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POST
/
ppi
/
user
/
bene
Create Beneficiary
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cashfree.com/ppi/user/bene \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-version: <x-api-version>' \
  --header 'x-client-id: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-client-secret: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "bene_id": "BENE28448",
  "user_id": "USER827364",
  "bene_first_name": "John",
  "bene_last_name": "Doe",
  "bene_instruments": [
    {
      "bene_instrument_id": "INST194947",
      "type": "BANK_ACCOUNT",
      "bank_account_number": "1234567890",
      "ifsc": "HDFC0001234"
    },
    {
      "bene_instrument_id": "INST194948",
      "type": "VPA",
      "vpa": "example@upi"
    }
  ],
  "bene_contact_details": {
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "phone": "9876543210",
    "dob": "1990-05-12",
    "gender": "MALE",
    "address": "No. 123, 5th Main, Indiranagar",
    "city": "Bangalore",
    "state": "Karnataka",
    "pincode": "560038",
    "country": "India"
  },
  "purpose": "Family",
  "notes": {
    "example_key_1": "example_value_1",
    "example_key_2": "example_value_2"
  }
}
'
{
  "bene_id": "BENE28448",
  "cf_bene_id": "473974924929",
  "user_id": "USER827364",
  "bene_first_name": "John",
  "bene_last_name": "Doe",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "bene_instruments": [
    {
      "bene_instrument_id": "INST194947",
      "type": "BANK_ACCOUNT",
      "bank_bank_account_number": "3749378903",
      "ifsc": "HDFC0001234",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "verification_status": "PENDING",
      "cf_bene_instrument_id": "8324782642946"
    },
    {
      "bene_instrument_id": "INST194948",
      "type": "VPA",
      "vpa": "example@upi",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "verification_status": "PENDING",
      "cf_bene_instrument_id": "8324782642947"
    }
  ],
  "bene_contact_details": {
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "phone": "9876543210",
    "dob": "1990-05-12",
    "gender": "MALE",
    "address": "No. 123, 5th Main, Indiranagar",
    "city": "Bangalore",
    "state": "Karnataka",
    "pincode": "560038",
    "country": "India"
  },
  "purpose": "Family",
  "notes": {
    "example_key_1": "example_value_1",
    "example_key_2": "example_value_2"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
x-client-id
string
header
required

Your unique client identifier issued by Cashfree.

​
x-client-secret
string
header
required

The secret key associated with your client ID.

Headers

​
x-api-version
string
default:2025-11-01
required

API version to be used. Format is in YYYY-MM-DD.

Example:

"2025-11-01"

Body

application/json
​
bene_id
string
required

Unique identifier that you create to identify the beneficiary in your system. Maximum 50 characters. Only alphanumeric characters, periods (.), hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed.

Required string length: 1 - 50
Example:

"BENE28448"

​
user_id
string
required

Unique identifier for the user, as provided by you during PPI user creation.

Required string length: 1 - 50
Example:

"USER827364"

​
bene_first_name
string
required

First name of the beneficiary.

Required string length: 1 - 100
Example:

"John"

​
bene_instruments
(Bank Account · object | VPA · object)[]
required

List of payment bene_instruments for the beneficiary.

​
bene_last_name
string

Last name of the beneficiary.

Required string length: 1 - 100
Example:

"Doe"

​
bene_contact_details
object

Contact details of the beneficiary.

​
purpose
string

Purpose of creating the beneficiary.

Example:

"Family"

​
notes
object

Optional key-value metadata.

Response

Beneficiary created successfully.

​
bene_id
string

Unique identifier for the beneficiary, as provided by you during beneficiary creation.

Example:

"BENE28448"

​
cf_bene_id
string

Cashfree-generated unique ID for the beneficiary.

Example:

"473974924929"

​
user_id
string

Unique identifier for the user, as provided by you during PPI user creation.

Example:

"USER827364"

​
bene_first_name
string

First name of the beneficiary.

Example:

"John"

​
bene_last_name
string

Last name of the beneficiary.

Example:

"Doe"

​
status
string

Status of the beneficiary.

Example:

"ACTIVE"

​
bene_instruments
(Bank Account · object | VPA · object)[]

List of payment bene_instruments for the beneficiary.

​
bene_contact_details
object

Contact details of the beneficiary. Only not null fields will be returned.

​
purpose
string
Example:

"Family"

​
notes
object

Optional key-value metadata.