Create Subaccount

Create a new subaccount on your Terraswitch account.

POST {{ BASE_URL }}/v1/corporate/subaccount

Body Parameters

Property	Data Type	Description	Example	Required
name	string	The name of the subaccount	"Corporate NATS"	Yes
description	string	Your description for the subaccount	"This is a business partner"	No
accountNo	string	The recipient bank account number to settle money to.	"0125318431"	Yes
bankCode	string	The bank sort code for the account number provided. Use the List Banks endpoint.	"035"	Yes
email	string	The contact email for the subaccount	"[email protected]"	Yes
phoneNumber	string	The 11-digit phone number for the subaccount	"08137031202"	Yes
phoneCode	string	The dial country code for the phone number provided. Defaulted to "+234"	"+234"	Yes
split	object	The defined object to hold payment split data.	N/A	Yes
split.type	string	Type of split. This can either be percentage or flat	"percentage"	Yes
split.value	number	The value of the split. For percentage, range is between 1 - 100 and it cannot be more than 100.	10.05	Yes

Node.js

import Axios from 'axios';

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

// define request body
const data = {
    name: "Corporate NATS", 
    description: "Corporate NATS subaccount for Terraswitch", 
    accountNo: "0125318431", 
    bankCode: "035", 
    email: "[email protected]", 
    phoneCode: "+234", 
    phoneNumber: "08137031202", 
    split: {
        type: "percentage",
        value: 10.05
    }
}

// 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