The pawaPay API enables you to pay and get paid with mobile money in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Set up a mock server in Postman
If you don’t need callbacks, you can skip this step or do it later.
Create an account with pawaPay
If you haven’t done so already, create an account in our sandbox. It only takes a few minutes and you can start testing our API immediately.
Set up callbacks
If you don’t need callbacks, you can skip this step or do it later.
Sign in to the sandbox dashboard and go to System configuration > Callback URLs.
Select “Edit” and paste the callback URL you copied from Postman into the input boxes.
Once configured for all your flows, select “Save Changes”.
Generate the API token
Now go to System configuration > API tokens and generate an API token.
Please store it immediately. We do not store the tokens in pawaPay for security reasons.
Set up an environment in Postman
Variable | Value |
---|---|
apiToken | Paste the token you just generated as the value |
baseUrl | https://api.sandbox.pawapay.io |
All done.
You can now start sending requests to the pawaPay API in the sandbox. Try “Request deposit” for example.
And explore our API reference to learn more about:
Find out how to get paid.
Find out how to pay someone.
Find out how to refund someone’s payment.
Find out your configuration and parameters you need to pay and get paid.
…and much more.
The pawaPay API enables you to pay and get paid with mobile money in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Set up a mock server in Postman
If you don’t need callbacks, you can skip this step or do it later.
Create an account with pawaPay
If you haven’t done so already, create an account in our sandbox. It only takes a few minutes and you can start testing our API immediately.
Set up callbacks
If you don’t need callbacks, you can skip this step or do it later.
Sign in to the sandbox dashboard and go to System configuration > Callback URLs.
Select “Edit” and paste the callback URL you copied from Postman into the input boxes.
Once configured for all your flows, select “Save Changes”.
Generate the API token
Now go to System configuration > API tokens and generate an API token.
Please store it immediately. We do not store the tokens in pawaPay for security reasons.
Set up an environment in Postman
Variable | Value |
---|---|
apiToken | Paste the token you just generated as the value |
baseUrl | https://api.sandbox.pawapay.io |
All done.
You can now start sending requests to the pawaPay API in the sandbox. Try “Request deposit” for example.
And explore our API reference to learn more about:
Find out how to get paid.
Find out how to pay someone.
Find out how to refund someone’s payment.
Find out your configuration and parameters you need to pay and get paid.
…and much more.