Pay Airtime

You can buy airtime through Payshiga’s API.

If you trigger a POST request, Payshiga will directly disburse it from your positive balance.

{{baseurl}}/bill-payment/airtime/pay

The API requires a number of request parameters.

Field	Data Type	Description
amount	Number `>=1`	Required. This specifies the amount of money to be loaded unto the target number. It must be a number greater than or equal to 1.
currency	String: Enum `NGN` `USD` `EUR` `GBP` `KES` `TZS` `GHS` `RWF` `XAF` `XOF` `ZAR` `UGX` `AUD` `CAD` `ETB` `EGP` `MAD` `MWK` `ZMW` `SLL` `MUR`	Required. This is the currency of the payment.
networkType	String: Enum `MTN` `GLO` `AIRTEL` `NINE_MOBILE`	Required. This is name of the target operator.
number	String	Required. 11 digits that is the target of the payment.
provider	String	Required. This is the name of the mobile network provider.
reference	String	Optional information you can attach to the transaction.

Your request should look like this.

{
  "currency": "NGN",
  "networkType": "MTN",
  "provider": "string",
  "number": "string",
  "amount": "string",
  "reference": "string"
}

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