Pay TV

With this service, the calling app can make a payment for a TV service on behalf of a customer, using authorization details supplied by the customer as well as the details of the biller to be paid. Apps will collect authorisation details and forward to OnePipe to execute a debit, OnePipe will in turn forward to the provider’s dedicated implementation.

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Commercial model

  • Option 1: Providers will pay the commissions due 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

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

  1. App [optionally] calls /transact/options to get a list of products available by the provider for the biller

  2. App calls /transact with the right auth details

  3. Provider responds with WaitingForOTP or PendingValidation as may be required

  4. App calls /transact/validate to supply OTP if needed

  5. Provider responds with any of the completion codes Successful or Failed.

  6. To query the status of a transaction, the app can call /transact/query

  7. Where the provider supports it, the app can call /transact/reverse to request a reversal

 

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 } } }

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" } } }

 

Acceptable values for auth.type

Type

Description

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

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 response.message will contain the prompt.

OptionsDelivered

To determine that options have been delivered on the first call. This should be the response of /transact/options

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

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 /transact/options call which should be passed back in a transact to help link an inquiry with the actual payment

String.

 

Supported Billers

Biller Name

Onepipe Biller Id

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

 

Interface specification - (OnePipe → Provider)

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