> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://flutterwaveinc.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get a Bill Payment Status > Fetch the status of a bill purchase ## OpenAPI ````yaml get /bills/{reference} openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Flutterwave v3 description: >- The Flutterwave for Business(F4B) APIs collection for all v3 endpoints with pre-formatted requests and response examples. contact: {} version: '1.0' servers: - url: https://api.flutterwave.com/v3 variables: {} security: - bearer: [] tags: - name: Charges description: >- The charge APIs includes several payment collection methods to help you collect payments. - name: Tokenized Charges description: Tokenize your customers' cards with Flutterwave for faster payments - name: Preauthorization description: Manage preauth attemps on card transactions - name: Transactions description: Manage transactions, query statuses, logs and fees - name: Transfers description: Transfers to local and international customers - name: Beneficiaries description: Manage transfer beneficiaries - name: Virtual Cards description: Manage Flutterwave virtual cards - name: Virtual Account Numbers description: Manage virtual accounts - name: Collection Subaccounts description: Manage Collection Subaccounts - name: Payout Subaccounts description: Manage Payout Subaccounts - name: Subscriptions description: Manage user subscriptions - name: Payment Plans description: Manage Payment Plans - name: Bill Payments description: Manage Bill Payments - name: Banks description: Fetch Bank Information - name: Misc description: >- Verify user information like bank verification numbers, card bins, account information - name: Settlements description: Manage your settlements - name: Otps description: Create and manage one time passwords (OTPs) for your applications - name: Chargebacks description: Manage Chargebacks paths: /bills/{reference}: get: tags: - Bill Payments summary: Get a Bill Payment Status description: Fetch the status of a bill purchase operationId: GetaBillPaymentStatus parameters: - name: verbose in: query description: '' required: true style: form explode: true schema: type: integer format: int32 example: 1 - name: reference in: path description: '' required: true style: simple schema: type: string example: CF-FLYAPI-20240324091413750321 - name: Content-Type in: header description: '' required: true style: simple schema: enum: - application/json type: string example: application/json responses: '200': description: OK headers: Date: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:22:41 GMT Content-Length: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '498' Connection: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: keep-alive Server: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: nginx/1.24.0 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '*' Access-Control-Allow-Headers: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: >- Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization, v3-xapp-id, flw-auth-token, mra-auth-token, alt_mode_auth, mid, altmodeauth, cc-admin-token, x-flw-lang Access-Control-Allow-Methods: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: PUT, POST, GET, DELETE, OPTIONS ETag: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: W/"1f2-Nb0Sbx8e6fEHSJHfyb1kPw" Strict-Transport-Security: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload; always; content: application/json; charset=utf-8: schema: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetaBillPaymentStatus' - example: status: success message: Bill status fetch successful data: currency: NGN customer_id: '0025401100' frequency: One Time amount: '1800.00' fee: 100 product: DSTV Payment product_name: DSTV Payment commission: 10 transaction_date: '2024-03-24T09:14:13.373Z' customer_reference: d7a004b1-a581-4cd9-89ae-a1f093400 country: NG flw_ref: '247837898415' tx_ref: CF-FLYAPI-20240324091413750321 batch_id: 3408739 extra: null product_details: FLY-API-NG-DSTV Payment example: status: success message: Bill status fetch successful data: currency: NGN customer_id: '0025401100' frequency: One Time amount: '1800.00' fee: 100 product: DSTV Payment product_name: DSTV Payment commission: 10 transaction_date: '2024-03-24T09:14:13.373Z' customer_reference: d7a004b1-a581-4cd9-89ae-a1f093400 country: NG flw_ref: '247837898415' tx_ref: CF-FLYAPI-20240324091413750321 batch_id: 3408739 extra: null product_details: FLY-API-NG-DSTV Payment '400': description: Bad Request headers: Date: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:23:10 GMT Content-Length: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '64' Connection: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: keep-alive Server: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: nginx/1.24.0 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '*' Access-Control-Allow-Headers: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: >- Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization, v3-xapp-id, flw-auth-token, mra-auth-token, alt_mode_auth, mid, altmodeauth, cc-admin-token, x-flw-lang Access-Control-Allow-Methods: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: PUT, POST, GET, DELETE, OPTIONS ETag: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: W/"40-6WHHd91T02Px5ixyLI57gg" content: application/json; charset=utf-8: schema: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetaBillPaymentStatus-Errorresponse1' - example: status: error message: Transaction not found data: null example: status: error message: Transaction not found data: null deprecated: false components: schemas: GetaBillPaymentStatus: title: GetaBillPaymentStatus required: - status - message - data type: object properties: status: type: string message: type: string data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Data76' example: status: success message: Bill status fetch successful data: currency: NGN customer_id: '0025401100' frequency: One Time amount: '1800.00' fee: 100 product: DSTV Payment product_name: DSTV Payment commission: 10 transaction_date: '2024-03-24T09:14:13.373Z' customer_reference: d7a004b1-a581-4cd9-89ae-a1f093400 country: NG flw_ref: '247837898415' tx_ref: CF-FLYAPI-20240324091413750321 batch_id: 3408739 extra: null product_details: FLY-API-NG-DSTV Payment GetaBillPaymentStatus-Errorresponse1: title: GetaBillPaymentStatus-Errorresponse1 required: - status - message - data type: object properties: status: type: string message: type: string data: type: string nullable: true example: status: error message: Transaction not found data: null Data76: title: Data76 required: - currency - customer_id - frequency - amount - fee - product - product_name - commission - transaction_date - customer_reference - country - flw_ref - tx_ref - batch_id - extra - product_details type: object properties: currency: type: string customer_id: type: string frequency: type: string amount: type: string fee: type: integer format: int32 product: type: string product_name: type: string commission: type: integer format: int32 transaction_date: type: string customer_reference: type: string country: type: string flw_ref: type: string tx_ref: type: string batch_id: type: integer format: int32 extra: type: string nullable: true product_details: type: string example: currency: NGN customer_id: '0025401100' frequency: One Time amount: '1800.00' fee: 100 product: DSTV Payment product_name: DSTV Payment commission: 10 transaction_date: '2024-03-24T09:14:13.373Z' customer_reference: d7a004b1-a581-4cd9-89ae-a1f093400 country: NG flw_ref: '247837898415' tx_ref: CF-FLYAPI-20240324091413750321 batch_id: 3408739 extra: null product_details: FLY-API-NG-DSTV Payment securitySchemes: bearer: type: http scheme: bearer ````