Payment Channel

A payment channel is a reusable way to accept crypto without creating an order for every payment. You create a channel, attach one or more addresses to it, and anything received on those addresses is credited to the receive currency you configured.

Endpoint overview

HTTP Request	Description
`POST` `/public/payment-channels`	Create a payment channel.
`GET` `/public/payment-channels`	List your payment channels.
`GET` `/public/payment-channels/{id}`	Retrieve a single channel.
`PUT` `/public/payment-channels/{id}`	Update a channel.
`DELETE` `/public/payment-channels/{id}`	Delete a channel.
`POST` `/public/payment-channels/addresses`	Attach a new address to a channel.
`GET` `/public/payment-channels/addresses`	List addresses across your channels.
`GET` `/public/payment-channels/addresses/{id}`	Retrieve a single address.
`GET` `/public/payment-channels/currencies/pay`	Currencies a payer can pay in.
`GET` `/public/payment-channels/currencies/receive`	Currencies you can receive in.

Typical flow

Call GET /public/payment-channels/currencies/receive to see which currencies you can settle in, and GET /public/payment-channels/currencies/pay for what payers can send.
Create the channel with POST /public/payment-channels.
Attach an address with POST /public/payment-channels/addresses. Give each payer their own address if you need to attribute incoming funds.
Funds received on those addresses are credited to the channel's receive currency.

Scopes

Scope	Grants
`payment-channel:read`	List and retrieve channels.
`payment-channel:write`	Create, update and delete channels, and read receivable currencies.
`payment-channel-address:read`	List and retrieve channel addresses.
`payment-channel-address:create`	Attach new addresses, and read payable currencies.

See Scopes for the full list, and Generating API keys to grant them.