Create checkout
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"email": "[email protected]",
"amount": 2000.15,
"currency": "ngn",
"payment_options": [
{
"id": "defi"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout"
payload = {
"email": "[email protected]",
"amount": 2000.15,
"currency": "ngn",
"payment_options": [{ "id": "defi" }]
}
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
email: '[email protected]',
amount: 2000.15,
currency: 'ngn',
payment_options: [{id: 'defi'}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'email' => '[email protected]',
'amount' => 2000.15,
'currency' => 'ngn',
'payment_options' => [
[
'id' => 'defi'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"amount\": 2000.15,\n \"currency\": \"ngn\",\n \"payment_options\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"defi\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"amount\": 2000.15,\n \"currency\": \"ngn\",\n \"payment_options\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"defi\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"amount\": 2000.15,\n \"currency\": \"ngn\",\n \"payment_options\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"defi\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": true,
"data": {
"amount": 2000.15,
"currency": "ngn",
"id": "3e584f08-6a55-4b15-a97f-364a7d21071e",
"email": "[email protected]",
"url": "https://pay.platnova.com/3e584f08-6a55-4b15-a97f-364a7d21071e",
"status": "pending",
"success_url": "https://platnova.com/process?status=successful",
"cancel_url": "https://platnova.com/process?status=cancelled",
"source": "platform",
"entity": {
"category": "Technology",
"country_code": "NG",
"created_at": "2025-09-14T20:00:41.114031Z",
"description": "A leading technology solutions provider g",
"dial_code": "+234",
"id": "67fa2a59-5d73-4f9c-be49-2a3a8c391cde",
"legal_name": "Techies 2 Ltd",
"name": "Techies 2 Ltd",
"phone": "8012345678",
"status": "ACTIVE",
"username": "techies2ltd"
},
"payment_options": [
{
"id": "defi"
}
],
"created_at": "2026-05-05T15:57:19Z"
},
"error": [],
"message": "operation was successful"
}{
"status": true,
"data": {},
"error": [
"<unknown>"
],
"message": "<string>"
}Checkout
Create Checkout
Initiate a hosted checkout session for a customer.
POST
/
v1
/
checkout
Create checkout
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"email": "[email protected]",
"amount": 2000.15,
"currency": "ngn",
"payment_options": [
{
"id": "defi"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout"
payload = {
"email": "[email protected]",
"amount": 2000.15,
"currency": "ngn",
"payment_options": [{ "id": "defi" }]
}
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
email: '[email protected]',
amount: 2000.15,
currency: 'ngn',
payment_options: [{id: 'defi'}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'email' => '[email protected]',
'amount' => 2000.15,
'currency' => 'ngn',
'payment_options' => [
[
'id' => 'defi'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"amount\": 2000.15,\n \"currency\": \"ngn\",\n \"payment_options\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"defi\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"amount\": 2000.15,\n \"currency\": \"ngn\",\n \"payment_options\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"defi\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.platnova.com/v1/checkout")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"amount\": 2000.15,\n \"currency\": \"ngn\",\n \"payment_options\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"defi\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": true,
"data": {
"amount": 2000.15,
"currency": "ngn",
"id": "3e584f08-6a55-4b15-a97f-364a7d21071e",
"email": "[email protected]",
"url": "https://pay.platnova.com/3e584f08-6a55-4b15-a97f-364a7d21071e",
"status": "pending",
"success_url": "https://platnova.com/process?status=successful",
"cancel_url": "https://platnova.com/process?status=cancelled",
"source": "platform",
"entity": {
"category": "Technology",
"country_code": "NG",
"created_at": "2025-09-14T20:00:41.114031Z",
"description": "A leading technology solutions provider g",
"dial_code": "+234",
"id": "67fa2a59-5d73-4f9c-be49-2a3a8c391cde",
"legal_name": "Techies 2 Ltd",
"name": "Techies 2 Ltd",
"phone": "8012345678",
"status": "ACTIVE",
"username": "techies2ltd"
},
"payment_options": [
{
"id": "defi"
}
],
"created_at": "2026-05-05T15:57:19Z"
},
"error": [],
"message": "operation was successful"
}{
"status": true,
"data": {},
"error": [
"<unknown>"
],
"message": "<string>"
}Overview
Create a hosted checkout session for a customer. This endpoint returns a checkout ID and checkout URL that you can use to redirect the customer and complete payment.Authorizations
API key for authentication.
Body
application/json
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