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POST
/
v1
/
bill
/
data
Vend data bundles via parent account
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.nomba.com/v1/bill/data \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'accountId: <accountid>' \
  --data '
{
  "amount": 200,
  "phoneNumber": "08055441122",
  "network": "GLO",
  "merchantTxRef": "3bvwhibh38220dsjakTwvb",
  "senderName": "John Doe"
}
'
{
  "code": "00",
  "description": "Success",
  "data": {
    "amount": 200,
    "timeCreated": "2023-09-04T07:09:06.900Z",
    "type": "topup",
    "status": "Processing",
    "meta": {
      "merchantTxRef": "test1116",
      "rrn": "240626232937"
    }
  }
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.nomba.com/llms.txt

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Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Nomba authenticates API calls with OAuth2 HTTP bearer tokens. There are two methods of authentication; Client-Credentials method and PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) method. In each of the methods, You will get an ACCESS_TOKEN. You need to use an "Authorization" HTTP header to provide your ACCESS_TOKEN. For example: Authorization: {ACCESS_TOKEN}.

Headers

​
accountId
string<uuid>
required

The parent accountId of the business.

Example:

"890022ce-bae0-45c1-9b9d-ee7872e6ca27"

Body

application/json

The request payload required to vend data bundles

​
amount
number<double>
required

The data amount to be vended

Example:

200

​
phoneNumber
string
required

Recipient phone number

Required string length: 11 - 13
Example:

"08055441122"

​
network
enum<string>
required

Recipient network (telco). It can also come as lowercased values e.g. glo, mtn etc.

Available options:
GLO,
MTN,
9MOBILE,
AIRTEL
Minimum string length: 3
Example:

"GLO"

​
merchantTxRef
string
required

Merchant Transaction Identifier reference (Unique to merchant)

Example:

"3bvwhibh38220dsjakTwvb"

​
senderName
string

A name to describe the sender of the data

Example:

"John Doe"

Response

OK - your request was successful.

​
code
string
required

Response Code

Example:

"00"

​
description
string
required

Response description

Example:

"Success"

​
data
object
required