Send Airtime

Recharges or tops up the airtime credit on your customer's phone from the float in your airtime account. The customer gets an airtime topup SMS confirmation on their phone on recharge.

Once completed, it sends an Instant Transaction Notification or webhook event to your callback URL for you to process the transaction.

Endpoints

https://developer.lipisha.com/index.php/v2/api/send_airtime TEST

https://api.lipisha.com/v2/send_airtime LIVE

Request POST application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Example Request

curl "https://developer.lipisha.com/index.php/v2/api/send_airtime" \
  -X POST \
  --data-urlencode "api_key=3aa67677e86a38c03a860" \
  --data-urlencode "api_signature=SYetmwsNnb5bwaZRyeQKhZNNkCoEx+5x=" \
  --data-urlencode "account_number=00600" \
  --data-urlencode "mobile_number=254712345678" \
  --data-urlencode "amount=100" \
  --data-urlencode "currency=KES" \
  --data-urlencode "reference=TOPUP000001"

Response application/json

Example Response

{
  "status": {
    "status_code": "0000",
    "status_description": "Payout Submitted",
    "status": "SUCCESS"
  },
  "content": {
    "transaction": "ABC12345QR",
    "account_number": "00600",
    "mobile_number": "254712345678",
    "amount": "100",
    "currency": "KES",
    "reference": "TOPUP000001"
  }
}