GoCardless makes it easy to collect both recurring and one-off payments directly from customers' bank accounts. Review our full API documentation here. For a general overview of GoCardless and links to share with your business stakeholders, please share this link here.

Setup

1. Create a GoCardless Sandbox account here: the sandbox is our dedicated testing environment where you can build and test your integration without touching real money.

2. Go to Developers > Create > Access Token to generate an API access token. Give it a memorable name, with read-write access.

3. [Run in Qodex] to [fork] the collection into Qodex to synchronize with future updates. Do this whilst logged into your Qodex account (sign up here).

4. Set up a [Qodex Environment] for the GoCardless API collection by navigating to Environments and selecting the + icon to create a new environment.

5. Copy the access token from step 2. and add it to your [Qodex Environment] as a secret variable named ACCESS_TOKEN

6. Make sure the GC Sandbox environment is selected in the Environment drop-down in the top right corner of Qodex when making requests from the imported collection.

Things to Note

1. There are additional URL parameters that can be passed, we recommended going through our API Developer Guide here and amending the requests as necessary.
2. The Bank Account field requirements will vary depending on the scheme and payment method - please update the relevant requests accordingly. See more info here.
3. Our requests are chained together automatically via Environment variables, so there is no need to copy & paste IDs across requests.
4. Enjoy!