MoonPay Platform

Product summary

MoonPay Platform is a headless fiat-to-crypto payment infrastructure that lets you build custom payment experiences while MoonPay handles compliance, risk, and fraud. You control the UI; MoonPay manages the backend.

The platform uses frames (iframes on web, WebViews on mobile) for compliance-sensitive operations, combined with REST APIs for quotes, payment methods, and transaction tracking. Use the SDK (currently available for web) for automatic frame lifecycle management, or integrate manually using the postMessage protocol for iOS, Android, and React Native.

Key files and concepts:

• Session tokens: Created on your server, sent to frontend to start flows
• Access tokens: Returned after customer connection, used for API calls
• Client tokens: Used to initialize frames
• Frames: Co-branded (login, KYC) and headless (Apple Pay, widget)
• Quotes: Price quotes (no connection needed) and executable quotes (connection required)

Base API URL: https://api.moonpay.com

Primary docs: https://moonpay.mintlify.app