Priority delivers a curated payments environment configured to meet your standards to harmonize the customer experience. Priority’s purpose-built financial tool set manages compliance, risk management, and reconciliation, reducing operating complexity so you can focus on your business.

This guide provides you with all the essential information to seamlessly integrate your systems with our platform. We've designed our API with enterprise-grade security and your specific needs in mind, ensuring a robust and tailored experience for every partner.

To get started with PCE, follow the steps below:

Get in touch with us: Contact us to register your interest. Our experts are always ready to make your business a priority.
Dedicated Contact for Tailored Support: Priority will assign a dedicated Contact person to help you identify the right solution fit for your use case and design your integration needs. They will work with you to understand your specific requirements and set up the ideal sandbox environment for your needs.
Access to Test account: Your Priority Contact will securely provision the necessary API tokens for your integration and test environment credentials
Build and test your integration: Once you have your test account credentials, you can start building your integration. We recommend that you perform thorough testing of your integration is complete.
Access a Live account:
1. After you have built and tested your integration, request your Priority Contact to get access to the live environment.
2. The setup and configurations need to be replicated to your live account. They are not replicated automatically. We recommend you test your integration in the live environment as well before going live.

Before you begin

Ensure you have the following prerequisites in place before starting your integration:

Item	Description
Merchant Account	A fully underwritten merchant account must be set up and approved on the platform before initiating any transactions.
API Bearer Token	A valid token is required for authentication. Contact the PCE Integration Support team to obtain your credentials.
Merchant ID (`merchantId`)	Your unique identifier assigned during onboarding. This is available in the merchant dashboard and is required in API requests. Contact the PCE Account Management team if you need assistance retrieving it.
API Base URLs	Use the appropriate base URL depending on the environment you are integrating with: Sandbox: Use `https://sandbox-api.prioritycommerce.com/v1` for development and testing. Production: Use `https://api.prioritycommerce.com/v1` for live transactions once your integration is approved.
HTTPS	Your application must be served over HTTPS when making API requests in the production environment.