> ## Documentation Index
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# Overview

Checkout lets your business create a hosted payment session for a customer and redirect them to a Platnova payment page. You create the checkout with amount, currency, and payment options, then send the generated `url` to the customer to complete payment.

## How checkout works

1. **Create checkout** using `POST /v1/checkout` with customer email, amount, currency, and payment options.
2. **Redirect customer** to the returned hosted checkout `url`.
3. **Track status** by fetching the checkout with `GET /v1/checkout/{id}`.

## Next steps

* Build your first request in [Initiating checkout](/checkout/initiating-checkout)
* Fetch an existing checkout in [Retrieving checkout](/checkout/retrieving-checkout)
* See full request/response schemas in [Create checkout](/api-reference/checkout/create) and [Get checkout](/api-reference/checkout/get)