Cable TV Verification API Integration
Cable TV Verification API Integration
This section contains your RESTful API for SmartCard Number Verification API integration..
Cable TV Verification API Integration
Cable TV Verification API Integration
This section contains your RESTful API for SmartCard Number Verification API integration..
The VTU Africa API uses API Key for Authentication.
Please use your APIKEY for authentication
Base URL: https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api/merchant-verify/
Parameters: as specified in the parameters below:
| PARAMETERS | Required/Optional | TYPE | DESCRIPTION |
| apikey | R | String | The reseller gateway API key created at vtuafrica.com.ng |
| serviceName | R | String | This is the Name of the service you are verifiying. In this case it is: CableTV |
| service | R | String | Service as specified. These includes, dstv, gotv, startimes, showmax |
| smartNo | R | Number | The smartcard or IUC number to make the subscription on | variation | R | String | This is the Subscription Plan. Example: startimes_nova, gotv_jinja, dstv_padi, etc. Click Here To View All. |
SAMPLE CODE
$host ="https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api/merchant-verify/?apikey=1234&serviceName=CableTV&service=gotv&smartNo=10022123&variation=gotv_max"; //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); $response = json_decode($data);
EXPECTED RESPONSE
{"code":101,
"description":{"Status":"Completed","Customer":"Chukwu Emeka","Service":"gotv","SmartNo":"100221233",
"Current_Bouquet":"Gotv Max","Current_Status":"Open","Due_Date":"1 August 2025, 02:07 AM",
"CustomerNumber":"888888","Address":","message":"Verification Successful"} }
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