Welcome to the Electricity Verification API Sandbox Integration page. This guide will help you integrate our Sandbox Electricity Verification API into your system.
On Sandbox environment the meter number you are purchasing electricity token for must be 1111111111111 any other meter number that is not 1111111111111 the electricity token purchase request will fail.
curl -X POST https://sandbox.vtunaija.com.ng/api/billpayment/verify/ \
-H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"disco_name": "1",
"meter_number": "289645439"
}'
{
"Status": "successful",
"status": "success",
"api_response": "Meter Verification Name gotten successfully",
"id": "78977865523",
"ident": "78977865523",
"Customer_Name": "TESTMETER1",
"name": "TESTMETER1",
"Customer_Address": "ABULE - EGBA BU ABULE"
}
{
"Status": "failed",
"status": "fail",
"api_response": "Meter Name Verification Failed",
"id": "78977865523",
"ident": "78977865523"
}
disco_name: This field identifies the specific electricity service provider for which the user is making a bill payment. The *disco_name* field is represented by numbers such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc., corresponding to various electricity companies in Nigeria. For the full list of Vtunaija Electricity IDs and Plan IDs, refer to API Documentation Page 1.
meter_number: This field specifies the electricity meter number for which the user intends to make a bill payment. On Sandbox environment the meter number must be 1111111111111 any other meter number that is not 1111111111111 the electricity token purchase request will fail
MeterType: This indicates the type of meter the user is paying for and can be either "prepaid" or "postpaid." The field is optional; if omitted in the API request, our server will default the *MeterType* to "prepaid."
amount: This field specifies the amount the user wishes to pay for the electricity bill.