Merchant

POST

https://api.forter-secure.com/merchants

Create a new merchant within your Forter account. The response will include a Forter-assigned merchant subsite ID to be included in the API header on future requests.

acceptstringGenerated from available response content types

api-versionstringSpecify the version of the API to target.

x-forter-siteidstringForter-assigned ID for your account. Note that your Site ID for your test site is different from your production site.

bodyobjectCreate a new merchant within your Forter account. The response will include a Forter-assigned merchant subsite ID to be included in the API header on future requests.

200Example merchantCreationResponse

400Bad Request (Often missing a required parameter)

401Unauthorized (No valid API key provided)

404Not Found (The requested item doesn't exist)

500Server Error (Something went wrong on Forter's end)

curl --request POST \
     --url https://api.forter-secure.com/merchants \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --header 'api-version: 10.3' \
     --header 'x-forter-siteid: a1b2c3d4e5f6' \
     --data '{
     "defaultMerchantCategoryCode": "5655",
     "merchantAccountCreation": {},
     "merchantId": "eh629dK9",
     "name": "T-Shirts Express"
     }'