# Flywire > Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company operating a proprietary cross-border payment network across 140+ currencies and 240+ countries and territories, serving education, healthcare, travel, and B2B. The Flywire Payments API is an HTTP/JSON REST API (API-key auth) for creating and capturing one-off, recurring, pre-authorization, refund, and 529 payments, managing payors, recipients, checkout sessions and documents, and receiving HMAC-signed payment-status webhooks. ## APIs - [Flywire Payments API](https://developers.flywire.com/education/Content/api-landing-page.htm): REST API for the Flywire global payment network. Base URL https://api-platform.flywire.com/payments/v1/ (sandbox https://api-platform-sandbox.flywire.com/payments/v1/). ## Docs - [Developer Portal](https://developers.flywire.com/): Home of Flywire's developer documentation. - [API Basics / Getting Started](https://developers.flywire.com/education/Content/api-basics.htm): Auth (X-Authentication-Key header), content types, versioning, pagination, rate limits. - [API Reference](https://developers.flywire.com/education/Content/api-reference.htm): Resources — Recipients, Payors, Checkout Sessions, Payments, Recurring Plans, Refunds, Offers, Orders, Documents. - [Error Handling](https://developers.flywire.com/education/Content/error-handling.htm): RFC 7807 problem+json error contract. - [Sandbox](https://developers.flywire.com/education/Content/sandbox_one-off-payments-elements.htm): Test cards and magic-value scenarios. - [Payment Status Notifications](https://developers.flywire.com/education/Content/notifications-payment-status.htm): Webhook/callback event catalog. ## Artifacts - [Authentication](authentication/flywire-authentication.yml): API-key header profile. - [Conventions](conventions/flywire-conventions.yml): Pagination, versioning, rate limits, error envelope. - [Error Catalog](errors/flywire-problem-types.yml): RFC 7807 problem types. - [Webhooks](asyncapi/flywire-payments-webhooks.yml): Payment-status callback catalog. - [Sandbox](sandbox/flywire-sandbox.yml): Test cards and magic values. - [Packages / SDKs](packages/flywire-packages.yml): First-party @flywire npm libraries. - [Components](components/flywire-components.yml): Flywire Elements, Checkout, Pay-By-Link. - [Data Model](data-model/flywire-data-model.yml): Entity-relationship graph. - [Lifecycle](lifecycle/flywire-lifecycle.yml): Versioning + status page. - [Conformance](conformance/flywire-conformance.yml): PCI DSS L1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001. ## Optional - [Status Page](https://status.flywire.com/) - [Security & Compliance](https://www.flywire.com/company/security) - [Vulnerability Disclosure (Intigriti)](https://app.intigriti.com/programs/flywire/flywirevulnerabilitydiscloseprogram/) - [GitHub (peertransfer)](https://github.com/peertransfer)