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Yoco Checkout API

Create and manage hosted checkout sessions.

Yoco Checkout API is one of 5 APIs that Yoco publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Checkout. 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 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2026-07-12.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://payments.yoco.com/api.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2026-07-12
Base URL
https://payments.yoco.com/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Yoco Checkout API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (secretKey). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (jwtBearer).

  • secretKey — Secret integration key passed as Authorization: Bearer sklive... (live) or Authorization: Bearer sktest... (test). Obtain keys in the Yoco app under Sales - Pa…
  • jwtBearer — JWT Bearer credential for the versioned Yoco API (api.yoco.com/v1), authorized with scopes such as business/orders:read.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Checkout 2

Create and manage hosted checkout sessions.

POST
/checkouts
Create a checkout
createCheckout 1 param body → 200400401
GET
/checkouts/{checkoutId}
Get a checkout
getCheckout 1 param → 200404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Checkout (16 properties), CheckoutRequest (9 properties), Error (3 properties), LineItem (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CheckoutRequest
object
9 properties 2 required
Checkout
object
16 properties
LineItem
object
3 properties
Error
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

yoco-checkout-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Yoco publishes across the network.

Yoco Payment Links API
Yoco Payments API
Yoco Refunds API
Yoco Webhooks API