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Step 1: Create an account

Create a free Mavapay account. By default, you should use the test environment until you are done with the integration and are ready to go live.

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Step 2: Complete compliance (Production)

After creating your account on https://mavapay.co, complete the compliance section before API key generation is enabled. Compliance form

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Step 3: Generate your API key

Once your compliance submission is approved, go to the API Keys section and generate your API key. API key generation These keys are a 32 character string. You will need them to authenticate your requests to the Mavapay API. Here’s a sample of what your API keys will look like: 
{
  "apiKey": "e2a81dcbcc459e3c96c15fe88db653051949058d908"
}

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Step 4: Start building

You can now start building with the Mavapay API. In the staging environment, you would be able to:
  1. Collect payments using mocked card data
  2. Make transfers to dummy accounts (bank accounts and mobile money wallets).
  3. Build with our wallets (using mock data).
  4. Configure your integration to handle different scenarios like failed payments, successful payments, etc.
  5. Complete KYC verification and go live with your integration.
On sandbox (https://staging.mavapay.co), compliance approval is instant for testing, so you do not need to fill the compliance form before generating test API keys.