Initiate Card Payment

POST /payments/initiate-card-payment

cURL

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/payments/initiate-card-payment \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "amount": "<string>",
  "orderReference": "<string>",
  "currency": "USD",
  "customer": {
    "id": "<string>"
  },
  "checksum": "<string>"
}
'

200

{
  "cardPaymentLink": "<string>",
  "clientId": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Authorization header containing the JWT access token returned from the generate token endpoint. The token already includes the Bearer prefix. Example: Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOi...

Body

application/json

Body With Customer ID

Body With Customer Details

amount · string · required

Your payment amount

orderReference · string · required

Your unique Order reference

currency · enum<string> · required

Available options: USD

customer · object · required

Customer

Show child attributes

checksum · string

If enabled, this is the generated checksum of the payload. Refer to the documentation for more details.

Response

200

application/json

Initiate Card response

cardPaymentLink · string

A link for a customer to complete payment

clientId · string

Application Client ID associated with the payment