Initialize Transaction

Create a collection link to collect payment by initialization

POST {{ BASE_URL }}/v1/corporate/initialize

Body Parameters

Property	Data Type	Description	Example	Required
type	string	The type of the transaction to be initialized. This can either be fixed or dynamic	"fixed"	Yes
currency	string	currency of the transaction. This can be NGN or USD. This defaults to NGN if not specified.	"NGN"	No
reuseable	boolean	Specify if payment url should be recurring ( i.e. re-useable ) or one-time. Defaults to false	true	No
amount	number	Amount of required for the payment link. This should be set if type is fixed	1000.99	Only if type is fixed
reference	string	A unique reference to identify transaction after successful payment. Note that this overrides reuseable property and it becomes false	"RVFGHYU3"
redirectUrl	string	Preferred payment link redirect url. Customers will be redirected to this link on payment success or failure.	"https://pay.terraswitching.com/verify"	No. Defaults to Terraswitch's url
message	string	Success message after a successful payment.	"Thank you for your payment"	No
description	string	Describe the payment link and its purpose.	"For donation"	No
subaccounts	array	An array of strings that holds subaccount codes if you plan to split the payment.	[ "VSA_6yhyzzkcHc" ]	No
customer	object	An object that hold the customer's (your user) details	{...}	No
customer.email	string	Email of the customer	"emmabidem@gmailcom"	Yes
customer.firstName	string	First name of the customer	"Oluwatobi"	Yes
customer.lastName	string	Last name of the customer	"Immanuel"	Yes
customer.phoneNumber	string	Phone number of the customer	"08137031202"	Yes
customer.phoneCode	string	Country code of the phone number for the customer. Use NGA +234	"+234"	No
metadata	Array of objects	Pass in any other additional information you want using the structure of the metadata object. Learn how to craft metadata here	[ {...} , {...} ]	No

Node.js

import Axios from 'axios';

// set the api url
const API_URL = `${BASE_URL}/v1/corporate/initialize`;

// define request body
const data = {
  type: "fixed",
  amount: 2000,
  description: "Please make your loan repayment",
  redirectUrl: "https://pay.terraswitching.com/verify",
  subaccounts: [],
  message: "Thank your for your payment",
  customer: {
    email: "[e-mail]",
    firstName: "Oluwatobi",
    lastName: "Immanuel",
    phoneNumber: "08137031202",
    phoneCode: "+234"
  }
}

// make request using axios
Axios({
    method: "POST",
    url: `${API_URL}`,
    headers: {
        lg: 'en',
        ch: 'web'
        Authorization: `Bearer ${API_KEY}`,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    data: data
}).then((resp) => {
    console.log(resp)
}).catch((err) => {
    console.log(err)
})

Response

{
  error: false,
  errors: [],
  data: {
    name: "Payment-Request-9DWI",
    slug: "tdrlevtnmazv",
    link: "https://staging-app.terraswitching.com/link/tdrlevtnmazv",
    qrcode: "https://storage.googleapis.com/concreap-buckets/qrcode-0c57a16d",
    redirectUrl: "https://pay.terraswitching.com/verify",
    feature: "request",
    type: "fixed",
    isEnabled: true,
    message: "Thank your for your payment",
    description: "Please make your loan repayment",
    amount: 2000,
    totalAmount: 0,
    createdAt: "2024-05-28T11:51:43.932Z",
    updatedAt: "2024-05-28T11:51:44.387Z",
    options: {
      card: true,
      transfer: true,
      bank: false,
      ussd: false,
      bankQR: false
    }
  },
  message: "successful",
  status: 200
}