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Overview

The DWS solution provides a reliable and efficient way to integrate an e-wallet into your application. This document walks you through the overall process and introduces the available integration choices.

Integration process

The following overall integration flow shows the steps to achieve end-to-end integration. The main steps include Preparation, Integration, Test in Sandbox, and Acceptance.

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For more details, see Integration process.

Integration solutions

DWS provides a well-designed integration solution that consists of two parts: API integration and Mobile SDK integration.

API Integration

The server API integration enables your application to interact with DWS's wallet APIs through HTTP protocol or server-side SDK. These two integration options provide the same capability with different advantages. Before you start, compare the features, availability, and integration efforts as listed in the table below:

Solution

API Integration

Impl. Options

HTTP

Server-side SDK

Technology

HTTP

Java

Go

Node

Introduction

Based on HTTP protocol, merchant interacts with APIs by manually constructing the HTTP requests.

Merchant interacts with APIs via the SDK, which encapsulates the process of encrypting, signing and sending the HTTP requests.

UI Customization

Full

Backend Requirement

Merchant's own backend is required.

Integration point

Merchant Server

Integration effort

Medium

Low

Advantages

  • Highly customizable UI
  • No constraints on programming languages
  • Highly customizable UI
  • Flexibility with lower costs

Mobile SDK Integration

The Mobile Security SDK will be integrated into your Android/iOS application to mitigate the risk of unauthenticated transactions.

For more details, see Integration solutions.

More information

Introduction

Use case: Balance payment

Mobile SDK integration guide

API integration guide

API reference

Glossary

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