Vortex Payments
Payments, billing, checkout, receipts, and webhooks for Vortex products.
Vortex Payments
Vortex Payments is the public product boundary for US merchants moving off Stripe onto Vortex-owned payment infrastructure. EU expansion is partner-track.
Start here
Quickstart
Sign up, create an organization, add a merchant, and onboard.
Merchant onboarding
Underwriting data, requirements, and approval states.
SDK quickstart
TypeScript, Python, and Go from the same OpenAPI contract.
API reference
Every operation from the OpenAPI contract — searchable, with code samples.
Authentication
Bearer API keys and hosted checkout tokens.
Build from the contract
The OpenAPI file is the source of truth for the public API, SDKs, and this reference:
- Spec:
docs/openapi/vortex-public.openapi.json - Base URL:
https://api.vortex.nyc - Regenerate SDKs:
pnpm run sdk:generate - Run this docs site:
pnpm run docs:dev
What you get
| Surface | Use it for |
|---|---|
Public /v1/* API |
Customers, catalog, subscriptions, invoices, checkout, receipts, webhooks |
| Hosted checkout / pay links | Collect payment without building a payment UI |
| Outbound webhooks | Project payment and billing lifecycle into your app |
| Operator routes | Admin inspection, queues, and recovery |
| Generated SDKs | TypeScript, Python, Go from the same contract |