> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dimepayments.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> The Dime Payments API lets you process payments, manage customers, and automate billing for your business.

## What is Dime Payments?

Dime Payments is a payment processing platform built for developers, agencies, and tech companies. You get a full-featured payments API, SDKs in PHP, JavaScript, and Python, and a revenue share on every transaction you bring — with no caps.

The API is JSON-based and REST-ful, with a single base URL:

```
https://app.dimepayments.com
```

## What you can do

* **Charge credit cards and ACH** — process one-time payments using card details or a stored token
* **Tokenize cards** — store card details securely without handling raw PAN data on future charges
* **Manage customers** — create and maintain customer records with payment methods and addresses
* **Recurring payments** — create, pause, cancel, and edit scheduled billing
* **Deposits** — retrieve payout and sweep data for reconciliation
* **Webhooks** and **Zapier** integrations for real-time event handling

## Getting your API token

All requests require a Bearer token. To get yours:

1. Log into the [Dime Payments dashboard](https://app.dimepayments.com)
2. Click your profile in the top right
3. Select **Generate API token**

Include it on every request as an `Authorization` header:

```
Authorization: Bearer your-api-token
```

## SDKs

Official clients are available for PHP, JavaScript, and Python. Each wraps authentication, request formatting, pagination, and error handling so you can focus on building.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="PHP SDK" icon="php" href="/guides/sdks/php">
    composer require dime-technology/dime-php-sdk
  </Card>

  <Card title="JavaScript SDK" icon="js" href="/guides/sdks/javascript">
    npm install @dime-technology/dime-js-sdk
  </Card>

  <Card title="Python SDK" icon="python" href="/guides/sdks/python">
    pip install dime-python-sdk
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Next steps

* [Quickstart](/guides/quickstart) — make your first API call in under 5 minutes
* [Authentication](/guides/authentication) — understand API token permissions
* [API Reference](/api-reference) — full endpoint documentation