NOWPayments · Example Payload

Create Payment

Example request and response for creating a NOWPayments crypto payment

Crypto PaymentsCryptocurrencyPayment GatewayInvoicingSubscriptionsMass PayoutsBitcoinEthereum

Create Payment is an example object payload from NOWPayments, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "title": "Create Payment Example",
  "description": "Example request and response for creating a NOWPayments crypto payment",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.nowpayments.io/v1/payment",
    "headers": {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "price_amount": 100,
      "price_currency": "usd",
      "pay_currency": "btc",
      "ipn_callback_url": "https://example.com/ipn",
      "order_id": "ORDER-12345",
      "order_description": "Apple Macbook Pro 2019 x 1"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 201,
    "body": {
      "payment_id": 5045208125,
      "payment_status": "waiting",
      "pay_address": "3EktnHQD7RiAE6uzMj2ZifT9YgRrkSgzQX",
      "price_amount": 100,
      "price_currency": "usd",
      "pay_amount": 0.00267,
      "pay_currency": "btc",
      "order_id": "ORDER-12345",
      "order_description": "Apple Macbook Pro 2019 x 1",
      "ipn_callback_url": "https://example.com/ipn",
      "created_at": "2021-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2021-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
      "purchase_id": 4944856743
    }
  }
}