NOWPayments Invoices API
Invoice creation for crypto payments
NOWPayments Invoices API is one of 10 APIs that NOWPayments publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Invoices. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.nowpayments.io/v1, https://api.sandbox.nowpayments.io/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
NOWPayments Invoices API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (ApiKeyAuth).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ApiKeyAuth— NOWPayments API key obtained from your merchant dashboardBearerAuth— JWT token obtained from the /auth endpoint (required for mass payout operations)
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Invoice creation for crypto payments
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are InvoiceResponse (12 properties), CreateInvoiceRequest (8 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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