Knowledge base

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Welcome to the Vipps MobilePay knowledge base!

Here you will find a collection of information for setting up Vipps and MobilePay as a payment or login provider for your store or website.

Introductory information

Who can pay - Requirements for Vipps MobilePay users.
Operating across borders - Use Vipps MobilePay in other countries.
Applying for services - The process and requirements for applying for Vipps MobilePay services.
Maintenance window - When is Vipps MobilePay offline for maintenance?
Terminology - Vipps MobilePay terminology, including special terms from Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian.

👉 You might also check out the step-by-step guide to getting started.

Test environment - How to set up for testing the Vipps MobilePay APIs.
Merchant portal - Git tips about logging into the portal for getting API keys and managing sales units.
Status pages - Get notifications about disruptions in Vipps MobilePay services.
Servers - Get server addresses for making Vipps MobilePay API calls.
Demo store - Test out the different payment flows with a real Vipps or MobilePay app.

Buttons - Vipps and MobilePay buttons.
Logos and marks - Vipps and MobilePay logos and marks.
Brand in text - Guidelines for using the brand in text.
On-site messaging - Library for displaying Vipps MobilePay on-site messages, or badges.

API keys - Find out what API keys are and how to get your API keys.
Authentication and authorization - How authentication works in the API platform.
HTTP headers - Headers to use in all your API requests.
HTTP response codes and errors - HTTP statuses returned in API responses and the standard response body format for our error messages.
QR codes - Different types of Vipps MobilePay QR codes.
API lifecycle - General advice about API versioning and deprecation.

Payment overview - The payment request screen and receipt details in the Vipps MobilePay app. Payment use cases, success rates, card payments.
Reserve and capture - The difference between reserving and capturing a payment.
Cancel payment - Ways to cancel a payment.
Refund payment - About payment refunds.
Payment FAQ - Frequently asked questions and common problems with payments.
Payment rules - Rules about payment time limits.
Settlements - How settlements are processed by Vipps MobilePay.

Landing page - The landing page which opens in a browser and prompts the user to enter their phone number.
Merchant questions - Typical questions asked by merchants.
Direct integration and PSP integration - Differences between integrating the Vipps MobilePay APIs directly or implementing the PSP API.
Point of Sale integrations - About setting up a PoS integration.

Payment description and transaction text - Recommendations for payment description and transaction text.
orderId / reference - Recommendations for payment identifiers (orderId, chargeId, reference) used in the API requests.
Polling guidelines - How to poll for payment details.
Redirects - Guidelines for how to redirect users to your website after a purchase.
Timeouts - Standard timeouts for payment requests.
URL validation - Details surrounding URL validation.
User flows - Types of user flows, including web redirect and native redirect.