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NOWPayments API (ranked 2237 of 5138)
https://escape-data-and-specs.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/specs/NOWPayments_API_3c21761f_0db2_4544_9de2_246d03dbc7fd_yaml.yamlGENERAL INFORMATION
NOWPayments is a non-custodial cryptocurrency payment processing platform. Accept payments in a wide range of cryptos and get them instantly converted into a coin of your choice and sent to your wallet. Keeping it simple – no excess.
Sandbox
Before production usage, you can test our API using the Sandbox. Details can be found here
Authentication
To use the NOWPayments API you should do the following:
- Sign up at nowpayments.io
- Specify your outcome wallet
- Generate an API key
Standard e-commerce flow for NOWPayments API:
- API - Check API availability with the "GET API status" method. If required, check the list of available payment currencies with the ["GET available currencies"](https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/7907941/S1a32n38?version=latest#1c268f89-4fe7-471e-81b4
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SECURITY 4/5
The security score of an API is computed as the number of OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities detected in the API.
- OWASP issues detected: API7:2023
PERFORMANCE 4/5
The performance score is derived from the median response time of the API, sometimes referred as p50. The median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, here the response times of the API.
- The median response time of the API is 101 ms .
Get p50 under 220 ms to get a 4/5 score.
RELIABILITY 5/5
The reliability score is derived from the number of inconsistent server responses, either server errors or non-conforming return values.
- Self compliance: response objects matched the declared response types.
- Server errors: the server did not return any 5xx error.
DESIGN 1/5
The design score reflects the quality of the specification file (usually named openapi.json or swagger.json). Having a high-quality specification file (with up-to-date types and examples) help developers understand the API and tools produce relevant documentation.
- Respects OpenAPI 3.0.3 schema specification.
- Contains comments and summaries.
- Contains examples.
- Does not contain duplicated objects.
Popularity 0/5
The popularity score is computed from the number of references to the API found on the internet. Have your API used by many developers to get a higher score!