PicPay

Introduction

PicPay uses a redirect-based payment flow. When a customer selects PicPay at checkout, they are redirected to dLocal's hosted page where a QR code is displayed. The customer scans the QR code using the PicPay app to authenticate and confirm payment, then is returned to your site upon completion.

PicPay is a single-use payment method where customers must authenticate each payment.

This guide explains the process of integrating PicPay into your app or website using Payrails.

Pre-requisites

Before you start accepting PicPay payments with Payrails, there are a few requirements you must meet:

1. Integrate with Payrails using one of our SDKs or our API
2. Configure a new integration account for PicPay via dLocal as a Payment Service Provider. If you do not have a dLocal integration already configured in your workspace, please follow the dLocal integration setup guide first.
3. Enable PicPay as a payment method in your dLocal integration configuration. In the Payrails portal, navigate to Settings → Integrations, select your dLocal integration instance, and enable the PicPay checkbox under Payment methods, then save the account.
4. Enable PicPay as a payment option in your workflow.
5. Make sure you're sending the PicPay-specific meta fields in your requests.

Ways to integrate PicPay

Payrails SDK

The simplest way to use PicPay with Payrails is to use our drop-in in your checkout flow. With this integration type, no additional work is required to accept payments with PicPay except for handling success/failure screens for your users.

For a more flexible implementation using our SDK, you can use our genericRedirectButton element. See special instructions here for your client-side implementation.

Server-to-server integration

You can integrate PicPay by completely managing your own client-side implementation, and using Payrails APIs with a server-to-server integration to process PicPay payments.

Parse PicPay from lookup response

With a server-to-server integration, you can call our lookup payment options endpoint to get available payment options. As shown in the example below, you can see picPay returned as an option of the paymentCompositionOptions.

{
  "name": "lookup",
  "actionId": "0bb6413e-cabb-4074-99e6-9e815c69f25b",
  "executedAt": "2026-03-26T12:00:00.000000000Z",
  "data": {
    "paymentCompositionOptions": [
      {
        "integrationType": "redirect",
        "paymentMethodCode": "picPay",
        "description": "PicPay"
      }
    ]
  },
  "links": {
    "execution": "https://api.payrails.io/merchant/workflows/payment-acceptance/executions/83c534ac-13b7-43e6-b04b-f3e8b4eb4424",
    "authorize": {
      "method": "POST",
      "href": "https://api.payrails.io/merchant/workflows/payment-acceptance/executions/83c534ac-13b7-43e6-b04b-f3e8b4eb4424/authorize"
    }
  }
}

Pass PicPay payment method in request to authorize payment with Payrails

You can then make a request to our authorize a payment endpoint with picPay as the paymentMethodCode. See an example below:

{
  "executionId": "c0fd1c51-e709-47e5-bfd1-5d1c98f7d990",
  "amount": {
    "value": "1500",
    "currency": "BRL"
  },
  "paymentComposition": [
    {
      "integrationType": "redirect",
      "paymentMethodCode": "picPay",
      "amount": {
        "value": "1500",
        "currency": "BRL"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "customer": {
      "name": "Pedro Gomes",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "identityCardNumber": "09996352986",
      "country": {
        "code": "BR"
      }
    }
  },
  "returnInfo": {
    "success": "https://mysuccessurl.com",
    "error": "https://myerrorurl.com"
  }
}

Note on amounts: BRL uses 2 decimal places. Amounts should be provided in the smallest currency unit — e.g., 1500 for R$15.00.

Response

Note: PicPay is a redirect-based, single-use payment method. After calling the authorize endpoint, the customer will be redirected to a hosted page displaying a QR code. The customer scans this with the PicPay app to confirm payment. Once confirmed, the customer will be redirected back to the returnInfo.success URL. Make sure to provide valid returnInfo URLs in your authorization request.

Handle the redirect response

After the customer completes the payment on PicPay's side, they will be redirected back to your success or error URL. You should then verify the payment status by checking the workflow execution status via the Payrails API or by listening to webhook notifications.

Supported currencies

PicPay via dLocal supports the following presentment currency:

• BRL — Brazilian Real

Supported regions / countries

Customer regions

PicPay is available to customers based in:

• Brazil 🇧🇷

Merchant regions

Merchants enabled for Brazil can accept PicPay payments via dLocal.

Supported workflows and services