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Payment Links Payment links allows generation of a link, to send to a customer via email/sms/etc, and then have the customer pay without the need to host a custom checkout. Use the payment links endpoint to create a payment link with the data displayed on the hosted page. The payment links API endpoint makes it easy to get create a new payment link. 
{
  "currency":"AUD",
  "country":"AU",
  "amount":1000,
  "metadata":{
    "TypeOfPayment":"purchase",
    "Carbon_FootPrint":"10"
  },
  "cart_items":[
    {
      "name":"Aloe",
      "unit_amount":1000,
      "quantity":1,
      "sku":"aloe"
    }
  ],
  "merchant_banner_url":"https://susies.store/logo.svg",
  "merchant_color":"#cf6b6b",
  "merchant_name":"Susie's Store",
  "merchant_message":"Thanks for your purchase at Susie's Store!",
  "merchant_terms_and_conditions_url":"https://susies.store/terms-and-conditions",
  "return_url":"https://susies.store/success"
}
The payment link includes the expires_at, status, and other useful information used by the hosted page. Make note of the returned id as it is used in the next step. 
{
    "id": "09e90ace-a746-41f5-88d2-8b16335ded97",
    "type": "payment-link",
    "expires_at": "2025-01-28T14:45:45.929102+00:00",
    "amount": 1000,
    "currency": "AUD",
    "country": "AU",
    "status": "active",
    ...
}
On top of the merchant_* specific values, this API supports values that are displayed by the hosted page and also passed to Embed to process the transaction.
  • amount
  • currency
  • country
  • metadata
  • cart_items
  • buyer
  • externalIdentifier
  • intent
  • paymentSource
  • statementDescriptor
By creating a payment link, send it to the customer to complete the payment.