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REST API Overview

Cryptopay provides a standards-based REST interface which enables application developers to interact in a powerful, yet secure way with their Cryptopay account. Using the Cryptopay API, clients can create and manage invoices, and much more.

Concepts

Api Contracts

Cryptopay considers the following types of API changes to be non-breaking and backwards-compatible:

exposing a new resource type adding a new method to an existing resource type adding an optional property to an existing resource type adding an optional query parameter to an existing resource method deprecating an existing resource method and providing an alternative

Environments

There are two environments available for merchants to use the following API.

To access these APIs, merchants need to combine the base URL + endpoint and make sure to have API credentials for the corresponding environments.

Environment Base URL API Credentials
Test https://test.cryptopay.io test account
Production https://cryptopay.io production account

API Tokens

Each API call must be accompanied by an API Token which grants access to the requested capability. You can generate multiple API tokens, each with different capabilities, that may grant broad or narrow privileges.

Access Control

To use any non-public API endpoint a token will need to be sent with the API request. You can generate a token via the Settings -> API Tokens page.

Making Requests

Requests to the Cryptopay REST API follow a RESTful convention using standard HTTP verbs against various Cryptopay resources to return JSON formatted responses.

Each request should include in the HTTP headers:

To make an API request send an HTTP request with a HTTP method to a resource URI and include in the body JSON parameters of the following (plus any additional parameters needed):

For more information about specific resource URIs, please visit the resource documentation.

REST API Resources

Invoices

Resource

Example of invoice resource:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8"
    "url": "https://cryptopay.io/invoice?id=1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8",
    "status": "confirmed",
    "price": 20,
    "currency": "USD",
    "orderId": "INV-202201001",
    "createdStamp": 1670556426,
    "redirectUrl": "https:\/\/merchant.com\/payment\/123456\/return",
    "expireStamp": 1670560026,
    "paymentWallet": "Trust Wallet",
    "paymentCurrency": "BTC",
    "paymentAmount": "0.001214",
    "paymentAddress": "bc1qxy2kgdygjraqtzq2n0yrf2593p83kkfjhx0wlh",
    "exchangeRates": {
        "BTC": {
            "USD": "22853.530000"
            }
        }, 
    "transactions": [{
        "txid": "6f8dc09bac7127eaa7845b400f35fb045ba43bd71c41c832f87d38fa120d8e5c",
        "vout": "6",
        "amount": "0.001214",
        "confirmations": 1
        }],
    "exceptionStatus": false,
    "paymentTotals": "0.001214",
    "underpayAllowed": false,
    "overpayAllowed": false,
    "amountPaidInvoicingCurrency": "20.00",
  }
}

Invoices are time-sensitive payment requests addressed to specific buyers. An invoice has a fixed price, typically denominated in fiat currency. It also has an equivalent price in the supported cryptocurrencies, calculated by Cryptopay, at a locked exchange rate for an expiration time set by merchant.

