Connect your Adyen account

Copy your API key, client key and merchant account from Adyen into the app settings in Swell.

1. Open the Adyen settings in Swell

After installing the app, go to Settings → Payments in your Swell dashboard. Under Alternative methods, find Adyen and select Settings.

The Adyen card under Alternative methods in Swell’s payment settings

2. Copy your API key from Adyen

In the Adyen Customer Area, go to Developers → API credentials and open your web service credential (named like ws_123456@Company.YourCompany). If you don’t have one, select Create credential and choose Web service user.

Under Server settings → Authentication → API key, select Generate API key and copy the key.

The API key section of an Adyen API credential

3. Copy your client key

On the same credential page, scroll to Client settings. Copy the Client key. It starts with test_ in the test environment and live_ in live. You’ll also use this section in the next step to add the allowed origin.

The client key under Client settings

Select Save changes at the bottom of the credential page if you generated a new key.

4. Fill in the app settings

Back in Swell, fill in the Adyen settings dialog:

The Adyen settings dialog in Swell, filled in with example values

Setting	What to enter
Adyen API key	The API key from step 2.
Adyen client key	The client key from step 3.
Adyen merchant account	Your merchant account name, for example `YourCompanyECOM`. Use the merchant account, not the company account.
Environment	Test while you set up. Switch to Live only when you go live.
Live URL prefix	Leave empty for Test. Required for Live. See Going live.
Webhook HMAC key	Leave empty for now. You’ll fill it in when you set up the webhook.

Select Save.