API Overview

The PayItFast API is a REST API platform providing businesses, marketplaces, and financial platforms with compliant fund transfer solutions supporting local fiat currencies and cryptocurrency. Use it to collect payments, process payouts, and enable crypto on/off-ramp flows across 69 countries, 47+ fiat currencies, and 70+ crypto tokens.

Base URLs

PayItFast provides two environments. Use the Sandbox for development and testing, and Production for live transactions.

Authentication

The API uses HTTP Basic Authentication. Every request must include an Authorization header containing your base64-encoded credentials.

Authorization: Basic <base64(username:password)>

API credentials are obtained from the dashboard at dashboard.payitfast.com. Keep your credentials secure and never expose them in client-side code.

Common Headers

Include these headers with every API request.

Request Format

The API accepts two request formats depending on the HTTP method:

• POST / PUT / PATCH requests — Send data as a JSON body with Content-Type: application/json. For file uploads, use multipart/form-data.
• GET requests — Pass parameters as URL query strings (e.g., ?currency=EUR&direction=deposit).

Response Format

All responses are returned in JSON format. Successful responses typically include a status field or the requested data directly.

Success Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "logoUrl": "https://common-fiat-logos.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/eur.svg",
      "decimalPrecision": 2
    }
  ],
  "pages": 3,
  "status": "success",
  "total": 15
}

Error Response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_ARGUMENTS",
    "message": "The 'direction' parameter is required and must be 'deposit' or 'withdraw'."
  }
}

HTTP Status Codes

The API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate the success or failure of a request.

Endpoint Summary

The table below lists all 33 available API endpoints. Click any endpoint path to navigate to its detailed documentation.