Fast and Secure Integrations for your Solutions

Innovation is growing at a rapid scale and digital products contribute massively to this growth. For developers, it is an endless but fascinating journey of exploration and learning. Last year, Zest launched with a promise to make payments easy for small and large businesses as well as solution providers and developers. One of the most important aspects of our solution delivery - especially with the increased relevance of payments in digital solutions - is the provision of simplified Web and Mobile SDKs and API documentation for developers. 

Right now, APIs are the foundation of almost every aspect of how we do business online. They play a crucial role in the development of digital products, allowing applications to communicate and share data effectively and seamlessly. At Zest, we’ve solved for a way for developers to automate financial transactions, and deliver innovative payment options to customers without unnecessary engineering overhead. 

Whether you’re a startup looking to create your digital platform or an established organisation hoping to improve your existing products, you need an API solution that drives the success you desire. 

Zest’s web and mobile SDKs and APIs provide a range of key features designed to cater to payment needs. Let’s examine some of the features that make our web and mobile SDKs and APIs stand out in the market:

• Payment Processing – You can access fast and secure payment and transaction processing. Our SDKs and APIs streamline the payment process for your users, regardless of their preferred payment method. Additionally, the SDK modal enables payment flow to be on the same page (hence, combating redirect fatigue for your users).

• Multi-railed payment support - Zest’s web and mobile SDKs not only offer a powerful payment-enabling system, they also come with flexibility in the range of payment options. Whether your customers prefer to pay with their cards, utilize USSD codes, transfers or make use of the modern QR code payment means, Zest’s and Mobile SDKs provide robust support for these rails.

• Transaction History – There is also the functionality of accessing transaction history for reporting.

• Authentication and Security – Zest’s Web and Mobile SDK and API provide the tools for secure user registration, login, and authentication to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

• Currency Support – Supports the Dollar and Naira for local and international transactions.

• Webhooks –One of the powerful features of Zest Web and Mobile SDKs and API is its ability to send real-time notifications to users on transaction status updates.

• Developer Documentation - Zest provides comprehensive documentation to facilitate a seamless integration process and effective Web and Mobile SDKs and API usage.

• Data Management and Analytics – You can access, store, retrieve, and analyse data for effective decision-making and optimisation of your product.

Zest’s Web and Mobile SDKs and API solutions offer numerous benefits for solution providers and innovators looking to build cutting-edge digital platforms and products. Some of them are:

• Scalability and flexibility - With a focus on scalability, reliability, and flexibility, we ensured that our SDKs and APIs are robust enough to meet the diverse demands of any project, without compromising on speed and reliable performance.

• Quick onboarding – Our SDKs and APIs come with a fast and straightforward onboarding process. Plus, the well-written documentation and resources available ensure that anyone can easily integrate the services effortlessly, irrespective of their level of technical expertise or background.

• Time and cost savings – Zest’s SDKs and APIs were built to produce ready-to-use solutions; eliminating the need to develop complex functionalities from scratch; saving time and enabling the allocation of resources to other tasks.

• Security – The importance of security cannot be overemphasised and at Zest, we take it seriously. This explains why our API and SDK integrations are packed with security measures, such as strict authentication protocols and encryption to protect your data.

As we have already established, integrating with Zest’s Web SDK and API is straightforward. So, whether you’re a senior developer or someone new to the API system, the documentation available would ensure a seamless integration process, you can click here to get started. It is important to note that Zest’s SDK is available for the web and can be seamlessly integrated with just a few lines of code; however, to access the API, you need to contact the team at developers@zestpayment.com.

Here’s a breakdown of how to get started;

Step 1: Evaluate the unique payment requirements for your solution. 

Step 2: Go over the API documentation provided and familiarise yourself with the essential details such as the endpoints and other integration requirements. This would aid in a seamless execution.

Step 3: Sign up for a Zest profile and get the necessary API credentials needed for authorization and authentication.

Step 4: Based on the integration requirements and the details you have gotten thus far; you should be ready to set up your development environment accordingly.

Step 5: Confidently use the documentation and the code examples made available to you by the Zest team to start integrating.

Step 6: Test and debug once the integration is finished. Verify that the features and functionalities are working as expected and debug any issues; to ensure full optimization of the API.

Step 7: For the web SDK, these six steps above are more than sufficient to have it running. However, for the API, a test script that covers all test scenarios will be shared with you. It is crucial to conduct this final quality check before deploying the integrated API to your production environment.

This checklist ensures developers adhere to the requirements and align with Zest’s best practices. Developers must resolve issues that may arise from this validation to be eligible for deployment to production. Once all tests have been successfully passed, and every box on the checklist covered, you can confidently deploy the integrated API to your production environment. This meticulous approach ensures a seamless integration process for your digital products.

Zest is committed to building product features that enhance developer experiences including making it easier to deliver payment solutions to customers. To learn more about how Zest can help, please get in touch at developers@zestpayment.com.