How to try your first payment through hyperswitch?
You have two options to use the Payments API:- Sandbox API Key (Dashboard) – Quick testing without setup.
- Self-Deploy – Create merchants and API keys through Rest API.
We recommend using our Dashboard to generate API Key and setting up Connectors (Step 4) for faster trial and simple setup.
1
Create a Merchant Account
This account is representative of you or your organization that would like to accept payments from different
Hyperswitch Dashboard flow
Access the and sign up -> Sign up here is equivalent to creating a Merchant Account
Self-Deploy flow
Use the admin api key and the Merchant Account - Create endpoint to create your Merchant Account
2
Create API Key
You can now generate an API key that will be the secret key used to authenticate your payment request
Hyperswitch Dashboard flow
In Dashboard go to Developer-> API Keys -> +Create New Api Key. This key can be used in your API requests for authentication.
Self-Deploy flow
Use the admin api key and the Merchant Account - Create endpoint to create your Merchant Account
3
Set up Connectors
Connect the payment connectors and payment methods that your organization will accept. Connectors could be a payment processor/facilitator/acquirer or a provider of specialized services like Fraud/Accounting
Hyperswitch Dashboard flow
In Dashboard go to Connectors -> . Choose the payments methods to enable and complete setup.
Self-Deploy flow
Use the admin api key and the Connector Account endpoints to set up a connector
4
Try your first payment
You are all set! Go ahead and try the Payments API, be sure to try the different use cases provided
We are here to help
Test the use cases you are interested in and in case of difficulty, feel free to contact us on our slack channel