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Paystack Payment Request API

The Payment Request API from Paystack — 7 operation(s) for payment request.

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Paystack Payment Request API is one of 21 APIs that Paystack publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 14 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Payment Request. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 14 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 9 operations across 7 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.paystack.co.

9 operations 7 paths 0 schemas 4 GET4 POST1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://api.paystack.co
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Paystack Support
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

Paths & Operations 9

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 4 GET, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Payment Request 9
POST
/paymentrequest
Create Payment Request
paymentRequest_create body → 201401default
GET
/paymentrequest
List Payment Request
paymentRequest_list 7 params → 200401404default
GET
/paymentrequest/{id}
Fetch Payment Request
paymentRequest_fetch 1 param → 200401404default
PUT
/paymentrequest/{id}
Update Payment Request
paymentRequest_update 1 param body → 200401404default
GET
/paymentrequest/verify/{id}
Verify Payment Request
paymentRequest_verify 1 param → 200401404default
POST
/paymentrequest/notify/{id}
Send Notification
paymentRequest_notify 1 param → 201401default
GET
/paymentrequest/totals
Payment Request Total
paymentRequest_totals → 200401404default
POST
/paymentrequest/finalize/{id}
Finalize Payment Request
paymentRequest_finalize 1 param → 201401default
POST
/paymentrequest/archive/{id}
Archive Payment Request
paymentRequest_archive 1 param → 201401default

Specification

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Source

paystack-payment-request-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
paystack:paystack-payment-request-api
Server
https://api.paystack.co
Docs
https://paystack.com/docs/api/transaction/
Provider
Paystack
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