Trust Layer

For developers & partners

Build trust into your own checkout.

WhatsApp bots, storefront builders and PSPs can let their vendors sell with escrow protection — and can query any seller's reputation — without sending buyers to a separate app.

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Integration

Embed protected checkout in two steps.

Step 1

Mint a checkout server-side

Call the SDK with your secret API key when a buyer checks out. You get back a one-time token — every order is attributed to you.

server.ts

import { TrustLayerClient } from '@trust-layer/sdk';

const tl = new TrustLayerClient({
  apiKey: process.env.TRUSTLAYER_API_KEY, // server-side only
  baseUrl: 'https://trustlayer.africa',
});

// When your buyer checks out, mint a protected checkout:
const { token } = await tl.createCheckout({
  sellerId, buyerPhone, amountKobo, itemTitle,
});
// → pass `token` to the browser

Step 2

Open the widget in the browser

Drop in our script and hand it the token. The protected checkout opens in a modal and streams events back to you — no redirect, no separate app.

checkout.html

<script src="https://trustlayer.africa/embed/checkout.js"></script>

<button data-trustlayer-token="THE_TOKEN">
  Pay protected with Trust Layer
</button>

<!-- or programmatically -->
<script>
  TrustLayerCheckout.open({
    token: 'THE_TOKEN',
    onEvent: (e) => console.log(e.type), // trustlayer:paid, trustlayer:released …
  });
</script>

Reputation as a Service

Score any seller from your own platform.

Look up a seller by handle or id and get a risk-banded trust profile — for ranking listings, screening applicants, or rendering a verified badge.

reputation.ts

const rep = await tl.getReputation('oge-ventures');
// → { score: 588, tier: 'NEW', riskBand: 'LOW',
//     completedSales: 0, ... }

// Or score a whole catalog in one call:
const many = await tl.getReputationBatch(['oge-ventures', 'seller-2', 'seller-3']);

Risk bands

Every profile resolves to LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH so you can act without interpreting raw scores.

Batch up to 50

Score a whole catalogue or search page in a single call.

Scoped & metered

Requires the reputation:read scope; lookups are metered for billing.

Try it live

Open the real widget right now

Create a payment link in your dashboard, paste its token here, and open the real protected checkout in a modal — exactly what your buyers would see. Events stream in below.

Ship trust, not just payments.

Get an API key and embed protected checkout and reputation into your product in an afternoon.

Request partner access