Using Payment Links

Payment links are a quick and easy way to collect payments from customers without writing a lot of integration code. With a payment link, the process is straightforward: create a payment link, send the link to your customer, and Credo will take care of things.

You can use payment links to collect one-time or subscription-based payments, via the same process. You can also specify custom fields for users to fill. For example, you could add a field called "How did you hear about this product?"

Create a payment link from your dashboard

To create a link, visit the Payment Links section of your dashboard. Here you can see all the payment links you've created. Click the Create Payment Link button to get started. Next, pick "One-Time" or "Subscription", then fill in the form.

Create a payment link via API

If you'd rather create a payment link programmatically, you can make use of the create a payment link endpoint.

Request (JS)

credo.createPaymentLink({
  "typeId": 1,
  "name": "Payment for Jumbo Chops",
  "description": "3 chickens, 1 bag of chips, 2 plantains.",
  "amount": 4000,
  "redirectUrl": "http://myapp.com/orders/eyu67234ff/paymentComplete",
  "successMessage": "Thanks for your purchase, you beautiful human!",
  "currencies": "NGN",
  "customFields": "Favourite Colour|Age"
});

Response

{
    "id": 3,
    "typeId": 1,
    "merchantId": "string",
    "name": "Payment for Jumbo Chops",
    "description": "3 chickens, 1 bag of chips and 2 plantains.",
    "amount": 4000,
    "paymentSlug": "l986g24r66fs",
    "redirectUrl": "http://myapp.com/orders/eyu67234ff/paymentComplete",
    "successMessage": "Thanks for your purchase, you beautiful human!",
    "phoneNo": "+2348066282658",
    "currencies": "NGN",
    "customFields": "Favourite Colour:red|Age:103",
    "createdAt": "2021-02-26T11:17:57",
    "updatedAt": "2021-02-26T11:17:57"
}