Can one make Shopify payment gateway module using Shopify API

reno_rita

Can one create a payment module using Shopify API https://docs.shopify.com/api ? Can "Shopify app" also be a payment gateway module? I understand Shopify develop and host any payment gateway module themself, but it seems one could create their own module? But these hosted modules from Shopify are not updated. So why can't a third party payment gateway provider can create their own payment module as a Shopify app. Is that possible using the...

Originally asked by Qwerty on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I think the answer to your question is another question. If you coded up a working Payment Gateway not currently supported by Shopify, using Active Merchant (which is currently supported), would Shopify accept it, and thereafter would merchants be able to choose it? That is a tough one. You can try! You might succeed even. All those working Gateways in Shopify did not get there exclusively from Shopify.

Full answer by David Lazar: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/34938128 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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