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Integrate multi-currency escrow, automated settlements, and AI fraud prevention into your application with our robust REST API.

// Initialize a Secure Escrow Transfer
curl -X POST https://api.payburse.com/v1/escrow \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pb_live_..." \
  -d title="MacBook Pro M3" \
  -d amount="1500000" 
// Node.js SDK Implementation
const payburse = require('payburse-sdk');
const client = new payburse.Client('pb_live_...');

const escrow = await client.escrows.create({
  title: 'MacBook Pro M3',
  amount: 1500000
});
// PHP SDK Implementation
$client = new \Payburse\Client('pb_live_...');

$escrow = $client->escrows->create([
  'title'  => 'MacBook Pro M3',
  'amount' => 1500000
]);
# Python SDK Implementation
import payburse
client = payburse.Client('pb_live_...')

escrow = client.escrows.create(
    title="MacBook Pro M3",
    amount=1500000
)
// Go implementation
package main
import "github.com/payburse/payburse-go"

func main() {
    client := payburse.NewClient("pb_live_...")
    escrow, _ := client.Escrows.Create(&payburse.EscrowParams{
        Title:  payburse.String("MacBook Pro M3"),
        Amount: payburse.Int64(1500000),
    })
}
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