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Getting started

Welcome to our collection of Blink API Integration Guides.


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get-api-keys

Get API Keys

Before using, you will need to log in to Blink and get the API key and secret key for your Blink page:

1.1 Log in to https://secure.blinkpayment.co.uk

1.2 Navigate to My Blink pages under Customer Centre.

1.3 Select the relevant Blink Page

1.4 You should see the API key and secret key for the selected page.

If you have a test developer account, you can also find the API Credentials on your dashboard.

NOTE: If you do not see the keys, please contact the Blink support team to set up the API keys.


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Endpoints

Method

Endpoint

Description

POST 

tokens

Create an access token 

POST 

intents

Create an intent 

GET 

intents/{id} 

Return the intent 

PATCH 

intents/{id} 

Update the intent 

POST 

elements

Return required details to populate payment form 

POST 

creditcards

Processes credit card payment and redirects to return_url 

GET

transactions/{id}

Returns transactions details

POST

{notification_url}

Redirects to notification URL

POST 

directdebits

Create customer, their bank account, mandate and payment request using the customer details and returns to user defined return URL after successful payment request creation 

POST 

openbankings

Process open banking request with transaction details. On success, it will provide the bank server redirect URL

AnchorerrorserrorsErrors

Name

Description

200 OK 

 Everything worked as expected.

400 Bad Request 

Often due to missing a required parameter.

401 Unauthorized 

No valid API key provided.

402 Request failed

The parameters were valid but the request failed.

403 Forbidden 

The API key doesn't have permissions to perform the request

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404 Not Found 

The requested resource doesn't exist.

 

409 - Conflict

Conflicts with another request (perhaps using the same key).

429 - Too Many Requests

Too many requests hit the API too quickly.

500  

Something went wrong 



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Markup Conventions

Item

Description

Auth

Code in the body of test

Code Block
POST ...

Code block

{{access_token}}

Variable in code

GET

Get method

POST

Post method

PUT

Put method

PATCH

Patch method

DELETE

Delete method

(optional)

All attributes are mandatory, unless identified optional keyword.