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Forage

Forage is a mission-driven payments company and one of only three payment processors approved by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to accept SNAP EBT and EBT Cash online. Forage gives grocery retailers, marketplaces, and platforms the API, SDKs, and regulatory expertise to add government-benefit tender (SNAP, EBT Cash, and HSA/FSA) to online and in-store checkout. The Forage Payments API tokenizes EBT cards, runs PIN-secured balance inquiries, and creates, captures, voids, and refunds EBT payments and orders, backed by JavaScript, iOS, Android, and POS Terminal SDKs, webhooks for order/payment/refund events, and daily CSV reconciliation reports.

Forage publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including EBT SNAP Payments API, Bearer Tokens API, Card Details API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Company, Payments, EBT, SNAP, and EBT Cash.

The Forage catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Forage’s developer surface includes sandbox, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, and 40 more developer resources.

73.3/100 exemplar ▲ 5.8 Agent 48/100 agent native Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →
AccessSelf serve
1 published contract 3 Agent Skills
CompanyPaymentsEBTSNAPEBT CashHSA/FSAFintechGovernment BenefitsGroceryCheckoutFinancial Services

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Consumer Commerce
AE-140
Custom SessionsDeferred CaptureFully Hosted SessionsOrder PaymentsOrder RefundsPayment Methods
POST /api/payments/ POST /api/payments/{payment_ref}/authorize/ POST /api/payment_methods/ POST /api/balance_sessions/

Kin Score

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
  • Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too
  • Pagination +5 pts — share of collection GETs (an array, or one wrapped in data/items/results ...) that declare a page/limit/offset/cursor parameter, a Link header or a next/cursor field; na with no collection GETs
  • Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document +5 pts — a parsing /.well-known/ucp.json or acp.json declaring a version and at least one service — `self` when its endpoints are on the provider's own domain, `platform` when they are on a vendor's
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APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Forage EBT SNAP Payments API

REST API to tokenize EBT cards, run PIN-secured balance inquiries, and create, capture, void, and refund EBT SNAP, EBT Cash, and HSA/FSA payments and orders for online and in-st...

Forage Bearer Tokens API

The Bearer Tokens API from Forage — 4 operation(s) for bearer tokens.

Forage Card Details API

The Card Details API from Forage — 1 operation(s) for card details.

Forage Custom Sessions API

The Custom Sessions API from Forage — 3 operation(s) for custom sessions.

Forage Deferred Capture API

The Deferred Capture API from Forage — 1 operation(s) for deferred capture.

Forage Fully Hosted Sessions API

The Fully Hosted Sessions API from Forage — 1 operation(s) for fully hosted sessions.

Forage Order Payments API

The Order Payments API from Forage — 3 operation(s) for order payments.

Forage Order Refunds API

The Order Refunds API from Forage — 4 operation(s) for order refunds.

Forage Orders API

The Orders API from Forage — 2 operation(s) for orders.

Forage Payment Methods API

The Payment Methods API from Forage — 2 operation(s) for payment methods.

Forage Payment Refunds API

The Payment Refunds API from Forage — 3 operation(s) for payment refunds.

Forage Reports API

The Reports API from Forage — 4 operation(s) for reports.

Forage Sandbox Testing API

The Sandbox Testing API from Forage — 2 operation(s) for sandbox testing.

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Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Forage Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Forage Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Forage Context

32 classes · 96 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Forage API Rules

15 rules · 11 errors 2 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ErrorResponseObject

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderAndTaxesReportResponse

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderPaymentResponse

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderRefundResponse

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PaymentRefundResponse

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PaymentResponse

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Forage Authentication

oauth2/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Forage Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Forage Trust Center

trust center published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Forage Scopes

