When integrating you will require a Safekey, SOAP username and password in order for your website/application to interact with the PayU services. These details are the unique identifiers PayU uses to identify transactions coming to your store.
1. Activate your merchant portal account
You will receive an email from PayU's SafeShop requesting you to activate your merchant portal account by clicking on the “Activate my account” link where after you would be redirect to a web page to enter your selected password.
If you have not done so already please use the following steps to activate your account.
- The activation email that was sent would have a subject line “Activate your PayU SafeShop account”; or
- Alternatively, please navigate to the following web address https://secure.safeshop.co.za, enter your email address, provided in the application form, on the page and click “forgot password” link to have the account activation email resent.
2. Retrieve your store's API credentials
Once your merchant portal account has been activated you will need to retrieve your store's production details. These details you will need to pass onto your developer/technical team in order to integrate your website with PayU.
Follow the steps below to obtain your store API credentials
- Log in to the PayU Merchant Portal (https://www.payu.co.za/admin) with the primary merchant account and password.
- From the navigation menu at the top of the page go to Settings -> Integration details
The integration details page contains the following information:
Parameter Description Webservice username Webservice/SOAP username used by the merchant to transact against the PayU API Webservice password Webservice/SOAP password used by the merchant to transact against the PayU API Safekey Safekey used by the merchant to transact against the PayU API Supported payment types Payment methods currently enabled for the store Merchant logo Logo currently "Check style" link Click on link to view current payment store's payment page