Quick start
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.. note::

   This quick start uses Python. If you are using a different programming
   language, please see the :doc:`full documentation </platform/intro/signing_urls>`
   for information on how to generate LaterPay links.

The easiest way to create a reliable user experience on your website is to
prepare paid links for your content server-side and then offer them to users.

For example: Using LaterPay's Python client, selling an article with the
unique ID "1000" for 0.99 EUR, would work like this:

Python
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.. code-block:: python

    # This example uses the official LaterPay Python client library from pypi.
    # You can find it here: https://github.com/laterpay/laterpay-client-python
    # To get started quickly, run:
    # $ virtualenv example
    # $ example/bin/pip install laterpay-client
    # $ example/bin/python
    #
    from laterpay import LaterPayClient, ItemDefinition

    # get us a LaterPay client
    lpc = LaterPayClient("your merchant-id", "your API key")

    i  = ItemDefinition(item_id="1000",
                        pricing="EUR99",
                        url="http://example.com/your-article-1000/",
                        title="Example Article 1000")

    # Creates a Dialog URL, which can be used to purchase the item.
    url = lpc.get_add_url(i)


HTML
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.. code-block:: html

    <a href="{{ url }}">Read on for 0.99 EUR and pay later</a>

Please see the :doc:`interface guide </platform/interface_guide>` for more
information on how to style HTML links and buttons.