Make Your First API Call

PayMongo uses HTTP Basic Auth. Pass your secret key as the username — no password needed.

Get your Account ID

1. Log in to your PayMongo Dashboard
2. Go to Settings → Business Information
3. Copy your Account/Merchant ID

Make the call

Replace {id} with your Account ID and sk_live_YOUR_SECRET_KEY with your live secret key.

curl https://api.paymongo.com/v2/accounts/{id} \
  -u sk_live_YOUR_SECRET_KEY:

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Note the colon (:) after your key — that's intentional. It tells the server there's no password.

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If you see your account details returned, you're authenticated and ready to build.

For the full response schema, see the Account Resource →