Paymob · Capability

Paymob Intentions API — Intentions

Paymob Intentions API — create, update, retrieve, and confirm payment intentions for Unified Checkout and Pixel integrations. Lead operation: Create Intention.

Paymob Intentions API — Intentions is a Naftiko capability published by Paymob, one of 6 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 1 operation across the POST method rooted at /v1/intentions.

The capability includes 1 read-only operation and 1 state-changing operation. Lead operation: Create a Paymob payment intention. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Paymob, Intentions, and Payments.

Run with Naftiko PaymobIntentionsPayments

What You Can Do

POST
Createintention — Create a payment intention.
/v1/intentions

MCP Tools

paymob-create-intention

Create a Paymob payment intention.

paymob-retrieve-intention

Retrieve a Paymob payment intention.

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

intentions-intentions.yaml Raw ↑ 
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Paymob Intentions API — Intentions
  description: 'Paymob Intentions API — create, update, retrieve, and confirm payment intentions for Unified Checkout and Pixel integrations. Lead operation: Create Intention.'
  tags:
  - Paymob
  - Intentions
  - Payments
  created: '2026-05-24'
  modified: '2026-05-24'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    PAYMOB_SECRET_KEY: PAYMOB_SECRET_KEY
    PAYMOB_PUBLIC_KEY: PAYMOB_PUBLIC_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: intentions-intentions
    baseUri: https://accept.paymob.com
    description: Paymob Intentions API consumer.
    resources:
    - name: intentions
      path: /v1/intention/
      operations:
      - name: createintention
        method: POST
        description: Create a payment intention and obtain a client_secret.
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Intention payload with amount, currency, payment_methods, items, billing_data.
          required: true
    - name: intention-item
      path: /v1/intention/{client_secret}
      operations:
      - name: updateintention
        method: PUT
        description: Update an intention before it is paid.
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: client_secret
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          required: true
    - name: intention-element
      path: /v1/intention/element/{public_key}/{client_secret}/
      operations:
      - name: retrieveintention
        method: GET
        description: Retrieve an intention using the merchant public key and client_secret.
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: public_key
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: client_secret
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: Authorization
      value: 'Token {{env.PAYMOB_SECRET_KEY}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: intentions-intentions-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Paymob Intentions.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/intentions
      name: intentions
      description: REST surface for create intention.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: createintention
        description: Create a payment intention.
        call: intentions-intentions.createintention
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: intentions-intentions-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Paymob Intentions.
    tools:
    - name: paymob-create-intention
      description: Create a Paymob payment intention.
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: intentions-intentions.createintention
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: paymob-retrieve-intention
      description: Retrieve a Paymob payment intention.
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: intentions-intentions.retrieveintention
      with:
        public_key: tools.public_key
        client_secret: tools.client_secret
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.