Quick start

This guide takes you through all the ePayment API requests.

Before you begin

Sign up as an organization with Vipps MobilePay and get your API keys:

• client_id - Client_id for a test sales unit.
• client_secret - Client_secret for a test sales unit.
• Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key - Subscription key for a test sales unit.
• merchantSerialNumber - The unique ID for a test sales unit.

If you're new to the platform, see Getting started for information about API keys, product activation, and the test environment.

The provided example values in this guide must be changed with the values for your sales unit and user. This applies for API keys, HTTP headers, reference, phone number, etc.

Your first Payment

Step 1 - Setup

If using Postman, download the following files and import them into Postman. Select the global environment as your active environment and update the Current Value field with your own values for the API keys and international mobile number. 🔥 Do not store production keys in the cloud. 🔥

• Download ePayment API Postman collection
• Download Global Postman environment

Step 2 - Get an access token

For all the following, you will need an access_token from the Access token API: POST:/accesstoken/get. This provides you with access to the API.

curl

Send request "Get Access Token"

Postman

curl -X POST 'https://apitest.vipps.no/accesstoken/get' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H 'client_id: YOUR-CLIENT-ID' \
-H 'client_secret: YOUR-CLIENT-SECRET' \
-H 'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY' \
-H 'Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN' \
--data ''

For production, include all the Vipps-System headers so that we can help with debugging any problems. For details, see HTTP headers.

The property access_token should be used as the Bearer token in the Authorization header of all the following API requests.

Step 3 - Initiate a payment

Initiate a payment with: POST:/epayment/v1/payments. In this example, we use the default user flow, WEB_REDIRECT. This provides you with a link you can click to go to the landing page. When your test mobile number (in MSISDN format) is provided in phoneNumber, it will be prefilled in the form.

curl

Send request "Create Payment - Web redirect"

Postman

curl -X POST https://apitest.vipps.no/epayment/v1/payments \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: YOU-CREATE-YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEYS" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \
-d '{
  "amount": {
    "currency": "NOK",
    "value": 1000
  },
  "paymentMethod": {
    "type": "WALLET"
  },
  "customer": {
    "phoneNumber": "4712345678"
  },
  "reference": "acme-shop-123-order123abc",
  "returnUrl": "https://yourwebsite.com/redirect?reference=abcc123",
  "userFlow": "WEB_REDIRECT",
  "paymentDescription": "One pair of socks"
}'

Step 4 - Complete the payment

Open the redirectUrl link that is returned, and it will take you to the landing page. The phone number of your test user should already be filled in, so you only have to click Next.

You will be presented with the payment in the app, where you can complete the payment and be directed to the specified returnUrl under a "best effort" policy.

note

We cannot guarantee the user will be redirected back to the same browser or session, or that they will at all be redirected back. User interaction can be unpredictable, and the user may choose to fully close the app or browser.

Step 5 - Get the status of the payment

To receive the result of the user action, you may poll the status of the payment via the GET:/epayment/v1/payments/{reference}.

curl

Send request "Get payment"

Postman

curl -X GET https://apitest.vipps.no/epayment/v1/payments/UNIQUE-PAYMENT-REFERENCE \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \

To verify that a payment has been authorized by the user, check that the state property is marked AUTHORIZED. If the user has instead chosen to reject the payment or chosen to click cancel on the landing page or in the app, the state property will be marked ABORTED. If the user did not act within the payment expiration time, the state property will be marked EXPIRED.

For more details of the lifecycle of the payment session the GET:/epayment/v1/payments/{reference}/events endpoint.

curl

Send request "Get payment event log"

Postman

curl -X GET https://apitest.vipps.no/epayment/v1/payments/UNIQUE-PAYMENT-REFERENCE/events \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \

Step 6 - Capture the payment

After the goods or services have been delivered, you can capture the authorized amount either partially or fully: POST:/epayment/v1/payments/{reference}/capture.

curl

Send request "Capture payment"

Postman

curl -X POST https://apitest.vipps.no/epayment/v1/payments/UNIQUE-PAYMENT-REFERENCE/capture \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEY' \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \
-d '{
  "modificationAmount": {
    "currency": "NOK",
    "value": 1000
  }
}'

See Knowledge base: Reserve and capture for more details about the types of captures.

Step 7 - Refund the payment

To refund the captured amount, either partially or fully: POST:/epayment/v1/payments/{reference}/refund.

curl

Send request "Refund payment"

Postman

curl -X POST https://apitest.vipps.no/epayment/v1/payments/UNIQUE-PAYMENT-REFERENCE/refund \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEY' \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \
-d '{
  "modificationAmount": {
    "currency": "NOK",
    "value": 1000
  }
}'

See Knowledge base: refund for more details about refunds.

Step 8 - Cancel the payment

To cancel the payment, either fully or after a partial capture: POST:/epayment/v1/payments/{reference}/cancel.

curl

Send request "Cancel payment"

Postman

curl -X POST https://apitest.vipps.no/epayment/v1/payments/UNIQUE-PAYMENT-REFERENCE/cancel \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \

See Knowledge base: Cancel for more details about cancel.

Next Steps

Complete the required ePayment checklist to integrate the API into your software.