Create application
Applications are registered entities within Mercado Pago that act as a unique identifier for managing the authentication and authorization of your integrations. In other words, they serve as the link between your development and Mercado Pago, and they constitute the first stage in carrying out the integration.
With them, you can access the necessary credentialsUnique access keys used to identify an integration in your account, linked to your application. For more information, access the link below.Credentials to interact with our APIs or specific services, as well as manage and organize your integration, which is why you must create an application for each Mercado Pago solution you integrate.
To create an application, follow the steps below.
- In the upper right corner of Mercado Pago Developers, click on Login and enter the required information with the data for your Mercado Pago account.
- Once you are logged in, in the upper right corner of Mercado Pago Developers, click on Create application if your account does not yet have any created applications, or go to "Your integrations" and select View all. There, click on Create application.
- Once inside Your integrations, click on the Create application button.
- Enter a name to identify your application. The limit is up to 50 alphanumeric characters.
- When asked about the type of payment solution to integrate, select Instore payments, which is the type of solution corresponding to physical stores.
- Then, choose PointdeMercadoPago as the product you are integrating.
- Accept the Privacy Statement and the Terms and Conditions and click on Create application.
In Your integrations, you can view the list of all your created applications and access the Application details of each one.
Access credentials
After creating your application, you will need to access the credentialsUnique access keys with which we identify an integration in your account, linked to your application. For more information, access the documentation.Credentials necessary to continue with the integration process.
Depending on whether you are doing your own integration or for a seller, these credentials will be different and obtained in different ways.
- Get credentials for own terminal integration: to integrate your company's own business management applications (SmartApps) to Mercado Pago's Point Smart, you will need to access your application's production credentials, which can be activated in Your integrations.
- Get credentials for a third-part integration: to integrate third-party business management applications (SmartApps) to Mercado Pago's Point Smart, you will need to obtain credentials through the OAuthPrivate key generated through the OAuth security protocol, which allows managing integrations on behalf of third parties. For more information, access the documentation.OAuth security protocol.
Select the option that best suits your needs and follow the indicated steps to access the credentials.
The process of obtaining credentials for your own SmartApps integration to the Point terminal is based on activating your production credentialsSet of unique access keys linked to your application that allow receiving real payments. You can access them through Your integrations > Application details > Production > Production credentials. Use your production Public Key on the frontend, and your production Access Token on the backend.. Follow the steps below to learn how to activate them.
- Access Your integrations and select an application.
- Go to the Production credentials section in the left sidebar menu. In the Industry field, select the industry or sector to which the business you are integrating belongs from the dropdown menu.
- In the Website (required) field, fill in the URL of your business website.
- Accept the and the Terms and Conditions. Fill in the reCAPTCHA and click Activate production credentials.
When accessing production credentials, the following credential pairs will be displayed:
To integrate SmartApps with the Point terminal, you will need your Access TokenPrivate key of the application created in Mercado Pago, used in the backend. You can access it through Your integrations > Application details > Production > Production credentials.—which is used for creating stores and cashiers, and later for the association to the Point terminal (performed by the Mercado Pago team). Additionally, use your Client IDUnique identifier that represents your integration. You can access it through Your integrations > Application details > Production > Production credentials. to identify transactions.
This response will also provide the user_id value, which will be useful during the configuration of the terminals by the Mercado Pago team.