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Payflex Authentication API

OAuth2 client credentials token endpoint

Payflex Authentication API is one of 4 APIs that Payflex publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.payflex.co.za, https://api.uat.payflex.co.za.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.payflex.co.za
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Payflex Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth2 Bearer token obtained from the /auth/merchant endpoint using the clientcredentials grant. Tokens expire and should be refreshed automatically before exp…

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.

Authentication 1

OAuth2 client credentials token endpoint

POST
/auth/merchant
Obtain an OAuth2 access token
getAccessToken body → 200400401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TokenRequest (4 properties), TokenResponse (3 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TokenResponse
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
TokenRequest
object
4 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

payflex-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Payflex publishes across the network.

Payflex Configuration API
Payflex Orders API
Payflex Refunds API
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