Request access to restricted features via the Meow API

Prerequisites

A Meow account
An API key with the feature-access:write permission to request access, and feature-access:read to check status

Understanding Restricted Features

Some features are turned off until our team reviews your business for them. Instead of failing a call, you request access to the feature and we review the details you send. Today the API exposes one requestable feature:

Feature	Value
International payments	`international_payments`

You send the eligibility details for the feature, we notify the team that reviews them, and the request moves through these statuses:

Status	Meaning
`pending`	Awaiting review
`approved`	The feature is enabled for your account
`rejected`	The request was declined

Eligible businesses may be approved right away. Requesting a feature you have already requested returns its current status instead of opening a duplicate.

Requesting Access to International Payments

Step 1: Prepare Your Eligibility Details

International payments needs an eligibility questionnaire so the team can review your request. Gather:

Your expected monthly volume and number of payments
What you will use international payments for
The destination countries you plan to send to

Step 2: Request Access

curl -X POST "https://api.meow.com/v1/feature-access/requests" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "feature": "international_payments",
    "eligibility": {
      "monthly_volume": "from_25k_to_100k",
      "monthly_payment_count": "from_11_to_20",
      "purposes": ["supplier_payments"],
      "countries_served": ["GB", "DE", "KE"]
    }
  }'

The eligibility fields accept these values:

Field	Values
`monthly_volume`	`less_than_10k`, `from_10k_to_25k`, `from_25k_to_100k`, `from_100k_to_500k`, `over_500k`
`monthly_payment_count`	`ten_or_fewer`, `from_11_to_20`, `from_21_to_30`, `from_31_to_40`, `over_40`
`purposes`	Any of `supplier_payments`, `payroll`, `customer_refunds`, `other`
`other_purpose`	Free text describing your use when `purposes` includes `other`
`countries_served`	One or more destination countries as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes

Include other in purposes and describe it in other_purpose when none of the listed purposes fit. List every country you expect to pay in countries_served, since it drives the eligibility review.

Step 3: Review the Response

A successful response returns the feature and where the request stands:

{
  "feature": "international_payments",
  "status": "pending"
}

If your business is already eligible, status comes back as approved and the feature is enabled. Otherwise it stays pending until the review completes.

Checking the Status of Your Requests

List your feature access requests to see where each one stands:

curl -X GET "https://api.meow.com/v1/feature-access/requests" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "feature": "international_payments",
      "status": "pending"
    }
  ]
}

Poll this endpoint until the feature you requested reports approved, then start using it.

Get Started

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Tutorials

Request access to restricted features via the Meow API

Prerequisites

Understanding Restricted Features

Requesting Access to International Payments

Step 1: Prepare Your Eligibility Details

Step 2: Request Access

Step 3: Review the Response

Checking the Status of Your Requests

​Prerequisites

​Understanding Restricted Features

​Requesting Access to International Payments

​Step 1: Prepare Your Eligibility Details

​Step 2: Request Access

​Step 3: Review the Response

​Checking the Status of Your Requests

Prerequisites

Understanding Restricted Features

Requesting Access to International Payments

Step 1: Prepare Your Eligibility Details

Step 2: Request Access

Step 3: Review the Response

Checking the Status of Your Requests