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POST
/
terminal
/
transactions
Create Terminal Transaction
curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg/terminal/transactions \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-version: <x-api-version>' \
  --header 'x-client-id: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-client-secret: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "cf_order_id": "12345",
  "cf_terminal_id": 54321,
  "payment_method": "LINK",
  "terminal_phone_no": "9898989898",
  "add_invoice": false
}
'
import requests

url = "https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg/terminal/transactions"

payload = {
"cf_order_id": "12345",
"cf_terminal_id": 54321,
"payment_method": "LINK",
"terminal_phone_no": "9898989898",
"add_invoice": False
}
headers = {
"x-api-version": "<x-api-version>",
"x-client-id": "<api-key>",
"x-client-secret": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-version': '<x-api-version>',
'x-client-id': '<api-key>',
'x-client-secret': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
cf_order_id: '12345',
cf_terminal_id: 54321,
payment_method: 'LINK',
terminal_phone_no: '9898989898',
add_invoice: false
})
};

fetch('https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg/terminal/transactions', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg/terminal/transactions",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'cf_order_id' => '12345',
'cf_terminal_id' => 54321,
'payment_method' => 'LINK',
'terminal_phone_no' => '9898989898',
'add_invoice' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-version: <x-api-version>",
"x-client-id: <api-key>",
"x-client-secret: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg/terminal/transactions"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"cf_order_id\": \"12345\",\n \"cf_terminal_id\": 54321,\n \"payment_method\": \"LINK\",\n \"terminal_phone_no\": \"9898989898\",\n \"add_invoice\": false\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("x-api-version", "<x-api-version>")
req.Header.Add("x-client-id", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("x-client-secret", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg/terminal/transactions")
.header("x-api-version", "<x-api-version>")
.header("x-client-id", "<api-key>")
.header("x-client-secret", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"cf_order_id\": \"12345\",\n \"cf_terminal_id\": 54321,\n \"payment_method\": \"LINK\",\n \"terminal_phone_no\": \"9898989898\",\n \"add_invoice\": false\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg/terminal/transactions")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-version"] = '<x-api-version>'
request["x-client-id"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-client-secret"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"cf_order_id\": \"12345\",\n \"cf_terminal_id\": 54321,\n \"payment_method\": \"LINK\",\n \"terminal_phone_no\": \"9898989898\",\n \"add_invoice\": false\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "cf_payment_id": 42887,
  "payment_amount": 10,
  "payment_method": "LINK",
  "payment_url": "https://payments-test.cashfree.com/order/#4jWjotaRWEizB1BiCtPf",
  "qrcode": "data:image/png;base64,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",
  "timeout": "300000"
}
{
"message": "bad URL, please check API documentation",
"help": "Check latest errors and resolution from Merchant Dashboard API logs: https://bit.ly/4glEd0W Help Document: https://bit.ly/4eeZYO9",
"code": "request_failed",
"type": "invalid_request_error"
}
{
"message": "authentication Failed",
"code": "request_failed",
"type": "authentication_error"
}
{
"message": "something is not found",
"help": "Check latest errors and resolution from Merchant Dashboard API logs: https://bit.ly/4glEd0W Help Document: https://bit.ly/4eeZYO9",
"code": "something_not_found",
"type": "invalid_request_error"
}
{
"message": "order with same id is already present",
"help": "Check latest errors and resolution from Merchant Dashboard API logs: https://bit.ly/4glEd0W Help Document: https://bit.ly/4eeZYO9",
"code": "order_already_exists",
"type": "invalid_request_error"
}
{
"message": "something is not found",
"help": "Check latest errors and resolution from Merchant Dashboard API logs: https://bit.ly/4glEd0W Help Document: https://bit.ly/4eeZYO9",
"code": "request_invalid",
"type": "idempotency_error"
}
{
"message": "Too many requests from IP. Check headers",
"code": "request_failed",
"type": "rate_limit_error"
}
{
"message": "internal Server Error",
"help": "Check latest errors and resolution from Merchant Dashboard API logs: https://bit.ly/4glEd0W Help Document: https://bit.ly/4eeZYO9",
"code": "internal_error",
"type": "api_error"
}

Authorizations

x-client-id
string
header
required

Client app ID. You can find your app id in the Merchant Dashboard.

x-client-secret
string
header
required

Client secret key. You can find your secret key in the Merchant Dashboard.

Headers

x-api-version
string
default:2025-01-01
required

API version to be used.

x-request-id
string

Request ID for the API call. Can be used to resolve tech issues. Communicate this in your tech related queries to Cashfree.

x-idempotency-key
string<UUID>

An idempotency key is a unique identifier you include with your API call. If the request fails or times out, you can safely retry it using the same key to avoid duplicate actions.

Body

application/json

Request parameters to create a new terminal transaction.

cf_order_id
string
required

cashfree order ID that was returned while creating an order.

payment_method
string
required

mention the payment method used for the transaction. possible values - QR_CODE, LINK.

Required string length: 3 - 100
cf_terminal_id
integer<int64>

Cashfree terminal ID, this is a required parameter when you do not provide the terminal phone number.

terminal_phone_no
string

agent mobile number assigned to the terminal. this is a required parameter when you do not provide the cf_terminal_id.

Required string length: 10
add_invoice
boolean

make it true to have request be sent to create a Dynamic GST QR Code.

Response

Success response for creating a new terminal transaction.

cf_payment_id
integer<int64>
payment_amount
integer
payment_method
string
payment_url
string
qrcode
string
timeout
string