# Payment API: How to Accept Payments Programmatically

DevFeed: [Payment API: How to Accept Payments Programmatically](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/payment-api-how-to-accept-payments-programmatically-10231.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/payment-api-guide/>)

Author: Ayush Agarwal

Published: 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [event driven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/event-driven.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-guide.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [merchant-of-record](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/merchant-of-record.md>), [payment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payment.md>), [payments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payments.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [subscription](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/subscription.md>), [usage-based-billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usage-based-billing.md>), [webhooks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webhooks.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to using payment APIs for programmatic checkout, subscriptions, usage-based billing, webhook-driven workflows, and keeping product access synchronized with payment state.

## Source excerpt

A practical guide to using a payment API for programmatic checkout, billing automation, webhook handling, and scalable payment workflows.