Paystack Payment Links Without Writing Code

1. Log in to your Paystack dashboard.
2. Click Payment Links in the left sidebar.
3. Click New Payment Link.
4. Enter a name (shown to customer), description, and amount. Leave amount blank for "customer chooses".
5. Toggle Allow multiple uses if you want to reuse the link (e.g., for a product page). Leave it off for one-time payments.
6. Click Create Payment Link. Copy the link and share.

Payment links support all Paystack payment methods available in your country: card, M-Pesa, bank transfer, USSD, mobile money, and more. Your customer sees the same Paystack checkout they would see on any integrated website.

Paystack calls payment links "Payment Requests" or "Invoices" in the API. Use POST /paymentrequest to create them programmatically:

// Create a payment link via Paystack API
async function createPaymentLink({ customerEmail, amount, description, dueDate }) {
  var res = await fetch('https://api.paystack.co/paymentrequest', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + process.env.PAYSTACK_SECRET_KEY, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      customer: customerEmail, // or a Paystack customer ID
      amount, // in kobo/pesewas/cents
      description,
      due_date: dueDate, // ISO date string, optional
      send_notification: true, // Paystack emails the customer
      draft: false, // set true to save without sending
    }),
  });
  var data = await res.json();
  return {
    link: data.data.link, // shareable payment URL
    requestCode: data.data.request_code,
  };
}

See the Paystack no-code integrations guide for more options.

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