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POST
/
v1
/
global-collection
/
inflow
/
initiate
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-collection/inflow/initiate \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'accountId: <accountid>' \
  --data '
{
  "phoneNumber": "0980802xxx",
  "callbackUrl": "https://your-server.com/webhook/collection",
  "amount": 10,
  "currency": "CDF",
  "topupVendor": "AIRTEL",
  "idempotencyKey": "a8f3d2c1-5b9e-4f7a-b2d6-1c8e3f5a9d0b"
}
'
{
  "code": "00",
  "description": "Successful",
  "data": {
    "transactionReference": "a822e327-4bcd-40ec-ac61-ed3622eac000",
    "status": "PENDING",
    "message": "success",
    "idempotencyKey": "a8f3d2c1-5b9e-4f7a-b2d6-1c8e3f5a9d0b"
  }
}

Headers

​
Authorization
string
required

Bearer token for authentication.

Example:

"Bearer <token>"

​
accountId
string
required

The parent accountId of the business.

Example:

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

Body

application/json
​
phoneNumber
string
required
Example:

"0980802xxx"

​
callbackUrl
string
required
Example:

"https://your-server.com/webhook/collection"

​
amount
number
required
Example:

10

​
currency
string
required
Example:

"CDF"

​
topupVendor
string
required

Mobile money network provider (e.g. AIRTEL, MPESA).

Example:

"AIRTEL"

​
idempotencyKey
string

A client-generated key used to safely retry the request without risk of duplicate charges. If not provided, the server generates one automatically and returns it in the response.

Example:

"a8f3d2c1-5b9e-4f7a-b2d6-1c8e3f5a9d0b"

Response

200 - application/json

Inflow initiated successfully.

​
code
string
Example:

"00"

​
description
string
Example:

"Successful"

​
data
object