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POST
/
billing
/
v1
/
disbursements
Request a Disbursement
curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox-api.payfonte.com/billing/v1/disbursements \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'client-id: <api-key>' \
  --header 'client-secret: <api-key>' \
  --data '{
  "reference": "<string>",
  "transferRecipientId": "6659692f019f6a143f7f90db",
  "amount": 100000,
  "narration": "Transfer of 100",
  "pin": "<string>",
  "webhookURL": "https://example.com/webhook"
}'
{
  "data": {
    "reference": "<string>",
    "amount": 100000,
    "amountPayable": 100000,
    "provider": "provider-slug",
    "currency": "USD, NGN, XOF, XAF",
    "country": "US, NG, CI, SN, CA, UK",
    "status": "processing"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
client-id
string
header
required
​
client-secret
string
header
required

Body

application/json

Request a Disbursement

​
transferRecipientId
string
required

id of a transfer recipient gotten from the response of TransferRecipient Call

Examples:

"6659692f019f6a143f7f90db"

​
amount
integer
required

Amount should be in the subunit of the supported currency i.e value * 100

Examples:

100000

​
reference
string

A reference code you'll generate to identify this transaction. This must be unique for every transaction. If you don't pass one, we will generate one for you.

​
narration
string
Examples:

"Transfer of 100"

​
pin
string

This is your disbursement pin. This is a form of disbursement authorization. Alternative is an Authorization URL

​
webhookURL
string<uri>

This is a URL, if this is passed we will send the event webhook payload to this endpoint. Use this to override the webhook url provided on the dashboard for this transaction. Read more on Webhooks

Examples:

"https://example.com/webhook"

Response

201 - application/json

Request for Disbursement Successful

​
data
object