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Checkout Payments API

The Payments API from Checkout — 1 operation(s) for payments.

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Operations 1

POST /payments POST /payments #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/checkout/openapi/checkout-payments-api-openapi.yml

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https://artifacts.apis.io/checkout/json-schema/checkout-post-request-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

checkout-payments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Checkout Payments API
  version: '2026-10-08'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-08: 4 operation(s) read from 3 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; Checkout has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 4
    documentation: 0
    pages-with-code: 3
    pages-read: 3
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-10-08'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: local
  x-sources:
  - https://www.checkout.com/docs/resources/api-authentication/api-keys
  - https://api-reference.checkout.com
  - https://www.checkout.com/docs/risk-management/3d-secure/sessions
security:
- bearer: []
tags:
- name: Payments
paths:
  /payments:
    post:
      operationId: post_payments
      tags:
      - Payments
      summary: POST /payments
      x-source: https://www.checkout.com/docs/resources/api-authentication/api-keys
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: code-example
        language: curl
        snippet: 'curl --location --request POST ''https://{prefix}.api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments/'' \ 2 --header ''Content-Type: application/json'' \ 3 --header ''Authorization: Bearer sk_sbox_wjvrysklsqjmrhn3yoexnshsl72'' \ 4 --data-raw ''{ 5 "source": { 6 "type": "card", 7 "number": "4242424242424242", 8 "expiry_month": 12, 9 "expiry_year": 2025 10 }, 11 "amount": 100, 12 "currency": "EUR", 13 "reference": "ORD-175'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer