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NOWPayments Status API

API health and availability

NOWPayments Status API is one of 10 APIs that NOWPayments publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 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.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.nowpayments.io/v1
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

NOWPayments Status 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 dashboard
  • BearerAuth — JWT token obtained from the /auth endpoint (required for mass payout operations)

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Status 1

API health and availability

GET
/status
Get API status
getStatus → 200500

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorResponse (2 properties), StatusResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

StatusResponse
object
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

now-payments-status-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NOWPayments publishes across the network.

NOWPayments Mass Payouts API
NOWPayments Recurring Payments API
NOWPayments Custody API
NOWPayments Authentication API
NOWPayments Currencies API
NOWPayments Estimates API
NOWPayments Invoices API
NOWPayments Payments API
NOWPayments Payouts API