Get Bank Account

print_mail.bank_accounts.retrieve() -> BankAccount

GET/print-mail/v1/bank_accounts/{id}

Retrieve a bank account by ID.

Note that we do not return the complete account number or the signature image for security reasons.

ParametersExpand Collapse

id: str

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class BankAccount: …

id: str

A unique ID prefixed with bank_account_

account_number: str

The account number of the bank account.

bank_country_code: BankAccountCountryCode

Countries typically have different bank account formats and standards. These are the countries which PostGrid’s bank accounts API supports.

One of the following:

"CA"

"US"

bank_name: str

The name of the bank.

created_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was created.

formatdate-time

live: bool

true if this is a live mode resource else false.

object: Literal["bank_account"]

Always bank_account.

updated_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was last updated.

formatdate-time

bank_primary_line: Optional[str]

The primary address line of the bank.

bank_secondary_line: Optional[str]

The secondary address line of the bank.

ca_designation_number: Optional[str]

The designation number of the bank account (for CA).

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

route_number: Optional[str]

The route number of the bank account (for CA).

routing_number: Optional[str]

The routing number of the bank account (for US).

signature_image: Optional[str]

A signed link to the signature image uploaded when this bank account was created. This is omitted if signatureText is present.

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signature_text: Optional[str]

The signature text PostGrid uses to generate a signature for cheques created using this bank account. This is omitted if signatureImage is present.

transit_number: Optional[str]

The transit number of the bank account (for CA).

Get Bank Account

import os
from postgrid import PostGrid

client = PostGrid(
    print_mail_api_key=os.environ.get("POSTGRID_PRINT_MAIL_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
bank_account = client.print_mail.bank_accounts.retrieve(
    "id",
)
print(bank_account.id)

{
  "id": "bank_account_12345",
  "object": "bank_account",
  "live": false,
  "bankName": "Test Bank",
  "bankPrimaryLine": "145 mulberry st",
  "bankSecondaryLine": "new york ny 10013",
  "bankCountryCode": "US",
  "accountNumber": "1234567",
  "routingNumber": "123456789",
  "signatureText": "Signature",
  "createdAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "bank_account_12345",
  "object": "bank_account",
  "live": false,
  "bankName": "Test Bank",
  "bankPrimaryLine": "145 mulberry st",
  "bankSecondaryLine": "new york ny 10013",
  "bankCountryCode": "US",
  "accountNumber": "1234567",
  "routingNumber": "123456789",
  "signatureText": "Signature",
  "createdAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z"
}