--- title: PaymentsAppConfiguration - Payments Apps API description: |- The [production configuration](https://shopify.dev/apps/payments/onboarding-a-merchant-payments-apps) of the payments app. api_version: 2025-10 api_name: payments-apps type: object api_type: graphql source_url: html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/objects/PaymentsAppConfiguration md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/objects/PaymentsAppConfiguration.md --- # Payments​App​Configuration object Requires `read_payment_gateways` access scope. The [production configuration](https://shopify.dev/apps/payments/onboarding-a-merchant-payments-apps) of the payments app. ## Fields * external​Handle [String](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/scalars/String) A username or identifier associated with the account that the merchant has used with the partner. It displays in the Payments section in the Shopify admin. The `externalHandle` enables the merchant to identify the connected payment provider account. * ready [Boolean!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/scalars/Boolean) non-null Whether the provider is ready to process the merchant's payments. *** ## Map No referencing types *** ## Mutations * [payments​App​Configure](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/mutations/paymentsAppConfigure) mutation Configures the partner-managed payments gateway to work on the merchant's store. For an example of how to use the `paymentsAppConfigure` mutation, refer to the tutorial for [onboarding merchants to payments extensions](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/payments/onboard-a-merchant-payments-extension). *** ## <\~> PaymentsAppConfiguration Mutations ### Mutated by * <\~>[payments​App​Configure](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/payments-apps/latest/mutations/paymentsAppConfigure)