# Payments

Use these API operations to manage your payments.

| Operation | Method | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Get payments](/products/payments-direct/api-docs/payments-direct-api/reference/payments-direct-api/payments/getpayments) | GET | Get a list of existing payments. |
| [Get payment by payment ID](/products/payments-direct/api-docs/payments-direct-api/reference/payments-direct-api/payments/getpaymentbypaymentid) | GET | Get a specific payment by payment ID.  |


## Get payments

 - [GET /payments](https://docs.ripple.com/products/payments-direct/api-docs/payments-direct-api/reference/payments-direct-external/payments/getpayments.md): Retrieves all payments that meet the criteria defined by the query parameters. You can use the query parameters to filter payments.

The default parameters are sort_field : MODIFIED_AT , sort_direction : DESC , page : 0 , size : 10'

## Get payment by payment ID

 - [GET /payments/{payment_id}](https://docs.ripple.com/products/payments-direct/api-docs/payments-direct-api/reference/payments-direct-external/payments/getpaymentbypaymentid.md): Gets a payment by ID.