name: PayFast
description: South African payment gateway providing REST APIs for online payment processing, subscription billing, tokenized recurring card payments, onsite checkout, QR code payments, instant EFT bank transfers, and merchant refunds. Trusted by 80,000+ South African businesses and certified PCI-DSS Level 1.
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
aid: payfast
type: Index
tags:
  - Payments
  - Payment Gateway
  - South Africa
  - Subscriptions
  - Recurring Billing
  - Tokenization
  - Instant EFT
  - QR Code Payments
  - Refunds
  - Fintech
apis:
  - name: PayFast Payments API
    description: Core REST API for initiating online payment transactions, generating payment identifiers for onsite checkout, and processing payments via credit card, Instant EFT, QR code, and 18+ other South African payment methods.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.payfast.co.za
    tags:
      - Payments
      - Checkout
      - Onsite
      - Credit Card
      - Instant EFT
      - QR Code
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/payfast/refs/heads/main/openapi/openapi.yml
      - type: Sandbox
        url: https://sandbox.payfast.co.za
  - name: PayFast Subscriptions API
    description: REST API for managing recurring billing subscriptions, including fetching subscription details, pausing, unpausing, cancelling, updating subscription parameters, and processing adhoc charges against existing recurring billing agreements.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.payfast.co.za
    tags:
      - Subscriptions
      - Recurring Billing
      - Membership
      - Billing
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
  - name: PayFast Tokenization API
    description: REST API for managing tokenized recurring card payment agreements, allowing merchants to charge customers at future dates and amounts without storing card details directly. Supports adhoc charges on stored payment tokens.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.payfast.co.za
    tags:
      - Tokenization
      - Recurring Payments
      - Credit Card
      - Card Storage
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
  - name: PayFast Transaction History API
    description: REST API for querying merchant transaction history with support for date range queries, daily summaries, weekly aggregations, and monthly aggregations, enabling merchants to reconcile payments programmatically.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.payfast.co.za
    tags:
      - Transactions
      - History
      - Reporting
      - Reconciliation
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
  - name: PayFast Credit Card Transactions API
    description: REST API for querying individual credit card transaction details by transaction ID, giving merchants programmatic access to card payment records.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.payfast.co.za
    tags:
      - Credit Card
      - Transactions
      - Lookup
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
  - name: PayFast Refunds API
    description: REST API for merchants to initiate and track refunds on completed transactions, specifying refund amount, reason, and account type for disbursement back to the customer.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.payfast.co.za
    tags:
      - Refunds
      - Payments
      - Merchant Operations
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://payfast.io
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/Payfast
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://payfast.io/fees
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.payfast.io
  - type: Blog
    url: https://payfast.io/resources
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.payfast.help
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/payfast-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/payfast-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/payfast-finops.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.payfast.co.za/documentation
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://sandbox.payfast.co.za
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com