> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.cashfree.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Overview > Browse the v2025-01-01 Cashfree Payment Gateway API reference for orders, payments, refunds, payment links, subscriptions, and base URLs for sandbox and live. ## Payment Gateway endpoints Use the following base URLs depending on whether you are testing or processing live payments. | Environment | Base URL | | :---------- | :-------------------------------- | | Test | `https://sandbox.cashfree.com/pg` | | Production | `https://api.cashfree.com/pg` | The latest API version is **2025-01-01** (v5). Previous versions were 2023-08-01, 2022-09-01, 2022-01-01, and 2021-05-21. ## Authentication All APIs require authentication except `POST /orders/sessions`, which does not require credentials and can be called directly from the browser. For authentication details for merchants and partners, see [API authentication](/api-reference/authentication). ## Payment gateway APIs The following sections list all available APIs grouped by function. ### Orders Use these APIs to create and manage payment orders. | API | Description | | :-------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Create Order](/api-reference/payments/latest/orders/create) | Use this API to create orders with Cashfree from your backend and get the payment link. | | [Order Pay](/api-reference/payments/latest/payments/pay) | Use this API when you have already created the orders and want Cashfree Payments to process the payment. | | [Preauthorisation](/api-reference/payments/latest/payments/authorize) | Use this API to capture or void a preauthorised payment. | | [Get Order](/api-reference/payments/latest/orders/get) | Use this API to view all details of an order. | ### Authentication Use this API to submit or resend an OTP during a payment flow. | API | Description | | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Submit or Resend OTP](/api-reference/payments/latest/payments/authenticate) | Use this API to submit or resend an OTP to Cashfree during payment authentication. | ### Payments Use these APIs to retrieve payment details for an order. | API | Description | | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :----------------------------------------------------- | | [Get Payments for an Order](/api-reference/payments/latest/payments/get-payments-for-order) | Use this API to view all payment details for an order. | | [Get Payment by ID](/api-reference/payments/latest/payments/get) | Use this API to view payment details by payment ID. | ### Settlements Use these APIs to fetch settlement details for individual orders or across a date range. | API | Description | | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Get Settlements by Order ID](/api-reference/payments/latest/operations/get-settlements-for-order) | Use this API to view all settlements for an order. | | [Get All Settlements](/api-reference/payments/latest/operations/get-settlements) | Use this API to get all settlement details by specifying the settlement ID, settlement UTR or date range. | ### Payment links Use these APIs to create, retrieve, and manage payment links. | API | Description | | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Create Payment Link](/api-reference/payments/latest/payment-links/create) | Use this API to create a new payment link. The URL is returned in the `link_url` parameter of the response. | | [Fetch Payment Link Details](/api-reference/payments/latest/payment-links/get) | Use this API to view all details and status of a payment link. | | [Get Orders for a Payment Link](/api-reference/payments/latest/payment-links/get-orders-for-link) | Use this API to view all order details for a payment link. | | [Cancel Payment Link](/api-reference/payments/latest/payment-links/cancel) | Use this API to cancel a payment link. No further payments can be done against a cancelled link. Only a link in ACTIVE status can be cancelled. | ### Token vault Use these APIs to manage saved payment instruments for a customer. | API | Description | | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | [Fetch All Saved Instruments](/api-reference/payments/latest/token-vault/get-all) | Use this API to get all saved instruments for a customer ID. | | [Fetch Single Saved Instrument](/api-reference/payments/latest/token-vault/get) | Use this API to get a specific saved instrument for a customer ID and instrument ID. | | [Delete Saved Instrument](/api-reference/payments/latest/token-vault/delete) | Use this API to delete a saved instrument for a customer ID and instrument ID. | | [Fetch Cryptogram for Saved Instrument](/api-reference/payments/latest/token-vault/generate-cryptogram) | Use this API to get the card network token, token expiry and cryptogram for a saved instrument using instrument ID. | ### Reconciliation Use these APIs to fetch reconciliation reports for settlements and payment gateway transactions. | API | Description | | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Settlement Reconciliation](/api-reference/payments/latest/operations/settlement-reconciliation) | Use this API to get settlement reconciliation details using a settlement ID, settlement UTR, or date range. | | [PG Reconciliation](/api-reference/payments/latest/operations/reconcile) | Use this API to get the payment gateway reconciliation details with date range. |