Verify a transaction by Transaction reference
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'import requests
url = "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference"
headers = {
"Content-Type": "<content-type>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {'Content-Type': '<content-type>', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};
fetch('https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: <content-type>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "success",
"message": "Transaction fetched successfully",
"data": {
"id": 4975363,
"tx_ref": "1710840858755-RND_83",
"flw_ref": "0537565244201710840859363",
"device_fingerprint": "N/A",
"amount": 1000,
"currency": "NGN",
"charged_amount": 1000,
"app_fee": 14,
"merchant_fee": 0,
"processor_response": "success",
"auth_model": "AUTH",
"ip": "::ffff:172.16.47.200",
"narration": "FLUTTERWAVE V3 DOCS",
"status": "successful",
"payment_type": "bank_transfer",
"created_at": "2024-03-19T09:34:27.000Z",
"account_id": 118468,
"meta": {
"originatoraccountnumber": "123*******90",
"originatorname": "JOHN DOE",
"bankname": "Access Bank",
"originatoramount": "N/A"
},
"amount_settled": 986,
"customer": {
"id": 2374551,
"name": "Anonymous customer",
"phone_number": "08012345678",
"email": "Johndoe@gmail.com",
"created_at": "2024-03-19T09:34:18.000Z"
}
}
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "No transaction was found for this id",
"data": null
}Transactions
Verify a transaction by Transaction reference
Verify transactions using the transaction reference (tx_ref)
GET
/
transactions
/
verify_by_reference
Verify a transaction by Transaction reference
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'import requests
url = "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference"
headers = {
"Content-Type": "<content-type>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {'Content-Type': '<content-type>', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};
fetch('https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: <content-type>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/verify_by_reference")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "success",
"message": "Transaction fetched successfully",
"data": {
"id": 4975363,
"tx_ref": "1710840858755-RND_83",
"flw_ref": "0537565244201710840859363",
"device_fingerprint": "N/A",
"amount": 1000,
"currency": "NGN",
"charged_amount": 1000,
"app_fee": 14,
"merchant_fee": 0,
"processor_response": "success",
"auth_model": "AUTH",
"ip": "::ffff:172.16.47.200",
"narration": "FLUTTERWAVE V3 DOCS",
"status": "successful",
"payment_type": "bank_transfer",
"created_at": "2024-03-19T09:34:27.000Z",
"account_id": 118468,
"meta": {
"originatoraccountnumber": "123*******90",
"originatorname": "JOHN DOE",
"bankname": "Access Bank",
"originatoramount": "N/A"
},
"amount_settled": 986,
"customer": {
"id": 2374551,
"name": "Anonymous customer",
"phone_number": "08012345678",
"email": "Johndoe@gmail.com",
"created_at": "2024-03-19T09:34:18.000Z"
}
}
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "No transaction was found for this id",
"data": null
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Headers
Available options:
application/json Example:
"application/json"
Query Parameters
Example:
"1710840858755-RND_83"
Response
OK
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Example:
{
"id": 4975363,
"tx_ref": "1710840858755-RND_83",
"flw_ref": "0537565244201710840859363",
"device_fingerprint": "N/A",
"amount": 1000,
"currency": "NGN",
"charged_amount": 1000,
"app_fee": 14,
"merchant_fee": 0,
"processor_response": "success",
"auth_model": "AUTH",
"ip": "::ffff:172.16.47.200",
"narration": "FLUTTERWAVE V3 DOCS",
"status": "successful",
"payment_type": "bank_transfer",
"created_at": "2024-03-19T09:34:27.000Z",
"account_id": 118468,
"meta": {
"originatoraccountnumber": "123*******90",
"originatorname": "JOHN DOE",
"bankname": "Access Bank",
"originatoramount": "N/A"
},
"amount_settled": 986,
"customer": {
"id": 2374551,
"name": "Anonymous customer",
"phone_number": "08012345678",
"email": "Johndoe@gmail.com",
"created_at": "2024-03-19T09:34:18.000Z"
}
}
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