6 scopes · password/clientCredentials

6 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Forage Agentic Access

43 operations · 27 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

43 operations · 27 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 11

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: forage
name: Forage
description: Forage is a mission-driven payments company and one of only three payment processors approved by the USDA Food
  and Nutrition Service (FNS) to accept SNAP EBT and EBT Cash online. Forage gives grocery retailers, marketplaces, and platforms
  the API, SDKs, and regulatory expertise to add government-benefit tender (SNAP, EBT Cash, and HSA/FSA) to online and in-store
  checkout. The Forage Payments API tokenizes EBT cards, runs PIN-secured balance inquiries, and creates, captures, voids,
  and refunds EBT payments and orders, backed by JavaScript, iOS, Android, and POS Terminal SDKs, webhooks for order/payment/refund
  events, and daily CSV reconciliation reports.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://framerusercontent.com/assets/ZoPlyiuvY1BwAuHbWMWp7HW8UmE.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/forage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
x-docs-platform: readme
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-03
tags:
- Company
- Payments
- EBT
- SNAP
- EBT Cash
- HSA/FSA
- Fintech
- Government Benefits
- Grocery
- Checkout
- Financial Services
tags_raw:
- Company
- Payments
- EBT
- SNAP
- EBT Cash
- HSA/FSA
- Fintech
- Government Benefits
- Grocery
- Checkout
- Financial Services
- Financial-Services
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/forage-capability-edges.yml
  name: Forage Business Capability Map
- type: Plans
  url: plans/forage-plans-pricing.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/forage-agentic-access.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/forage-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/forage-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/forage-vocabulary.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/forage-sandbox.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/forage-mcp.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/forage-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/forage-vendors.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/app/support/security
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/newsroom
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/forage-scopes.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/forage-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.joinforage.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.joinforage.app/docs/overview
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.joinforage.app/docs/overview
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.joinforage.app/docs/setup
- type: Support
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/get-in-touch
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/teamforage
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/get-in-touch
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/pages/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.joinforage.com/pages/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.joinforage.app
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/forage-changelog.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/forage-lifecycle.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/forage-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/forage-authentication.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/forage-conventions.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/forage-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/request-limits
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/forage-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/forage-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/forage-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/forage-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/forage-components.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/forage-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/forage-problem-types.yml
- type: DeclineCodes
  url: errors/forage-decline-codes.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/forage-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/forage-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.joinforage.app/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/forage-trust-center.yml
apis:
- name: Forage EBT SNAP Payments API
  description: REST API to tokenize EBT cards, run PIN-secured balance inquiries, and create, capture, void, and refund EBT
    SNAP, EBT Cash, and HSA/FSA payments and orders for online and in-store checkout.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Payments
  - EBT
  - SNAP
  properties:
  - url: openapi/forage-payments-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.joinforage.app/docs/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://api.sandbox.joinforage.app
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/forage-payment-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/forage-order-and-taxes-report-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/forage-order-payment-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/forage-payment-refund-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/forage-order-refund-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/forage-error-response-object-schema.json
  aid: forage:forage-ebt-snap-payments-api
- aid: forage:forage-bearer-tokens-api
  name: Forage Bearer Tokens API
  description: The Bearer Tokens API from Forage — 4 operation(s) for bearer tokens.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Bearer Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-bearer-tokens-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-card-details-api
  name: Forage Card Details API
  description: The Card Details API from Forage — 1 operation(s) for card details.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Card Details
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-card-details-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-custom-sessions-api
  name: Forage Custom Sessions API
  description: The Custom Sessions API from Forage — 3 operation(s) for custom sessions.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Custom Sessions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-custom-sessions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-deferred-capture-api
  name: Forage Deferred Capture API
  description: The Deferred Capture API from Forage — 1 operation(s) for deferred capture.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Deferred Capture
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-deferred-capture-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-fully-hosted-sessions-api
  name: Forage Fully Hosted Sessions API
  description: The Fully Hosted Sessions API from Forage — 1 operation(s) for fully hosted sessions.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Fully Hosted Sessions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-fully-hosted-sessions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-order-payments-api
  name: Forage Order Payments API
  description: The Order Payments API from Forage — 3 operation(s) for order payments.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Order Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-order-payments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-order-refunds-api
  name: Forage Order Refunds API
  description: The Order Refunds API from Forage — 4 operation(s) for order refunds.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Order Refunds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-order-refunds-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-orders-api
  name: Forage Orders API
  description: The Orders API from Forage — 2 operation(s) for orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-orders-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-payment-methods-api
  name: Forage Payment Methods API
  description: The Payment Methods API from Forage — 2 operation(s) for payment methods.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Payment Methods
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-payment-methods-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-payment-refunds-api
  name: Forage Payment Refunds API
  description: The Payment Refunds API from Forage — 3 operation(s) for payment refunds.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Payment Refunds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-payment-refunds-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-reports-api
  name: Forage Reports API
  description: The Reports API from Forage — 4 operation(s) for reports.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-reports-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forage:forage-sandbox-testing-api
  name: Forage Sandbox Testing API
  description: The Sandbox Testing API from Forage — 2 operation(s) for sandbox testing.
  humanURL: https://docs.joinforage.app/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.joinforage.app
  tags:
  - Sandbox Testing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forage-sandbox-testing-api-openapi.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence
x-readme-harvest:
  date: '2026-10-14'
  ops: 43
  tool: harvest-readme-openapi.py
  portal: https://docs.joinforage.app

Forage API — frequently asked questions

Does Forage have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from Forage, including Forage EBT SNAP Payments API, Forage Bearer Tokens API and Forage Card Details API, and 10 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Forage API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 13 OpenAPI specifications for Forage, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Forage API?

Forage documents its authentication (oauth2/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Forage Authentication.

How much does the Forage API cost?

APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Forage, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing Plans on this page.

Is the Forage API ready for AI agents?

Forage has a Kin Score of 73.3 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 48.0 (agent-native), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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