aid: takepayments
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/takepayments/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: takepayments
kind: company
description: >-
  takepayments (a trading name of Payzone UK Limited) is a United Kingdom
  payment gateway and merchant-services provider that lets businesses accept
  card payments online, in person, and over the phone. Its online payment
  gateway offers Hosted (redirect) and Direct (server-to-server) integrations
  for e-commerce checkouts, delivered as SOAP v1.1 XML and HTTPS form-POST
  requests authenticated with a merchant ID and a pre-shared-key signature
  hash, alongside ready-made shopping-cart plugins and backend SDK code packs.
  Its newer Terminal API is a modern REST/JSON surface hosted on Azure API
  Management, secured with OAuth 2.0 client-credentials via Microsoft Azure AD,
  that pairs and drives card machines (Move5000, PAX A920 Pro) for
  Start-Transaction, Pairing, Split Bill & Gratuity, and Pay at Table flows.
  takepayments runs a real public developer portal at developer.takepayments.com
  but does not publish a downloadable OpenAPI/Swagger definition; its API
  reference is documentation-only, and merchant onboarding is sales-led rather
  than open self-serve.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Payments
  - United Kingdom
  - Payment Gateway
  - Payment Processing
  - Card Payments
  - Card Machines
  - In-Person Payments
  - Ecommerce
  - PSP
  - Acquiring
created: '2026-07-24'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: takepayments:takepayments-terminal-api
    name: takepayments Terminal API
    description: >-
      A REST/JSON API hosted on Azure API Management for pairing and driving
      takepayments card machines (Move5000, PAX A920 Pro) from an integrated app
      or POS. Documented operations include Authentication, Start a Transaction,
      Pairing a Terminal, Split Bill & Gratuity, and Pay at Table. Authentication
      is OAuth 2.0 client-credentials issued by Microsoft Azure AD, with the JWT
      passed as an Authorization Bearer header. Sandbox and production base URLs
      are published on the developer portal; no downloadable OpenAPI/Swagger is
      provided.
    humanURL: https://developer.takepayments.com/apis
    baseURL: https://takepayments-integrated-prod-apim.azure-api.net/
    tags:
      - Terminal API
      - In-Person Payments
      - Card Machines
      - Pay at Table
      - REST
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.takepayments.com/
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://developer.takepayments.com/apis
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://developer.takepayments.com/documentation/authentication
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.takepayments.com/documentation/Start-Transaction
      - type: SDK
        url: https://developer.takepayments.com/online-sdk
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/takepayments-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.takepayments.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/developer-support/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.takepayments.com/apis
  - type: SDK
    url: https://developer.takepayments.com/online-sdk
  - type: Plugins
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/developer-support/shopping-carts/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/takepayments
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/takepayments-limited/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/blog/
  - type: Support
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/partner-support/
  - type: ContactUs
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/contact-us/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/terms-and-conditions/
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/privacy-policy/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/card-machines/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/takepayments-authentication.yml
  - type: WellKnown
    url: well-known/takepayments-well-known.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/takepayments-conventions.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/takepayments-sandbox.yml
  - type: Packages
    url: packages/takepayments-packages.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: packages/takepayments-packages.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/takepayments-conformance.yml
  - type: Compliance
    url: https://www.takepayments.com/pci-compliance/
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/takepayments-problem-types.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/takepayments-lifecycle.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/takepayments-mcp.yml
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: llms/takepayments-llms.txt
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com