Overview
The flow involves three services:- Dashboard (dashboard.request.network) β Sign in with your wallet, create payment destinations, and generate Client IDs
- Auth API (auth.request.network) β Programmatic alternative for Client IDs, and the home of webhooks
- Request API (api.request.network) β Create payment links (secure payments)
session_token) is shared across dashboard.request.network, auth.request.network, and api.request.network β so signing in once on the Dashboard gives you access to the API docs as well.
Prerequisites
- An EVM wallet (e.g. MetaMask) or a Tron wallet (e.g. TronLink) that will receive payments
- The ability to sign messages with that wallet
Step 1: Sign in with Your Wallet
1
Open the Dashboard
Go to dashboard.request.network.
2
Connect and sign
Connect your EVM or Tron wallet and sign the authentication message when prompted.
3
Active session
Once signed in, you have an active wallet session. This sets a
session_token cookie in your browser that is shared across Request Network services.Wallet sessions expire after 15 minutes of idle time. If your session expires during the following steps, return to the Dashboard and sign in again.
Step 2: Create a Payment Destination
A payment destination registers where you want to receive payments β it links your wallet address to a specific token on a specific chain.1
Navigate to setup
In the Dashboard, navigate to the payment destination setup.
2
Pick chain and token
Select the chain and token you want to receive payments in.
3
Confirm
Confirm the creation.
destinationId (also shown as humanReadableInteropAddress). Save this value β youβll need it in Step 5.
The destinationId follows the ERC-7828 format:
Supported Chains and Tokens
The Dashboard UI exposes USDT for Tron destinations. To create a USDC-on-Tron destination, call
POST /v1/payee-destination on the Auth API directly with the USDC token address.
Testnet:
Step 3: Create a Client ID
A Client ID identifies your application and is required to create payment links and register webhooks.Option A β Dashboard (recommended)
1
Open Dashboard
Go to dashboard.request.network.
2
Open destination settings
Open your payment destination settings.
3
Open Client IDs
Open the Client IDs section.
4
Generate
Click Generate New Client ID.
5
Name and configure
Enter a human-readable name. Add Allowed Domains if the Client ID will be used from a frontend application. Leave empty for backend/server-side usage only.
6
Save
Confirm to generate the Client ID. Copy and save the generated
clientId β youβll use it in Steps 4 and 5.Allowed domains must use
https:// (except for localhost, 127.0.0.1, or ::1 which allow http://). No path, query, or fragment allowed.Option B β Auth API (for automation)
Open the Scalar docs at auth.request.network/open-api and call:clientId value (e.g. cli_nz1bj41szV2fvjm9pbxdIhro3ld4x4) β youβll use it in Steps 4 and 5.
Step 4: Register a Webhook
Webhooks let you receive real-time notifications when a payment is completed (or partially paid) for your payment links β no polling required. Webhooks are scoped to the Client ID that creates them. Any payment link created with that Client ID will trigger the webhook. The webhook payload includes theclientId field so you can identify which Client ID the payment was associated with.
Creating a webhook
Open auth.request.network/open-api and call:Managing webhooks
Use the same Scalar docs page to list, toggle, or delete webhooks (all acceptx-client-id):
Verifying webhook signatures
Every webhook request includes a signature header so you can verify it came from Request Network:
To verify, compute
HMAC-SHA256(rawBody, webhookSecret) and compare it to x-request-network-signature using a constant-time comparison.
Webhook events for payment links
When a payer completes a payment on a payment link you created, your webhook receives apayment.confirmed event (or payment.partial for partial payments). For Client ID-scoped variants youβll also receive payment.confirmed.client_id / payment.partial.client_id with extra clientId and origin fields.
Example payment.confirmed payload:
All supported webhook events
Step 5: Create a Secure Payment (Payment Link)
With thedestinationId from Step 2 and the clientId from Step 3, you can now create a payment link. When the payment is completed, the webhook from Step 4 will be notified automatically.
1
Open the API docs
Open the Request API docs: api.request.network/open-api.
2
Set the Client ID header
Set the
x-client-id header to the clientId value from Step 3.3
Fill in the request body
4
Send
Click Send.
Constructing the destinationId
The destinationId in the request body is a composite value that combines the payee destinationβs humanReadableInteropAddress (from Step 2) with the tokenAddress, separated by ::
Request body fields
Example response (201 Created):
Share the
securePaymentUrl with the payer. They can open it in their browser to complete the payment.
The payment link expires after 7 days or once it has been paid, whichever comes first.
Step 6: Check Payment Status (Optional)
In addition to receiving webhook notifications (Step 4), you can also poll for payment status using therequestId from Step 5.
Endpoint: GET https://api.request.network/v2/request/{requestId}
You can call this from the Request API docs using the same wallet session, or programmatically with the x-client-id header.
Example response (200 OK β paid):
Quick Reference
Troubleshooting
Whatβs next
No-code payment links
Skip the code β generate payment links from the Dashboard UI.
Programmatic payment links
Server-side payment link creation with TS / Python / cURL examples.
Multi-chain checkout
Let payers pay from any chain/token; receive on your preferred one.
Webhook reconciliation
Automated payment notifications wired into your accounting/order systems.