Create a Checkout Payment Link

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This method allows you to request a new Payment link.

Notes:

  • Supports partial payments and prompts the customer to complete the remaining balance if the full amount isn't paid.

Method: GET

Path: https://api.blockbee.io/checkout/request/

Parameters

Query Parameters

apikeystring•Required

API Key provided by BlockBee's Dashboard.

Unsure how to get yours? Check this tutorial.

Note: The API key can also be sent as a header named apikey.

redirect_urlstring•Required

URL where your customers will be redirected to after successfully completing the payment.

The success_token token will be added as GET parameter to this URL, together with any GET parameter you might have provided in your redirect_url, which can be used to validate the payment.

Notes:

  • Even though it's possible to use this page to validate the payment, we recommend using the notify_url
Example:https://example.com/success/?order_id=12345

valuestring•Required

Value of the order in the FIAT currency set in your Payment Settings at BlockBee's Dashboard.

Example:10

currencystring

Set the FIAT currency used in the value parameter.

Note: Will override the FIAT currency set in your Payment Settings at BlockBee's Dashboard.

Supported FIAT currencies:

  • (USD) United States Dollar
  • (EUR) Euro
  • (GBP) Great Britain Pound
  • (CAD) Canadian Dollar
  • (JPY) Japanese Yen
  • (AED) UAE Dollar
  • (MYR) Malaysian Ringgit
  • (IDR) Indonesian Rupiah
  • (THB) Thai Baht
  • (CHF) Swiss Franc
  • (SGD) Singapore Dollar
  • (RUB) Russian Ruble
  • (ZAR) South African Rand
  • (TRY) Turkish Lira
  • (LKR) Sri Lankan Rupee
  • (RON) Romanian Leu
  • (BGN) Bulgarian Lev
  • (HUF) Hungarian Forint
  • (CZK) Czech Koruna
  • (PHP) Philippine Peso
  • (PLN) Poland Zloti
  • (UGX) Uganda Shillings
  • (MXN) Mexican Peso
  • (INR) Indian Rupee
  • (HKD) Hong Kong Dollar
  • (CNY) Chinese Yuan
  • (BRL) Brazilian Real
  • (DKK) Danish Krone
  • (TWD) New Taiwan Dollar
  • (AUD) Australian Dollar
  • (NGN) Nigerian Naira
  • (SEK) Swedish Krona
  • (NOK) Norwegian Krone
  • (UAH) Ukrainian Hryvnia
  • (VND) Vietnamese Dong

Supported cryptocurrencies (for conversion):

  • (BTC) Bitcoin
  • (ETH) Ethereum
  • (USDT) Tether USDt
  • (USDC) USD Coin
  • (SOL) Solana

...and many more listed on our cryptocurrencies page (eg: currency=btc).

Example:eur

item_descriptionstring

Description of the product or service being paid. This information will appear on the Checkout page.

Example:Order #1234

expire_atnumber

Epoch time in seconds at which the Checkout payment will expire.

Notes:

  • Minimum is 1h
  • If not set, the Payment link will never expire
  • Timestamp must be in seconds
Example:1673438907

notify_urlstring

URL where our system will send a payment notification (IPN), when a deposit is made.

Notes:

  • We advise you to URL Encode the notify URL, otherwise the GET parameters you add may be lost
  • GET parameters you add to the notify URL will be sent as GET, even if you enable the post parameter
  • For a complete list of fields sent by our system, please refer to our webhook documentation
  • To prevent repeated IPNs to your systems, the response to the IPN request should be *ok* in plain text
Example:https://example.com/callback/?order_id=12345

postnumber

Set this to 1 if you wish to receive the IPN as a POST request. If set to 0, API will default to GET.

Notes:

  • GET parameters you added to the notify_url URL will still be sent as GET
Example:1

Returns

Returns the payment link response. Returns an error if there's there's a missing required parameter of if you didn't configure the payment settings correctly.

statusstring•Required

Status of the request. Should be success if the request didn't fail.

payment_idstring•Required

ID of the checkout payment. May be used with the logs endpoint.

success_tokenstring•Required

A unique token that is passed to your redirect_url to verify the payment's authenticity on your end.

payment_urlstring•Required

The URL for the hosted checkout page where the user can complete the payment.