> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cashfreepayments-d00050e9-theme-update.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Started

> Explore Cashfree Payment Gateway and products available as part of Cashfree Payments suite

Cashfree's RESTful API provides a robust and flexible interface for integrating payment solutions into your applications. Most of the API is organized around REST. Our API has predictable resource-oriented URLs, accepts JSON request bodies, returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

To simplify integration, Cashfree offers SDKs in popular programming languages like. By using these SDKs, you can significantly reduce development time and effort. They provide pre-built libraries and functions to interact with the Cashfree API, handling authentication, request/response formatting, and error handling.

<Tip>
  We strongly recommend using SDKs to streamline the integration process and
  ensure optimal performance and security.
</Tip>

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          <a href="/docs/api-reference/payments/latest/orders/create" class="text-cf bold">Create Order</a>

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            Generate a order to collect payments from your customers.
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          <a href="/docs/api-reference/payments/latest/orders/get" class="text-cf bold">Get Order</a>

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            Get status and details of an order created.
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          <a href="/docs/api-reference/payments/latest/payments/get-payments-for-order" class="text-cf bold">Get Payments</a>

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            Get status and details of payments customer has done for an order.
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          <a href="https://www.cashfree.com/devstudio/releases" class="text-cf bold">What's New</a>

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            Stay updated with the latest features and enhancements in Cashfree Payments API.
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            Learn about best practices to follow while integrating with Cashfree Payments API.
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