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Method Financial Merchants API

Merchant directory

Method Financial Merchants API is one of 42 APIs that Method Financial publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Merchants. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2026-03-30.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://production.methodfi.com, https://sandbox.methodfi.com, https://dev.methodfi.com.

2 operations 2 paths 9 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2026-03-30
Base URL
https://production.methodfi.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Method Financial Merchants API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (OpalToken). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (SecretKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • OpalToken — Opal token authentication for Opal session endpoints. Use an Opal token (otkn...) as the Bearer token. Created via POST /opal/token using a secret key.
  • SecretKey — Secret key authentication. Use your team's secret key (sk...) as the Bearer token. All authenticated API endpoints require this scheme unless otherwise noted.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Merchants 2

Merchant directory

GET
/merchants
List all merchants
listMerchants 3 params → 200400401403429500
GET
/merchants/{mchId}
Retrieve a merchant
retrieveMerchant 2 params → 200400401403404429500

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Merchant (8 properties), MerchantProviderIds (5 properties), ErrorObject (4 properties), ErrorEnvelope (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MerchantType
string
MerchantResponse
MerchantProviderIds
object
5 properties
ListEnvelope
object
Standard envelope for successful responses that return a list payload.
3 properties 3 required
ErrorEnvelope
object
3 properties 3 required
Merchant
object
8 properties 8 required
MerchantListResponse
ErrorObject
object
4 properties 3 required
SuccessEnvelope
object
Standard envelope for successful responses that return a single payload.
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

method-financial-merchants-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Method Financial publishes across the network.

Method Financial Account Attributes API
Method Financial Account Balances API
Method Financial Account Card Brands API
Method Financial Account Consent API
Method Financial Account Payment Instruments API
Method Financial Account Payoffs API
Method Financial Account Products API
Method Financial Account Sensitive API
Method Financial Account Subscriptions API
Method Financial Account Transactions API
Method Financial Account Updates API
Method Financial Account Verification Sessions API
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