Create a charge

Create a charge

POST /charges

card

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/charges \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "tx_ref": "YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE",
  "amount": 100,
  "currency": "NGN",
  "card_number": "5531886652142950",
  "expiry_month": "09",
  "expiry_year": "32",
  "cvv": "564",
  "redirect_url": "https://www.google.com",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "meta": {
    "extraData": "Some data I want to access later"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/charges"

payload = {
    "tx_ref": "YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE",
    "amount": 100,
    "currency": "NGN",
    "card_number": "5531886652142950",
    "expiry_month": "09",
    "expiry_year": "32",
    "cvv": "564",
    "redirect_url": "https://www.google.com",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "meta": { "extraData": "Some data I want to access later" }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    tx_ref: 'YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE',
    amount: 100,
    currency: 'NGN',
    card_number: '5531886652142950',
    expiry_month: '09',
    expiry_year: '32',
    cvv: '564',
    redirect_url: 'https://www.google.com',
    email: '[e-mail]',
    meta: {extraData: 'Some data I want to access later'}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/charges', 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/charges",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'tx_ref' => 'YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE',
    'amount' => 100,
    'currency' => 'NGN',
    'card_number' => '5531886652142950',
    'expiry_month' => '09',
    'expiry_year' => '32',
    'cvv' => '564',
    'redirect_url' => 'https://www.google.com',
    'email' => '[e-mail]',
    'meta' => [
        'extraData' => 'Some data I want to access later'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/charges"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"tx_ref\": \"YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE\",\n  \"amount\": 100,\n  \"currency\": \"NGN\",\n  \"card_number\": \"5531886652142950\",\n  \"expiry_month\": \"09\",\n  \"expiry_year\": \"32\",\n  \"cvv\": \"564\",\n  \"redirect_url\": \"https://www.google.com\",\n  \"email\": \"[e-mail]\",\n  \"meta\": {\n    \"extraData\": \"Some data I want to access later\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/charges")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"tx_ref\": \"YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE\",\n  \"amount\": 100,\n  \"currency\": \"NGN\",\n  \"card_number\": \"5531886652142950\",\n  \"expiry_month\": \"09\",\n  \"expiry_year\": \"32\",\n  \"cvv\": \"564\",\n  \"redirect_url\": \"https://www.google.com\",\n  \"email\": \"[e-mail]\",\n  \"meta\": {\n    \"extraData\": \"Some data I want to access later\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/charges")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"tx_ref\": \"YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE\",\n  \"amount\": 100,\n  \"currency\": \"NGN\",\n  \"card_number\": \"5531886652142950\",\n  \"expiry_month\": \"09\",\n  \"expiry_year\": \"32\",\n  \"cvv\": \"564\",\n  \"redirect_url\": \"https://www.google.com\",\n  \"email\": \"[e-mail]\",\n  \"meta\": {\n    \"extraData\": \"Some data I want to access later\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Successful",
  "data": {
    "id": 4973065,
    "tx_ref": "YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE",
    "flw_ref": "FLW-MOCK-2477a2b9d7845b31976cd50c0af890f1",
    "device_fingerprint": "N/A",
    "amount": 100,
    "charged_amount": 100,
    "app_fee": 1.4,
    "merchant_fee": 0,
    "processor_response": "Please enter the OTP sent to your mobile number 080****** and email te**@rave**.com",
    "auth_model": "NOAUTH",
    "currency": "NGN",
    "ip": "52.209.154.143",
    "narration": "CARD Transaction ",
    "status": "successful",
    "auth_url": "https://ravesandboxapi.flutterwave.com/mockvbvpage?ref=FLW-MOCK-2477a2b9d7845b31976cd50c0af890f1&code=00&message=Approved.%20Successful&receiptno=RN1710749806478",
    "payment_type": "card",
    "plan": null,
    "fraud_status": "ok",
    "charge_type": "normal",
    "created_at": "2024-03-18T08:16:46.000Z",
    "account_id": 20937,
    "customer": {
      "id": 2373734,
      "phone_number": null,
      "name": "Anonymous customer",
      "email": "[e-mail]",
      "created_at": "2024-03-18T08:16:46.000Z"
    },
    "card": {
      "first_6digits": "553188",
      "last_4digits": "2950",
      "issuer": "MASTERCARD  CREDIT",
      "country": "NG",
      "type": "MASTERCARD",
      "expiry": "09/32"
    }
  }
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "BIN not Found",
  "data": null
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

type · string · required

Example:

"card"

Body

application/json

tx_ref · string · required

amount · integer<int32> · required

currency · string · required

card_number · string · required

expiry_month · string · required

expiry_year · string · required

cvv · string · required

redirect_url · string · required

email · string · required

meta · Meta · object · required

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "extraData": "Some data I want to access later"
}

Response

200

application/json; charset=utf-8

OK

status · string · required

message · string · required

data · Data · object · required

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "id": 4973065,
  "tx_ref": "YOUR_UNIQUE_REFERENCE",
  "flw_ref": "FLW-MOCK-2477a2b9d7845b31976cd50c0af890f1",
  "device_fingerprint": "N/A",
  "amount": 100,
  "charged_amount": 100,
  "app_fee": 1.4,
  "merchant_fee": 0,
  "processor_response": "Please enter the OTP sent to your mobile number 080****** and email te**@rave**.com",
  "auth_model": "NOAUTH",
  "currency": "NGN",
  "ip": "52.209.154.143",
  "narration": "CARD Transaction ",
  "status": "successful",
  "auth_url": "https://ravesandboxapi.flutterwave.com/mockvbvpage?ref=FLW-MOCK-2477a2b9d7845b31976cd50c0af890f1&code=00&message=Approved.%20Successful&receiptno=RN1710749806478",
  "payment_type": "card",
  "plan": null,
  "fraud_status": "ok",
  "charge_type": "normal",
  "created_at": "2024-03-18T08:16:46.000Z",
  "account_id": 20937,
  "customer": {
    "id": 2373734,
    "phone_number": null,
    "name": "Anonymous customer",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "created_at": "2024-03-18T08:16:46.000Z"
  },
  "card": {
    "first_6digits": "553188",
    "last_4digits": "2950",
    "issuer": "MASTERCARD  CREDIT",
    "country": "NG",
    "type": "MASTERCARD",
    "expiry": "09/32"
  }
}