Getting Started with Apara Checkout

Apara Checkout is a hosted payment solution enabling businesses to accept payments through 250+ alternative payment methods and cryptocurrencies in just a few steps.

How It Works

The core workflow involves:

1. Creating a transaction via the Apara Checkout API
2. Receiving a redirect URL in the response
3. Sending your customer to the Apara-hosted checkout page
4. Customer completes payment
5. Monitoring payment completion through webhooks or redirect URLs

Essential Setup Requirements

Before processing payments, you must:

• Configure a Checkout Widget in your dashboard — defines branding, supported currencies, and payment methods
• Add a settlement account — where transaction proceeds will be deposited
• Obtain API keys (public and secret) from Dashboard → Settings (requires 2FA)

Environments

Apara provides two environments:

• Sandbox — Mirrors Production functionality without real money. Use this for all testing before going live.
• Production — Live payments with real fiat and cryptocurrency, available after KYB approval.

The API URLs are the same for Sandbox and Production. Only the API keys change.

Payment Tracking

Monitor transaction status through three mechanisms:

• Webhooks (recommended) — real-time server-side notifications
• Redirect URLs — for user experience flows
• Dashboard — manual checking

Integration Steps