Authentication

Authentication grants you authorization to access endpoints for PesaWay Payment Request, Collection, Transaction and Customer. You can generate an access token by making a GET call to the following endpoint:

Test Endpoint:

https://api.sandbox.pesaway.com/api/v1/token/

The following parameters are expected:

Request Parameters	Field Description	Example
consumer_key	A credential generated to identify a merchant's integration application	997aed35-8f03-4f87-9673-2bd58b0dd532
consumer_secret	A credential used to authenticate a merchant's application	Sy3pf64cFzPa6^Kx%tJ2HpX^\*!7@lq
grant_type	Method through which the API grants Access Tokens	client_credentials

Above parameters are put under params.

Request sample

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.sandbox.pesaway.com/api/v1/token/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "consumer_key": "test-consumer-key",
    "consumer_secret": "test-consumer-secret",
    "grant_type": "client_credentials"
}'

Response Parameters	Field Type Description
expires_in	Numeric Token expiry time in seconds
token	String Access token to access other API resources

{
  "access_token": "qYrRg0v5UiznRFyplcrrfAd6urHQwD",
  "expires_in": 3600
}