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Integration Guides

Forter provides secure, PCI-compliant solutions for handling payment card data. This guide outlines integration options, best practices, and key considerations for implementing Forter’s card vaulting services.

Hosted Fields + Proxy Hosted Fields + Proxy

  1. Collect card data securely Collect card data securely

    Forter’s Hosted Fields enables secure collection of card data on the checkout page to remove PCI scope.

  2. Process payments using a token Process payments using a token

    Once the customer enters their payment credentials, Forter provides an agnostic single-use token (or "nonce") that can be used to process tokenized payments with any PSP. Refer to the Detokenization Proxy guide to learn how.

  3. Upgrade to multi-use token (Optional) Upgrade to multi-use token (Optional)

    To store a token for future transactions (e.g., saved cards or recurring payments), upgrade a single-use token to a multi-use token by setting networkToken.provision to true when calling the /upgrade endpoint.

Direct API Integration Direct API Integration

This solution is compatible for PCI level 1 merchants only
Forter’s Limited PCI Compliance approach allows merchants to handle tokenized card data while limiting their PCI scope.

  1. Tokenize card data Tokenize card data

    After collecting card details, generate a token using one of the following API calls:

    • Multi-use token: Call the /tokenize endpoint .
    • Single-use token: Call the /create-single-use-token endpoint.
      To generate a network token, set networkToken.provision to true when calling the /tokenize endpoint.

  2. Detokenize for payment processing Detokenize for payment processing

    When ready to process a payment, retrieve the original card details by calling the /detokenize endpoint, then proceed with payment processing.

  3. Upgrade to multi-use token (Optional) Upgrade to multi-use token (Optional)

    To store a token for future transactions (e.g., saved cards or recurring payments), upgrade a single-use token to a multi-use token by setting networkToken.provision to true when calling the /upgrade endpoint.