Name Type
id
Invoice resource id
string
url
Web address of invoice
string
status
Invoice status can have the following values:
  • "new": An invoice starts in this state. When in this state and only in this state, payments broadcasted by purchasers will be applied to the invoice (there is a window until invoice expire timestamp for the purchaser to send a payment from their crypto wallet). If an invoice has received a partial payment, it will still reflect a status of new to the merchant. From a merchant system perspective, an invoice is either paid or not paid, partial payments are automatically refunded by Cryptopay to the consumer.
  • "paid" As soon as payment is received it is evaluated against the invoice requested amount. If the amount paid is equal to or greater than the amount expected then the invoice is marked as being paid. To detect whether the invoice has been overpaid consult the invoice exception status (exceptionStatus parameter). The overpaid amount on an invoice is automatically refunded by Cryptopay to the consumer.
  • "confirmed": This status can be used by merchants in order to fulfill orders placed by the consumer. Invoice is changed to "confirmed" status when all crypto transactions reach 1 confirmation.
  • "completed": When an invoice has the status complete, it means that Cryptopay has credited the merchant account, in the currency indicated in the settlement settings. For instance, with invoices paid in Bitcoin (BTC), 6 confirmation blocks on the bitcoin network are required for an invoice to be complete, this takes on average 1 hour.
  • "expired": An invoice reaches the expired status if no payment was received and the payment window has elapsed.
  • "invalid" An invoice is considered invalid when it was paid, but the corresponding cryptocurrency transaction was not confirmed within 1 hour on the corresponding blockchain. It is possible that some transactions can take longer than 1 hour to be included in a block. If the transaction confirms after 1 hour, Cryptopay will update the invoice state from "invalid" to "complete" (6 confirmations for transactions on the bitcoin network for instance). invoice
string
price
Fixed price amount for the checkout, in the "currency" of the invoice object.
string
currency
ISO 4217 3-character currency code. This is the currency associated with the price field.
string
orderId
Can be used by the merchant to assign their own internal Id to an invoice. If used, there should be a direct match between an orderId and an invoice id
string
createdStamp
UTC timestamp (in seconds) of invoice creation
number
redirectUrl
The shopper will be redirected to this URL when clicking on the Return button after a successful payment or when clicking on the Close button. Make sure you include "http://" or "https://" in the url.
string
expireStamp
UTC timestamp (in seconds) of invoice expiration
number
paymentWallet
Name of the wallet, that shopper has selected he is doing payment from.
string
paymentCurrency
This field will be populated with the cryptocurrency selected to pay the Cryptopay invoice, current supported values are "BTC".. If not yet selected, this field will not be returned. This is the currency associated with the "paymentAmount" field.
string
paymentAmount
The amount in cryptocurrency the shopper is supposed to pay to fulfill the invoice. This is associated with "paymentCurrency" field.
string
paymentAddress
The crypto address that shopper is supposed to send funds to.
string
exchangeRates
Currency exchange rates that were used to calculate payment amount from invoice price.
object
transactions
Initially empty when the invoice is created. This array will be populated with the crypto currency transactions linked to the invoice.
array
txid
Crypto transaction hash.
string
vout
Crypto transaction Vout.
string
amount
Amount.
string
confirmations
Number of confirmations.
number
exceptionStatus
Exception status can have the following values:
  • false: No exception, exact amount was paid
  • "paidOver": Client sent more money than reuqested, this invoice is overpaid.
  • "paidPartial": Client sent less money than requested, this invoice is underpaid.
false or string
paymentTotals
The total amount paid on this invoice. If invoice is paid in full with exact amount, this should be the same as paymentAmount
string
underpayAllowed
Whether underpay was allowed on this invoice.
boolean
overpayAllowed
Whether overpay was allowed on this invoice.
boolean
amountPaidInvoicingCurrency
If underpay or overpay was allowed and underpay or overpay happened (see field exceptionStatus), this will be total amount that client has sent in the invoicing currency.
string

Create an invoice

This endpoint creates an invoice.

HTTP Request

curl -X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--url "https://cryptopay.io/api/invoices" \
-d @- <<'EOF'
{
"currency": "USD",
"price": 20,
"orderId": "INV-202201001",
"notificationUrl": "https://merchant.com/shop/notifications",
"redirectUrl": "https://merchant.com/shop/return",
"token": "CP.tUt3MJFzfDSeuK1UGeVNa59q",
"email": "[email protected]"
}
EOF
<?php

$resourceUrl = 'https://cryptopay.io/api/invoices';

$postData = json_encode([
    'currency' => 'USD',
    'price' => 20,
    'orderId' => 'INV-202201001',
    'notificationUrl' => 'https://merchant.com/shop/notifications',
    'redirectUrl' => 'https://merchant.com/shop/return',
    'token' => 'CP.tUt3MJFzfDSeuK1UGeVNa59q',
    'email' => '[email protected]'
]);

$curlHandle = curl_init($resourceUrl);

curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Content-Type: application/json'
]);

curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, stripslashes($postData));

$result = curl_exec($curlHandle);
$resultData = json_decode($result, TRUE);
curl_close($curlHandle);

echo $resultData;

