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page_title: Pre-Requisites
product: Payv3
platform: Web
page_source: https://juspay.io/in/docs/payv3/web/overview/pre-requisites
llms_txt: https://juspay.io/in/docs/llms.txt
product_llms_txt: https://juspay.io/in/docs/payv3/llms.txt
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## Pre-Requisites



 Before you start integration, make sure you have the below details handy:

* **Merchant Id**  - This is your identifier in the Juspay systems. This is used in all APIs/ SDK Calls. It will be provided to you by the Juspay team
* **API Key**  - Juspay uses HTTP Basic Auth for authentication. API Key is used to authenticate the Server-to-Server API Calls. API Key can be generated through Juspay Dashboard. Navigate to `Login>Settings>Security>Create API Key`
* **Card Encoding Key**  - Juspay uses this key to encode the card details. Card Encoding Key can be generated through Juspay Dashboard. Navigate to `Login>Settings>Security>Security Keys>Card Encoding Key`

> **Warning**
> * The API request expects a Basic Authorization header. The header value can be obtained by concatenating your API Key with a colon (:) and doing a base-64 encode on it
> * During Onboarding, we impose some restrictions on your Juspay Production Account. The restriction is on the Order Amount (should be



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## See Also

- [Introduction](https://juspay.io/in/docs/payv3/web/overview/introduction)
- [Order Create API](https://juspay.io/in/docs/payv3/web/base-integration/order-create)