Card Payments

Initiate Card Payment

Postman Collection

For more header and response codes descriptions expand the link below.

Initiate Card Payment.

POST https://api.chpter.co/v1/initiate/card-payment

Send a request and get a checkout url to complete the card payment.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Api-Key*	String	Your chpter Public Key
Content-Type	String	application/json

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
customer_details*	Object	Customer Details
full_name*	String	Customer Name
products*	List / Array	Product Details
location*	String	Customer Location
email*	String	Customer Email
phone_number*	String	Customer PhoneNumber
unit_price*	Float	Product Price
quantity*	Integer	Product Quantity
product_name*	String	Product Name
digital_link	String	Product Digital Link
amount*	Object	Object with Amount Details
discount_fee*	Float	Discount Fee
delivery_fee*	Float	Delivery Fee
currency*	String	Currency code (KES)
total*	Float	Total Amount to be paid
callback_details*	Object	Callback Object
transaction_reference*	String	Unique reference
callback_url*	String	Your callback URL
success_url*	String	Url to redirect on successful payment
failed_url*	String	Url to redirect on failed payment

200 Payment Initiated Successfully

{
    "message": "Successful",
    "success": true,
    "status": 200,
    "transaction_reference": "1234",
    "chpter_transaction_ref": "p-2RbNdXIKxfXC6SydcHe7Q8Lq7CF",
    "checkout_url": "https://checkout.paystack.com/cjdjfd****"
}

401 Unauthorized

500: Internal Server Error Failed request

400: Bad Request Bad request payload

Good to know: This API uses webhooks to notify you of the payment status through the callback url. The user will be redirected to the passed success url on successful payment and to the failed url on failed payment.

Quick view

Sample body and the respective response code.

Body

{
  "customer_details": {
   "full_name": "Albert Chela",
    "location": "Nairobi",
    "phone_number": "254700123123",
    "email": "[e-mail]"
  },
  "products": [
    {
      "product_name": "HoodEez",
      "quantity": 1,
      "unit_price": 1,
      "digital_link": "https://example.com/link"
    }
  ],
  "amount": {
    "currency": "KES",
    "delivery_fee": 0.00,
    "discount_fee": 0.00,
    "total": 100.00
  },
  "callback_details": {
    "transaction_reference": "1234",
    "success_url": "https://chpter.shop",
    "failed_url": "https://chpter.shop",
    "callback_url": "https://eozdpom307nca3.m.pipedream.net"
  }
}

200 Response

400 Response

401 Response

500 Response

Webhook / Callback Responses

Good to know: Use the Success key value on the response to check if the payment is successful or not.

Here are sample webhook/callback responses.

Successful Response

{
    "Message":"Successful",
    "Success": true,
    "Status": 200,
    "Amount": 100,
    "transaction_code": "fXC6SydcHe7Q8Lq7CF",
    "transaction_reference": "12345678901345644",
    
}

Failed Response