Custom providers
How Custom providers works in Paycux, what it is for, and the smallest setup that gets it running.
Introduction
Custom providers is part of the Paycux platform. This page explains what it does, when to reach for it, and the smallest working setup you can ship.
Everything below applies to both environments. Build and test in staging, then promote the same configuration to production without changing your code — only the API key and client ID differ.
Create a custom provider
Create a custom provider is handled by Custom providers rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.
Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.
OAuth configuration reference
OAuth configuration reference is handled by Custom providers rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.
Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.
API key custom providers
Every API request is authenticated with a bearer token in the Authorization header. Keys are scoped to a single environment and are shown once at creation — store them in a secret manager, not in source control.
1curl -X GET 'https://api.paycux.com/v1/organizations' \2 -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PAYCUX_API_KEY'
Connect and fetch access tokens
Access tokens are JWTs signed with a rotating key. Verify them against the JWKS endpoint for your client rather than a pinned public key, so rotation never causes an outage.
1https://api.paycux.com/sso/jwks/client_01M4KXD1PZXFWGWE9ZKPCQRAQ
Cache the key set and re-fetch on an unknown key ID. Reject any token whose issuer, audience or expiry does not match what you expect.
Edit or delete a custom provider
Edit or delete a custom provider is handled by Custom providers rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.
Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.