?>

POST https://cryptopay.io/api/invoices

Body

Name Type Presence
currency
ISO 4217 3-character currency code. This is the currency associated with the price field
string M
price number M
orderId
Can be used by the merchant to assign their own internal Id to an invoice. If used, there should be a direct match between an orderId and an invoice id
string O
notificationUrl string O
redirectUrl string O
email
The email of user can be assigned by merchant. In this case, Cryptopay will not be asking customer to enter his email during the checkout but will use this email provisioned by merchant.
string O

HTTP Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8"
    "url": "https://cryptopay.io/invoice?id=1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8",
    "status": "new",
    "price": 20,
    "currency": "USD",
    "orderId": "INV-202201001",
    "createdStamp": 1670556426,
    "redirectUrl": "https:\/\/merchant.com\/payment\/123456\/return",
    "expireStamp": 1670560026,
  }
}

On the right side, you will find an example of the invoice object returned in the response you will get from the Cryptopay server. A description of all invoice fields is available in the resource section.

Retrieve an invoice

This endpoint retrieves an invoice.

HTTP Request

curl -X GET \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--url "https://cryptopay.io/api/invoices/1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8?token=CP.yOhKIHdof5bvNKCibE6MNgREeysr4"
<?php

$resourceUrl = "https://cryptopay.io/api/invoices";
$invoiceId = "1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8";
$token = "CP.yOhKIHdof5bvNKCibE6MNgREeysr4";

$curlHandle = curl_init($resourceUrl . '/' . $invoiceId . '?token=' . $token);

curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Content-Type: application/json'
]);

$result = curl_exec($curlHandle);
$resultData = json_decode($result, TRUE);
curl_close($curlHandle);

echo $resultData;

?>

GET https://cryptopay.io/api/invoices/:invoice-id

HTTP Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8"
    "url": "https://cryptopay.io/invoice?id=1Ba89hBacPtLgQ3Cqu7aR8",
    "status": "confirmed",
    "price": 20,
    "currency": "USD",
    "orderId": "INV-202201001",
    "createdStamp": 1670556426,
    "redirectUrl": "https:\/\/merchant.com\/payment\/123456\/return",
    "expireStamp": 1670560026,
    "paymentWallet": "Trust Wallet",
    "paymentCurrency": "BTC",
    "paymentAmount": "0.001214",
    "paymentAddress": "bc1qxy2kgdygjraqtzq2n0yrf2593p83kkfjhx0wlh",
    "exchangeRates": {
        "BTC": {
            "USD": "22853.530000"
            }
        },
    "transactions": [{
        "txid": "6f8dc09bac7127eaa7845b400f35fb045ba43bd71c41c832f87d38fa120d8e5c",
        "vout": "6",
        "amount": "0.001214",
        "confirmations": 1
        }],
    "exceptionStatus": false,
    "paymentTotals": "0.001214",
    "underpayAllowed": false,
    "overpayAllowed": false,
    "amountPaidInvoicingCurrency": "20.00",
  }
}

On the right side, you will find an example of the invoice object returned in the response you will get from the Cryptopay server. A description of all invoice fields is available in the resource section.

Notifications

Currently, Cryptopay makes notifications in the form of webhooks (HTTP POST callbacks). The primary purpose of payment notification is to alert the merchant’s ecommerce server that the status of a resource (invoice) has changed. The messages are sent to the notificationUrl field when creating the invoice. The body of the payment notifications sent by Cryptopay is a JSON-formatted string (Content-Type: application/json).

Handling

  1. The payment notification shall be used as a trigger to verify the status of a specific invoice. This can be done by fetching the corresponding invoice, since invoice id is provided in the body of the payment notification.

  2. The Cryptopay server expects an HTTP 200 response with an empty body. Any other HTTP response is considered by Cryptopay as a failed delivery. The Cryptopay server attempts to send payment notifications multiple times until the send is either successful or the Cryptopay server gives up.

  3. Make sure to not rely on whitelisting Cryptopay’s sending IP addresses, as these IP addresses are subject to change without notice.

  4. Make sure to use HTTPS for your notificationUrl.

Invoices

Headers

Header Value
Accept application/json
Content-Type application/json

Example of webhook notification:

{
  "id": "1Bmjx2cap7jmaG4AipSHjv"
}

Body

Name Type
id Cryptopay invoice id string