Airtime Share API Integration
Airtime Share API Integration
This section contains your RESTful API for Airtime Share API integration.
Airtime Share API Integration
Airtime Share API Integration
This section contains your RESTful API for Airtime Share API integration.
The VTU Africa API uses API Key for Authentication.
Please use your APIKEY for authentication
Live URL: https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api/airtimeshare/
Sandbox: https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api-test/airtimeshare/
Parameters: as specified in the parameters below:
| PARAMETERS | Required/Optional | TYPE | DESCRIPTION |
| apikey | R | String | The USER API key created at https://vtuafrica.com.ng. |
| network | R | String | Network as specified. These includes, mtn, airtel, glo, 9mobile |
| phone | R | Number | The phone number to receive the airtime |
| amount | R | Number | The amount you wish to recharge |
| ref | R | String | This is a unique reference with which you can use to execute and query the transaction. |
SAMPLE CODE
$sandbox = "https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api-test/airtimeshare/?apikey=1234&network=mtn&phone=0803992222&amount=100&ref=8284666332234"; $host = "https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api/airtimeshare/?apikey=1234&network=mtn&phone=0803992222&amount=100&ref=8284666332234"; //Initialize cURL. $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $host); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true); $data = curl_exec($ch); //Close the cURL handle. curl_close($ch); $result = json_decode($data);
EXPECTED RESPONSE
{"code":101,
"description":{"Status":"Completed",
"ProductName"=>"MTN Airtime Share",
"amount":"100","Amount_Charged"=>"95",
"Previous_Balance"=>"1000","Current_Balance"=>"905",
"MobileNumber"=>"0803992222","ReferenceID"=>"884666332234",
"message"=>"Recharge Successful"
"transaction_date":"1 August 2025, 02:09 AM"}}