowdfunding and social service organizations
  • Digital Products
    • APPS Apps
    • BOOKS_MEDIA_MOVIES_MUSIC Books, media, movies, music
    • GAMES Games
    • SOFTWARE_AND_SUBSCRIPTIONS Software and subscriptions
  • Education
    • CHILD_CARE_SERVICES Child care services
    • COLLEGES_UNIVERSITIES Colleges or universities
    • ELEMENTARY_SECONDARY_SCHOOLS Elementary or secondary schools
    • OTHER_EDUCATIONAL_SERVICES Other educational services
    • VOCATIONAL_SCHOOLS_TRADE_SCHOOLS Vocational schools or trade schools
  • Entertainment and Recreation
    • AMUSEMENT_PARKS Amusement Parks, Circuses, Carnivals, and Fortune Tellers
    • EVENT_TICKETING Event ticketing
    • GAMING_ESTABLISHMENTS Gaming establishments, incl. billiards, pool, bowling, arcades
    • MOVIE_THEATRES Movie theatres
    • MUSICIANS_BANDS_ORCHESTRAS Musicians, bands, or orchestras
    • ONLINE_GAMBLING Online gambling
    • OTHER_ENTERTAINMENT_RECREATION Other entertainment and recreation
    • SPORTING_RECREATIONAL_CAMPS Sporting and Recreational Camps
    • SPORTS_FORECASTING Sports forecasting or prediction services
  • Financial Services
    • CREDIT_COUNSELLING_REPAIR Credit counselling or credit repair
    • DIGITAL_WALLETS Digital wallets
    • INVESTMENT_SERVICES Investment services
    • MONEY_SERVICES Money services or transmission
    • MORTGAGES_INSURANCES_LOANS_FINANCIAL_ADVICE Mortgages, insurances, loans and financial advice
    • SECURITY_BROKERS_DEALERS Security brokers or dealers
    • TRUST_OFFICES Trust offices
    • VIRTUAL_CRYPTO_CURRENCIES Virtual currencies and crypto currencies
  • Food and Drink
    • CATERERS Caterers (prepare and delivery)
    • FAST_FOOD_RESTAURANTS Fast food restaurants
    • FOOD_PRODUCT_STORES Grocery stores, supermarkets and food product stores
    • RESTAURANTS_NIGHTLIFE Restaurants, nightlife & other on-premise consumption
  • Lodging and Hospitality
    • BOAT_RENTALS_LEASING Boat Rentals and Leasing
    • CRUISE_LINES Cruise lines
    • LODGING Hotels, Motels, Resorts, Inns and other lodging and hospitality
    • PROPERTY_RENTALS_CAMPING Property rentals / Camping
  • Marketplaces
    • MARKETPLACES Marketplaces
  • Medical Services
    • DENTAL_EQUIPMENT_SUPPLIES Dental, lab and/or ophthalmic equipment and supplies
    • DENTISTS_ORTHODONTISTS Dentists and orthodontists
    • MEDICAL_SERVICES Doctors, physicians and other medical services
    • DRUG_PHARMACIES_PRESCRIPTION Drug Stores, pharmacies and prescription medicine
    • MEDICAL_DEVICES Medical devices
    • MEDICAL_ORGANIZATIONS Medical organizations
    • MENTAL_HEALTH_SERVICES Mental health services
    • NURSING Nursing or personal care facilities and assisted living
    • OPTICIANS_EYEGLASSES Opticians and eyeglasses
  • Membership Organizations
    • SOCIAL_ASSOCIATIONS Civic, fraternal, or social associations
    • MEMBERSHIP_FEE_BASED_SPORTS Gyms, membership fee based sports
    • OTHER_MEMBERSHIP_ORGANIZATIONS Other membership organizations
  • Personal Services
    • ADULT_CONTENT_SERVICES Adult content or services
    • COUNSELING_SERVICES Counseling services
    • DATING_SERVICES Dating services
    • HEALTH_BEAUTY_SPAS Health and beauty spas
    • LANDSCAPING_SERVICES Landscaping services
    • LAUNDRY_DRYCLEANING_SERVICES Laundry or (dry)cleaning services
    • MASSAGE_PARLOURS Massage parlours
    • OTHER_PERSONAL_SERVICES Other personal services
    • PHOTOGRAPHY_STUDIOS Photography Studios
    • SALONS_BARBERS Salons or barbers
  • Political Organizations
    • POLITICAL_PARTIES Political parties
  • Professional Services
    • ACCOUNTING_AUDITING_BOOKKEEPING_TAX_PREPARATION_SERVICES Accounting, auditing, bookkeeping and tax preparation services
    • ADVERTISING_SERVICES Advertising Services
    • CLEANING_MAINTENANCE_JANITORIAL_SERVICES Cleaning and maintenance, janitorial services
    • COMPUTER_REPAIR Computer repair
    • CONSULTANCY Consultancy
    • SECURITY_SERVICES Detective/protective agencies, security services
    • DIRECT_MARKETING Direct marketing
    • FUNERAL_SERVICES Funeral services and crematories
    • GOVERNMENT_SERVICES Government services
    • HOSTING_VPN_SERVICES Hosting and VPN services
    • INDUSTRIAL_SUPPLIES_NOT_ELSEWHERE_CLASSIFIED Industrial supplies, not elsewhere classified
    • LEGAL_SERVICES_ATTORNEYS Legal Services and Attorneys
    • MOTION_PICTURES_DISTRIBUTION Motion picture / video tape production and/or distribution
    • OTHER_BUSINESS_SERVICES Other business services
    • PRINTING_PUBLISHING Printing and publishing
