# Creating a payment system **URL:** https://community.deriv.com/t/creating-a-payment-system/62188 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [August 9, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/creating-a-payment-system/62188 "2023-08-09T12:41:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
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Hello @assails-adenous-2 Thank you for joining the community. Kindly check out the below articles on API: > [@Create an API Token](https://community.deriv.com/t/create-an-api-token/50071): > > Greetings Deriv Community, We would like to share that you can create an API token by clicking on the link: [Deriv App | Deriv](https://app.deriv.com/account/api-token) Give your token a name, select the scope, and click Create Here’s how you may gain benefit by using Deriv API: What you can do with our API: Create websites that are similar to the ones we own but have different characteristics. Create mobile and desktop applications that perform transactions for themselves and other users. Create websites… > [@Manage Deriv API: access on third-party applications and mobile apps](https://community.deriv.com/t/api-managing-access-on-third-party-applications-and-mobile-apps/29159): > > Hi Deriv Community! wave You may find this article regarding API tokens which is available in the settings section of your account. What is API? Application Programming Interface (API) is a technology that allows 2 or more computer programs to communicate with each other. “People have websites to interact with their systems. Computers have an API to interact with websites.” -API can be used to access data from the third party -API can be used to hide complexity and perform the tas… In case you need further assistance, kindly contact our customer support via Live Chat. > **[Contact Us | Deriv](https://deriv.com/contact-us)** > > Have a query or looking to connect with one of our offices? Get in touch with any of our offices worldwide using these contact details. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.deriv.com/t/creating-a-payment-system/62188)._