> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dotsdev.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Send a Payout > Send a payout to a person when you know their phone number or user id. If the user has a Dots acconut, the funds will delivered according to their saved prefernces. Otherwise, they will be sent a Payout Link to onboard and recieve funds. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /v2.yaml post /v2/payouts/send-payout openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: dots api version: '1.0' summary: Dots Payout API description: Scalable and Flexible Payouts Infrastructure contact: name: Kartikye Mittal url: https://dots.dev email: info@dots.dev license: name: MIT url: https://opensource.org/license/mit/ servers: - url: https://api.dots.dev/api description: Production security: - api_key: [] tags: - name: accounts-payable description: Accounts Payable Routes - name: apps description: App Routes - name: flows description: Flow routes - name: organizations description: Organization Routes - name: payment-customers description: Payment Customer Routes - name: payments description: Payment Routes - name: payout-batches description: Payout Batch Routes - name: payout-links description: Payout Link Routes - name: payout-requests description: Payout Request Routes - name: payouts description: Payout Routes - name: transactions description: Transaction Routes - name: transfer-batches description: Transfer Batch routes - name: transfers description: Transfer routes - name: users description: User routes paths: /v2/payouts/send-payout: parameters: [] post: tags: - payouts summary: Send a Payout description: >- Send a payout to a person when you know their phone number or user id. If the user has a Dots acconut, the funds will delivered according to their saved prefernces. Otherwise, they will be sent a Payout Link to onboard and recieve funds. operationId: send-payout requestBody: content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false type: object properties: amount: type: integer description: The amount in cents to pay the user. exclusiveMinimum: 0 user_id: type: string format: uuid description: The user's id. `user_id` or `payee` is required. payee: type: object description: The payee's phone number. `user_id` or `payee` is required. properties: country_code: type: string description: >- Country code of the payee's phone number e.g. "1" for USA. phone_number: type: string description: Rest of the payee's phone number. required: - country_code - phone_number delivery: type: object properties: message: type: string description: Message to send with the payout through sms. force_collect_compliance_information: type: boolean default: false description: Collect 1099 or w8-ben information. additional_steps: type: array description: Array of steps in the flow. items: type: string enum: - compliance - id-verification - background-check - manage-payments - manage-payouts - payout - redirect - pdf-form-fill tax_exempt: type: boolean description: >- Payouts marked as `tax_exempt` will not be counted towards the 1099 threshold. metadata: description: >- Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. type: - string - object memo: type: string description: Add a memo to the top of the Payout Link idempotency_key: type: - string - 'null' format: uuid description: >- Unique UUID key that prevents duplicate requests from being processed. If a payout link with the idempotency key exists, a new link will not be created and the existing link will be returned instead. payout_fee_party: type: - string - 'null' format: uuid enum: - user - platform description: >- Overrides the setting for which party will pay fees on this payout. This takes precedence over the default for your application. accounting_data: type: object properties: quickbooks_account_id: type: integer description: >- Source/destination account ID to use when syncing the transaction to Quickbooks. quickbooks_class_id: type: integer description: >- Class ID to use for classification when syncing the transaction to Quickbooks. required: - amount responses: '201': description: Created content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/payout-link' description: The `payout-link` object. components: schemas: payout-link: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: ID of the `payout-link`. created: type: string format: date-time description: Date the `payout-link` was created. link: type: string format: uri description: URL to access the `payout-link`. amount: type: number description: The amount to pay in cents. status: type: string enum: - created - delivery_pending - delivery_failed - sent - delivered - claimed - reversed - canceled - expired - failed description: Status of the `payout-link`. payee: type: object description: Information about the payee. It is used to pre-fill information. properties: first_name: type: string description: Payee's first name. last_name: type: string description: Payee's last name. email: type: string format: email description: Payee's email address. country_code: type: string description: Country code of the payee's phone number e.g. "1" for USA. phone_number: type: string description: Rest of the payee's phone number. delivery: type: object properties: method: type: string enum: - link - sms - email email: type: string format: email country_code: type: string phone_number: type: string tax_exempt: type: boolean description: >- Transfers marked as `tax_exempt` will not be counted towards the 1099 threshold. claimed_user_id: type: string format: uuid description: ID of the `user` that has claimed the `payout-link`. flow_id: type: string format: uuid description: ID of the payout flow UI that is sent to the user. transfer_id: type: string format: uuid description: ID of the `transfer` created for this `payout-link`. memo: type: - string - 'null' description: Optional memo added to this `payout-link` metadata: type: - string - object - 'null' description: >- Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. securitySchemes: api_key: type: http scheme: basic ````