Cashfree Payments · Authentication Profile

Cashfree Payments Authentication

Authentication

Cashfree uses API key based authentication via custom headers.

Cashfree Payments declares 4 security scheme(s) across its OpenAPI definitions.

CompanyPaymentsFinTechAPIGateway

Methods: Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

Merchant authentication apiKey

Merchant secret apiKey

Partner authentication apiKey

Partner merchant ID apiKey

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-10-07'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (local)
source: https://www.cashfree.com/docs/api-reference/authentication
sources:
- https://www.cashfree.com/docs/api-reference/authentication
- https://www.cashfree.com/one-click-onboarding/
- https://www.cashfree.com/docs/payments/quickstart-guide
- https://www.cashfree.com/docs/payouts/payout-protect/overview
description: Cashfree uses API key based authentication via custom headers.
schemes:
- type: apiKey
  name: Merchant authentication
  evidence: The standard authentication for merchants uses two specific headers x-client-id and x-client-secret . Pass your appId and secretKey
    in these fields.
  location: header
  header: x-client-id
  how_to_obtain: Generate API keys in the Payment Gateway Dashboard under Developers → API Keys.
- type: apiKey
  name: Merchant secret
  evidence: The standard authentication for merchants uses two specific headers x-client-id and x-client-secret . Pass your appId and secretKey
    in these fields.
  location: header
  header: x-client-secret
  how_to_obtain: Generate API keys in the Payment Gateway Dashboard under Developers → API Keys.
- type: apiKey
  name: Partner authentication
  evidence: You should use the x-partner-apikey and x-partner-merchantid headers instead of the x-client-id and x-client-secret headers.
  location: header
  header: x-partner-apikey
  how_to_obtain: Generate partner authentication keys via the Partner Dashboard.
- type: apiKey
  name: Partner merchant ID
  evidence: You should use the x-partner-apikey and x-partner-merchantid headers instead of the x-client-id and x-client-secret headers.
  location: header
  header: x-partner-merchantid
  how_to_obtain: Obtain the merchant ID from the Partner Dashboard > Merchants section.
note: No OAuth2 flows are documented for Cashfree authentication.
docs: https://www.cashfree.com/docs/api-reference/authentication

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