How to Create a Bolt Order Token

Bolt has launched a new Merchant Dashboard experience, which is currently in Beta. See this page for help documentation that reflects the new dashboard.

Create an order token to initiate the checkout process. This token is used to reference the cart generated in your storefront.

1. Configure Authorization & Headers

1. Log in to the Merchant Dashboard.
2. Navigate to Developers > API.
3. Scroll to Keys and reveal your API Key.
4. Embed this Publishable Key on your website. The publishable key is a long string of lower and upper case letters and numbers that consists of three sections.

Headers

API URLs

2. Make a Create Order Request

1. Call Order Endpoint

See the Official API Reference for a request example.

PHP Example

<?php
require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/init_example.php');

$client = new \BoltPay\ApiClient([
    'api_key' => \BoltPay\Bolt::$apiKey,
    'is_sandbox' => \BoltPay\Bolt::$isSandboxMode
]);


$exampleData = new \BoltPay\Example\Data();
$cartData = $exampleData->generateCart();

/** @var \BoltPay\Http\Response $response */
$response = $client->createOrder($cartData);
$orderToken = $response->isResponseSuccessful()  ? @$response->getBody()->token : '';

2. Validate the Response

Request

Check for a HTTP 200 success code and that the response contains an order token.

Cart

Ensure that the order_reference value corresponds to the unique cart ID value provided in the request and that the cart_url matches as well.

Items & Totals

Ensure the following for each item and its values:

• Items listed in the response must match the items listed in the request
• The unit_price, total_amount and tax_amount must be in cents
• Every item must have an image_url, name, and description
• The total_amount must equal (quantity X unit_price) + tax_amount
• Every cent must be precisely accounted for
• You cannot not apply a discount amount that is more than the total order amount. Doing so will result in an error. It is recommended you calculate a max allowable discount amount using the formula line item totals + tax + shipping = max allowable discount