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POST
/
deposits
Request deposit
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.sandbox.pawapay.io/deposits \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "depositId": "<INSERT_UUID_FOR_DEPOSIT>",
  "amount": "15",
  "currency": "ZMW",
  "country": "ZMB",
  "correspondent": "MTN_MOMO_ZMB",
  "payer": {
    "type": "MSISDN",
    "address": {
      "value": "260763456789"
    }
  },
  "customerTimestamp": "2020-02-21T17:32:28Z",
  "statementDescription": "Note of 4 to 22 chars",
  "preAuthorisationCode": "<string>",
  "metadata": [
    {
      "fieldName": "orderId",
      "fieldValue": "ORD-123456789"
    },
    {
      "fieldName": "customerId",
      "fieldValue": "customer@email.com",
      "isPII": true
    }
  ]
}'
{
  "depositId": "f4401bd2-1568-4140-bf2d-eb77d2b2b639",
  "status": "ACCEPTED",
  "created": "2020-10-19T11:17:01Z"
}
Deposits operation allows you to initiate a deposit for asynchronous processing.

Learn more!

See what the deposit flow looks like with pawaPay and for your customers.
  • This API call is idempotent, which means it is safe to submit a request with the same depositId multiple times.
  • Duplicate requests with the same depositId will be ignored with the DUPLICATE_IGNORED status in the response.
  • Since the request can rejected, you must check the status code in the response for each submitted request. The rejectionReason in the response will contain information about the reason of the rejection.
Each request can get one of the statuses on initiation:
StatusDescription
ACCEPTEDYesThe deposit request has been accepted by pawaPay for processing.
REJECTEDNoThe deposit request has been rejected. See rejectionReason for details.
DUPLICATE_IGNOREDNoThe deposit request has been ignored as a duplicate of an already accepted deposit request. Duplication logic relies upon depositId.

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How to find out the final status of this deposit?

As the pawaPay Merchant API is an asynchronous API, you can find out the final status of the ACCEPTED deposit by either:

Waiting for a callback

If you have configured callbacks, just wait for it.

Checking the status

Or poll the Check Deposit Status endpoint.
Headers related to signatures must only be included if you have enabled “Only accept signed requests”. Read more about it from the pawaPay Dashboard documentation.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Headers

​
Content-Digest
string<string>
​
Signature
string<string>
​
Signature-Input
string<string>
​
Accept-Signature
string<string>
​
Accept-Digest
string<string>

Body

application/json
​
depositId
string<uuid>
required
Required string length: 36
Example:
​
amount
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 23
Example:
​
currency
string
required
Example:
​
correspondent
string
required
Example:
​
payer
object
required
​
customerTimestamp
string<date-time>
required
Example:
​
statementDescription
string
required
Required string length: 4 - 22
Example:
​
country
string
Example:
​
preAuthorisationCode
string
Required string length: 1 - 36
​
metadata
object[]
Example:

Response

​
depositId
string<uuid>
required
Required string length: 36
Example:
​
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
ACCEPTED,
REJECTED,
DUPLICATE_IGNORED
​
created
string<date-time>
Example:
​
rejectionReason
object