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Best Practices to Ensure Fast API Response Times
By default, PayNearMe will return all payments related to an order in response to your API call. This results in lengthy responses as your orders accrue payments in our system. The following options reduce load times and bandwidth usage, helping to lower network costs.
Limiting Payment Listings
For the fastest responses, sending return_minimal_info=true ensures that PayNearMe will only return the pnm_order_identifier and the pnm_customer_identifier.
If you require more information in the response than that, but do not require payment history, sending return_no_pmts=true in your request will eliminate payment history entirely.
If you prefer to receive just the most recent payment, sending last_pmt_only=true in your request will limit the response to just the most recent payment.
Limiting Payment Method Listings
Use payment_methods_limit to limit the number of stored payment methods (accounts) returned within each payment method type (i.e., paypal, venmo, debit, gpay, ach, cash_app) in the response. This is useful for orders with many saved payment methods where returning all accounts would impact performance.