    • REAL_ESTATE_AGENTS Real Estate Agents
    • SANITATION_POLISHING_SPECIALTY_CLEANING Sanitation, polishing and specialty cleaning
    • OFFICE_SUPPLIES Stationery / Office supplies
    • TESTING_LABORATORIES_NOT_MEDICAL Testing laboratories (not medical)
    • TRAINING_AND_COACHING Training and Coaching
    • UTILITIES Utilities
  • Religious Organizations
    • RELIGIOUS_ORGANIZATIONS Religious organizations
  • Retail
    • CLOTHING_SHOES_ACCESSORIES (Sports) clothing, shoes and accessories
    • COMMERCIAL_ART Art Dealers, Galleries, (commercial) Photography and Graphics
    • BEAUTY_PRODUCTS Beauty products
    • BOOKS_PERIODICALS_NEWSPAPERS Books, Periodicals and Newspapers
    • HOME_IMPROVEMENT Building, home improvement and equipment
    • GIFTS_SHOPS Cards, gifts, novelty and souvenir shops
    • CBD_MARIJUANA_PRODUCTS CBD/Marijuana (related) products
    • COFFEE_SHOPS Coffee shops / grow shops
    • CONVENIENCE_STORES Convenience Stores, Specialty Markets, Health Food Stores
    • GIFT_CARDS Credits, vouchers, gift cards (excl. SIM cards) for Non-Financial Institutions
    • EROTIC_TOYS Erotic toys
    • FLORISTS Florists, florist supplier
    • FUEL_DEALERS Fuel dealers (i.e. oil, pertroleum)
    • FURNITURE_FURNISHINGS_EQUIPMENT_STORES Furniture, Home Furnishings and Equipment Stores
    • GAME_TOY_HOBBY_SHOPS Game, Toy and Hobby Shops
    • OUTDOOR_EQUIPMENT Garden and outdoor equipment
    • HOME_ELECTRONICS Home electronics & (personal) computers
    • HOUSEHOLD_APPLIANCE_STORES Household appliance stores
    • JEWELRY_WATCH_CLOCK_AND_SILVERWARE_STORES_UNDER_1000 Jewelry, Watch, Clock, and Silverware Stores (<1000 euro)
    • MUSIC_STORES Music Stores, Instruments and Records
    • OTHER_MERCHANDISE Other merchandise
    • LIQUOR_STORES Package Stores–Beer, Wine, and Liquor
    • PAID_TELEVISION_RADIO Paid television or radio services (cable/satellite)
    • PRECIOUS_STONES_METALS_JEWELRY_OVER_1000 Precious Stones, Metals, Watches and Jewelry (>1000 euro)
    • REPAIR_SHOPS Repair shops and related services, not elsewhere classified
    • SECOND_HAND_STORES Second hand / used merchandise stores
    • SPORTING_GOODS_SPECIALTY_RETAIL_SHOPS Sporting Goods Stores, Miscellaneous and Specialty Retail Shops
    • SUPPLEMENTS_STORES Supplements, nutrition, vitamin stores
    • TELECOM_EQUIPMENT Telecom equipment (i.e. chargers, phones)
    • TELECOM_SERVICES Telecom services (incl. (anonymous) SIM cards)
    • TOBACCO_PRODUCTS Tobacco, cigars, e-cigarettes and related products
    • TRADERS_DIAMONDS Traders in diamonds
    • TRADERS_GOLD Traders in gold
    • WEAPONS_AMMUNITION Weapons or ammunition
  • Transportation
    • COMMUTER_TRANSPORTATION Commuter transportation
    • COURIER_SERVICES Courier services and Freight forwarders
    • OTHER_TRANSPORTATION_SERVICES Other transportation services
    • RIDESHARING Taxis, limos and ridesharing
  • Travel Services
    • TRAVEL_SERVICES Travel agencies, tour operators and other traval services
  • Vehicles
    • AUTOMOTIVE_PARTS_ACCESSORIES Auto(motive) parts and accessories
    • CAR_TRUCK_COMPANIES Auto and truck sales and service dealers and leasing companies
    • AUTOMOTIVE_SERVICES Automotive services
    • BICYCLE_PARTS_SHOPS_SERVICE Bicycle (parts) shops and service
    • CAR_BOAT_CAMPER_MOBILE_HOME_DEALER Car, boat, camper, mobile Home dealer
    • CAR_RENTALS Car rentals
    • MOTORCYCLE_PARTS_SHOPS_AND_DEALERS Motorcycle (parts) shops and dealers

Date

A string representing a date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Datetime

A string representing a date and time in ISO 8601 format.

Locale

A string representing the country and language in the xx_XX format specified by ISO 15897.

Possible values: en_US en_GB nl_NL nl_BE fr_FR fr_BE de_DE de_AT de_CH es_ES ca_ES pt_PT it_IT nb_NO sv_SE fi_FI da_DK is_IS hu_HU pl_PL lv_LV lt_LT.

Phone number

All phone numbers must passed as strings in the E.164 format. For example, +31208202070.

QR code object

The QR code object represents an image of a QR code.

heightstring
Height of the image in pixels.
widthstring
Width of the image in pixels.
srcstring
The URI you can use to display the QR code. Note that we can send both data URIs as well as links to HTTPS images. You should support both.

URL object

In v2 endpoints, URLs are commonly represented as objects with an href and type field.

hrefstring
The actual URL string.
typestringrequired
The content type of the page or endpoint the URL points to.