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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

X-API-KEY
string
header
required

API key for authentication.

Body

application/json
email
string<email>
required
amount
number
required
currency
string
required
payment_options
object[]
required

Response

Checkout initiated successfully

status
boolean
data
object
error
any[]
message
string