Improved
General documentation improvement
October 26th, 2026 by Knut Hauge
New sections, rewritten guides and API references you can try out.
New
- Get started: a shared introduction for in-store and online, including how your Aera account is structured and how to set it up.
- Security: how Aera protects your payments, and what you do to keep terminals, integrations and data secure.
- Payment methods: one page with every payment method you can accept with Aera, in store and online.
- API Explorer: the Online Payments API, Cloud integration API, Reporting API, Identity Services API and Embedded payment API (White Label Wallet), with an introduction to access, authentication, environments, signatures and errors.
In-store payments
- Reorganised by task: integrate your cashier system, set up terminals and stores, and operate terminals.
- New guides for testing and approval, connecting terminals, network requirements, receipts, loyalty and ID lookup, gift cards and more.
- A field service guide for installing, replacing and decommissioning terminals.
- The Terminal API messages moved to the API Explorer, grouped by what they do.
Online payments
- Rewritten guides: choose between hosted and embedded checkout, handle the payment result, capture, refund and update payments, save cards and set up recurring payments.
- The preliminary API spec is replaced by the Online Payments API in the API Explorer.
Business operations and portal guides
- New: get reports straight into your own systems with the Reporting API.
- Updated Aera portal guides, including roles and permissions.
Look and feel
- A clearer menu, Aera colours, collapsible code examples and better support for phones and dark mode.