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# Payment profiles

> Manage payment methods centrally with Dintero payment profiles in Backoffice so you can add or change methods without redeploying integration code.

A payment profile is a named payment configuration stored on your Dintero account. Instead of listing every payment method in each session request, you reference the profile by its `profile_id`, and the checkout uses the payment methods configured on the profile.

The main benefit is that the payment configuration lives in [Dintero Backoffice], not in your code. You can enable a new payment method, change the order methods are displayed in, or adjust the checkout theme without changing or redeploying your integration.

## Creating a payment profile

Every new account has a `default` payment profile. To create additional profiles, go to [Dintero Backoffice] → **Settings** → **Payment profiles**.

Multiple profiles are useful when different parts of your business need different payment setups, for example one profile for your web shop and another for in-store payments, or separate profiles for different markets.

## Creating a session with a payment profile

Create the session with a POST request to `https://checkout.dintero.com/v1/sessions-profile`, referencing the profile in `profile_id`.

See the [create session from profile] endpoint for all available fields.

```json lines highlight={22} theme={null}
{
  "url": {
    "return_url": "https://example.com/return",
    "callback_url": "https://example.com/callback"
  },
  "order": {
    "amount": 29990,
    "currency": "NOK",
    "merchant_reference": "merchants_order_number",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "chair-1",
        "line_id": "1",
        "description": "Stablestol",
        "quantity": 1,
        "amount": 29990,
        "vat_amount": 6000,
        "vat": 25
      }
    ]
  },
  "profile_id": "default"
}
```

The response contains the session ID and the URL where the customer completes the payment:

```json theme={null}
{
  "id": "{session_id}",
  "url": "https://checkout.api.dintero.com/v1/view/{session_id}/"
}
```

## Sessions without a payment profile

It is also possible to create sessions where the full payment configuration is included in the request, using the [create session] endpoint. We recommend using payment profiles instead, since they let you add new payment methods without changing any code.

[Dintero Backoffice]: https://backoffice.dintero.com

[create session from profile]: /api-reference/session/checkout_session_profile_post

[create session]: /checkout-api/session/checkout_session_post