# Multibanco for Payment Setup API
To accept Multibanco payments, you must:
1. Create a payment setup.
2. Confirm the payment.
3. Redirect the customer to Multibanco.
---
## Create a payment setup
Call the [Create a payment setup](https://api-reference.checkout.com/tag/Payment-Setups/#operation/createAPaymentSetup) endpoint.
> **Information**
>
> Your base URL's `{prefix}` value is unique to your account and environment. To learn how to retrieve your base URLs for the sandbox and production environments, see [API endpoints](https://www.checkout.com/docs/developer-resources/api/api-endpoints.md).
**Production**
`POST` `https://{prefix}.api.checkout.com/payments/setups`
**Sandbox**
`POST` `https://{prefix}.api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments/setups`
### Request example
```json
{
"amount": 1000,
"currency": "EUR",
"processing_channel_id": "pc_wzjki6hw5puepb5fnvqlizj2e4",
"reference": "ORDER_01234",
"customer": {
"country": "PT"
},
"payment_methods": {
"multibanco": {
"account_holder_name": "Hannah Bret"
}
},
"settings": {
"success_url": "https://example.com/payments/success",
"failure_url": "https://example.com/payments/failure"
}
}
```
In the request body, provide the following:
| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `amount`
`number` | The payment amount, in the [minor currency unit](https://www.checkout.com/docs/payments/accept-payments/format-the-amount-value).
Minimum: 1
**Required** |
| `currency`
`string` | Three-letter ISO 4217 [currency code](https://www.checkout.com/docs/developer-resources/codes/currency-codes.md). Must be `EUR`.
**Required** |
| `customer.country`
`string` | The two-letter ISO 3166 country code of the customer. Must be `PT`.
**Required** |
| `payment_methods.multibanco.account_holder_name`
`string` | Account holder name (3–100 characters).
Min length: 3
Max length: 100
**Required** |
| `processing_channel_id`
`string` | The [processing channel's](https://www.checkout.com/docs/business-operations/use-the-dashboard/manage-processing-channels.md) unique identifier.
**Required** |
| `settings`
`object` | Settings for the payment setup.
**Required** |
| `settings.failure_url`
`string` | The URL to redirect the customer to if the payment fails.
Max length: 1024
Format: URI
**Required** |
| `settings.success_url`
`string` | The URL to redirect the customer to after a successful payment.
Max length: 1024
Format: URI
**Required** |
| `billing`
`object` | The customer's billing details. |
| `billing.address.country`
`string` | The two-letter ISO 3166 country code of the billing address.
Required if `billing` is provided. |
| `description`
`string` | A description of the payment.
Max length: 100 |
| `order.shipping.address.country`
`string` | The two-letter ISO 3166 country code of the shipping address. |
| `reference`
`string` | A reference you can use to identify the payment. For example, an order number.
Max length: 80 |
### Response example
```json
{
"id": "set_rcmepwrchqab2wsergcafvijfy",
"processing_channel_id": "pc_wzjki6hw5puepb5fnvqlizj2e4",
"amount": 1000,
"currency": "EUR",
"payment_type": "Regular",
"reference": "ORDER_01234",
"description": "Multibanco payment",
"payment_methods": {
"multibanco": {
"status": "ready",
"flags": []
}
},
"available_payment_methods": [
"multibanco"
],
"settings": {
"success_url": "https://example.com/payments/success",
"failure_url": "https://example.com/payments/failure"
}
}
```
The response returns a `payment_methods` object, which contains the payment methods enabled on your account.
Providing all required fields sets the `payment_methods.multibanco` object to a `ready` [status](https://www.checkout.com/docs/payments/accept-payments/accept-a-payment-using-the-payment-setup-api.md#Payment_method_status).
---
## Confirm the payment
Confirm the payment by calling the [Confirm a payment setup](https://api-reference.checkout.com/tag/Payment-Setups/#operation/confirmAPaymentSetup) endpoint and provide:
- The payment setup `id` as the `{id}` path parameter.
- `multibanco` as the `{payment_method_name}` path parameter.
### Request example
**Production**
`POST` `https://{prefix}.api.checkout.com/payments/setups/{id}/confirm/multibanco`
**Sandbox**
`POST` `https://{prefix}.api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments/setups/{id}/confirm/multibanco`
### Response example
If you receive a `202 Success` response with a payment `id` and a `status` field set to `Pending`, your request was successful.
```json
{
"id": "pay_cdv64cky2neeljlss37yjpofzu",
"status": "Pending",
"customer": {
"id": "cus_ezuq5ju3ln4udgaz6joebp3p44"
},
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://{prefix}.api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments/pay_cdv64cky2neeljlss37yjpofzu"
},
"redirect": {
"href": "https://r.girogate.de/ti/simmultibanco?tx=512308296&rs=y5XBJFK6UF0R7gcn4lcQlbtc5wD2ppQ1&cs=058d2f4cecebaf97933ac9fb465a517ab84395eca459900105526a823460a90a"
}
}
}
```
---
## Redirect the customer
Redirect the customer to the `redirect` link's `href` from the response. The customer completes the payment on the Multibanco page and is then redirected back to your `settings.success_url` or `settings.failure_url`.