Generic Service
With this service, the calling app can make bill payment calls.
Before you proceed: Please read this.
Commercial model
Option 1: Providers will pay the commissions due to the app directly to the app while OnePipe just charges a fee per API call.
Option 2: Providers send the due commission to OnePipe (via the host settlement account) for onward split with all parties.
Special configuration notes
All providers of this service should implement OTP, but support the configuration of otp_override
such that based on this configuration, they could be instructed to bypass the OTP requirement for an app if they support such configuration.
Settlement & fees model
Depending on the provider implementation, this service supports any or both of the 2 models.
Model | How it works |
---|---|
Commission | The provider surcharges the payer with an extra fee and pays a share of that surcharge to the app owner, OnePipe and Client |
Invoice | The client will invoice the calling app periodically for all calls to the endpoint. |
Process flows
Sequence of calls
App [optionally] calls
/transact/options
to get a list of products available by the provider for the billerApp calls
/transact
with the right auth detailsProvider responds with
WaitingForOTP
orPendingValidation
as may be requiredApp calls
/transact/validate
to supply OTP if neededProvider responds with any of the completion codes
Successful
orFailed
.To query the status of a transaction, the app can call
/transact/query
Where the provider supports it, the app can call
/transact/reverse
to request a reversal
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Interface specification - (App → OnePipe)
Please note that this services supports querying for options via a /transact/options
call to obtain values to put the actual /transaction
call.
Request (/transact or /transact/options)
{
"request_ref":"{{request-ref}}",
"request_type":"pay_tv",
"auth": {
"type": "bank.account | card | wallet | airtime | token",
"secure": "{{encrypted secure}}",
"auth_provider": "Beeceptor",
"route_mode":"provider | options | null"
},
"transaction": {
"mock_mode": "live",
"transaction_ref": "{{transaction-ref}}",
"transaction_desc": "A random transaction",
"transaction_ref_parent": "",
"amount": 10000,
"customer":{
"customer_ref": "{{customer_id}}", //the unique payment ref with the biller
"firstname": "Uju",
"surname": "Usmanu",
"email": "ujuusmanu@gmail.com",
"mobile_no": "234802343132"
},
"meta":{
"a_key":"a_meta_value_1",
"another_key":"a_meta_value_2"
},
"details": {
"biller_id": "{{code representing the biller}}",
"biller_item_id": "{{code representing the biller's specific product}}",
"order_reference": "101638163628490752",//can be null during the options call but mandatory during the /transact
}
}
}
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If biller_id
is not available, return all the list of Billers.
Response (/transact/options)
{
"status": "OptionsDelivered",
"message": "Transaction processed successfully",
"data": {
"provider_response_code": "00",
"provider": "Beeceptor",
"errors": null,
"error": null,
"provider_response": {
"products": [
{
"order_reference": "101638163628490752",
"biller_item_id": "101638163628490752",
"biller_item_code": "RAC01",
"biller_item_name": "DSTV Premium",
"biller_item_description": "This is DSTV Premium that is lovely",
"biller_item_image_url": "{{url to an image}}",
"biller_item_prompt": "Please neter your smartcard number",
"customer_name": "Kola Uju Abubakar Premium",
"biller_item_meta": {}
"amount": "500000",
"currency": "566",
"terms": "{{some HTML content}}",
"terms_url": "{{some url}}"
},
{
"order_reference": "101638163628490752",
"biller_item_id": "101638163628490752",
"biller_item_code": "RAC01",
"biller_item_name": "DSTV Premium",
"biller_item_description": "This is DSTV Premium that is lovely",
"biller_item_image_url": "{{url to an image}}",
"biller_item_prompt": "Please neter your smartcard number",
"customer_name": "Kola Uju Abubakar Premium",
"biller_item_meta": {}
"amount": "500000",
"currency": "566",
"terms": "{{some HTML content}}",
"terms_url": "{{some url}}"
}
],
"reference": "000022200225154318222333334432",
"meta":{
"field_key":"field_value",
"field_key":"field_value"
}
}
}
}
Response (/transact)
{
"status": "Successful",
"message": "Transaction processed successfully",
"data": {
"provider_response_code": "00",
"provider": "Beeceptor",
"errors": null,
"error": null,
"provider_response": {
"reference": "000022200225154318222333334432",
"payment_status": Successful | Failed | Processing",
"fulfillment_status": "Succesful | Failed | Processing",
"transaction_final_amount": 20000,//in kobo
"transaction_fee": 5000,//in kobo
"narration": "My narration"
}
}
}
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Acceptable values for auth.type
Type | Description |
---|---|
card | Takes card details for debit. |
bank.account | Takes bank account details for debit. |
voucher | Takes a voucher code for debit. |
airtime | Takes MSISDN and debits the airtime on it. |
wallet | Takes a wallet ID for debit. |
Possible response codes
For this service, these are the possible responses a client can receive
Response code | Meaning |
---|---|
Successful | Standard success code |
Failed | Standard failure code |
WaitingForOTP | To signify that this provider has requested an OTP from the customer and it should be supplied. |
PendingValidation | To signify that this provider needs some extra information to be provided. The |
OptionsDelivered | To determine that options have been delivered on the first call. This should be the response of |
Breakdown of the details object
For this service, the details object cannot be set to null
and needs to be one of those below
Field | Description | Possible values |
---|---|---|
biller_id | A unique code representing the biller | Varies. E.g. DSTV |
biller_item_id | A unique code representing the biller item being paid for | Varies. E.g. DSTV Premium |
order_reference | A unique reference issued to the app upon a | String. |
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Supported Billers
Biller Name | Onepipe Biller Id |
---|---|
DSTV | DSTV |
GOTV | GOTV |
LITV | Linda Ikeji TV |
Iroko TV | IrokoTV |
Kwese TV | KweseTV |
TSTV | TSTV |
StarTimes | Startimes |
Mytv | MYTV |
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Interface specification - (OnePipe → Provider)
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