Environment Details
Accounts
Bolt provides two account environments: Sandbox and Production. Each environment includes a unique Merchant Dashboard. All transactions that flow through Bolt’s checkout can be found in your Merchant Dashboard.
Each merchant account has a unique API Key and Signing Secret that Bolt uses to accurately verify and associate transactions with the account’s divisions.
Divisions
A Bolt merchant account can have one or many divisions. A division represents a uniquely configured instance of Bolt Checkout to fit a specific use case or workflow (e.g., storefront and back office). Division setup often includes enabling different features and creating separate webhooks for every division.
Common Divisions
- Pay by Link
- Back Office
- NetSuite ERP
Each merchant division has a unique Publishable Key that is used to access your transaction data outside of the Bolt Merchant Dashboard.
Collaborating with many developers across multiple sandboxes does not require multiple divisions. Simply add each URL to your Approved Domains list.
Account Types
Merchant account types are associated to individual processors. Because each processor has unique workflows and setup requirements, switching your payment processor requires setting up a new Bolt merchant account that aligns with the newly chosen processor.
API & Webhooks
About Keys
| KEY | PURPOSE |
|---|---|
| API Key | Used for calling Bolt API from your backend server |
| Signing Secret | Used for signature verification on requests received from bolt |
| Publishable Key | Embedded on your website and used by Bolt to identify your website |
Headers
| HEADER | VALUE |
|---|---|
| X-Api-Key | Provide the API_KEY |
| X-Nonce | unique 12-16 digit for every request (UUID is a good option) |
| Content-Type | application/json |
Bolt API URLs
| Environment | URL |
|---|---|
| Sandbox | https://api-sandbox.bolt.com |
| Production | https://api.bolt.com |
Bolt CDN Paths
| ENV | TYPE | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Production | CDN_URL | https://connect.bolt.com |
| Production | API_URL | https://api.bolt.com |
| Production | Merchant Dashboard | https://merchant.bolt.com |
| Sandbox | CDN_URL | https://connect-sandbox.bolt.com |
| Sandbox | API_URL | https://api-sandbox.bolt.com |
| Sandbox | Merchant Dashboard | https://merchant-sandbox.bolt.com |
Other Details
Merchant API Timeout Limits
| Environment | Timeout |
|---|---|
| Sandbox | 30 seconds |
| Production | 20 seconds |