📢General Info

Introduction

The Public Information section of the Sonic Payment Gateway documentation provides information about various aspects of the service that are publicly available to all users, regardless of whether they have an account with us or not. This includes information on exchange rates, network status, blockchain information, and other relevant information that may be of interest to users of our service.

Exchange Rates

To view the current exchange rates for different cryptocurrencies, make a GET request to the following endpoint: https://api.sonicpay.org/api/v1/public/exchange_rates

The API will return a 200 OK response if the request is successful, with a JSON object in the response body that includes the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
id	string	The unique identifier for the exchange rate
crypto_code	string	The crypto code (e.g. BTC, ETH, LTC)
fiat_code	string	The fiat code (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP)
rate	number	The current exchange rate (e.g. 1 BTC = 5,000 USD)
created_at	string	The date and time the exchange rate was created, in ISO 8601 format

Ping API

To check the availability of the Sonic Payment Gateway API, make a GET request to the following endpoint: https://api.sonicpay.org/api/v1/public/ping

The API will return a 200 OK response with a JSON object in the response body that includes the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
status	string	The status of the API (e.g. "OK", "DOWN")
message	string	A message describing the status of the API (e.g. "API is online and available", "API is currently experiencing issues and may be unavailable")

Network Status:

To check the current status of the Sonic Payment Gateway network, make a GET request to the following endpoint: https://api.sonicpay.org/api/v1/network/status

The API will return a 200 OK response if the request is successful, with the current network status in the response body. The response will have the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
status	string	The current status of the network (e.g. "normal", "degraded", "down")
last_updated	string	The date and time the network status was last updated, in ISO 8601 format

Example curl request:

Copy codecurl https://api.sonicpay.engineering/api/v1/network/status

Blockchain Information:

To retrieve information about a specific blockchain, make a GET request to the following endpoint: https://api.sonicpay.org/api/v1/blockchain/:id

The API will return a 200 OK response if the request is successful, with information about the specified blockchain in the response body. The response will have the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
id	string	The unique identifier for the blockchain
name	string	The name of the blockchain
symbol	string	The symbol of the blockchain
explorer_url	string	The URL of the blockchain explorer

Example curl request:

Copy codecurl https://api.sonicpay.org/api/v1/blockchain/btc

Other Relevant Public Information:

In addition to the information provided above, Sonic Payment Gateway also provides a variety of other publicly available information that may be relevant to users, such as transaction fees, supported currencies and countries, and more. This information can be accessed by making GET requests to various endpoints on the Sonic Payment Gateway API.

Not a developer?

It’s easy to accept cryptocurrency payments with Sonic Payment Gateway even if you’re not a developer.

Embed payment buttons

You can easily create payment buttons to accept cryptocurrency on your website with minimal coding and users never need to leave your site to make a payment. You can customize the button design and add it to your website using our pre-built button generator.

Create hosted pages

Hosted pages are publicly accessible checkout pages that can be shared with anyone. Hosted pages are a serverless solution for accepting cryptocurrency payments and can be created with just a few clicks in your Sonic Payment Gateway account.

Use a shopping cart plugin

Sonic Payment Gateway offers a variety of shopping cart plugins that can be easily integrated with your e-commerce platform to accept cryptocurrency payments. Integration with a shopping cart plugin is simple and doesn’t require any custom integration.

See Also:

Creating a Payment Button

Creating a Hosted Page

Integrating with a Shopping Cart Plugin

Example curl request for creating a payment button:

Copy codecurl https://api.sonicpay.org/api/v1/buttons
-X POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
-d '{
  "name": "Test Button",
  "description": "A test button for accepting cryptocurrency payments",
  "price": {
    "amount": "10.00",
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  "crypto_currency": "BTC"
}'

Example response for creating a payment button:

Copy code{
  "id": "btc-abc123",
  "name": "Test Button",
  "description": "A test button for accepting cryptocurrency payments",
  "price": {
    "amount": "10.00",
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  "crypto_currency": "BTC",
  "url": "https://pay.sonicpay.org/btc-abc123",
  "created_at": "2022-12-01T12:00:00Z"
}

Property	Type	Description
id	string	The unique identifier for the payment button
name	string	The name of the payment button
description	string	The description of the payment button
price	object	The price of the payment in fiat currency
price.amount	string	The amount of the payment
price.currency	string	The currency of the payment
crypto_currency	string	The cryptocurrency that the payment button accepts
url	string	The URL of the payment button
created_at	string	The date and time the payment button was created, in ISO 8601 format