Authentication

The VTU Africa API uses API Key for Authentication.

Please use your APIKEY for authentication

Meter Verification

Base URL: https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api/merchant-verify/

Parameters: as specified in the parameters below:

SAMPLE CODE

$host="https://vtuafrica.com.ng/portal/api/merchant-verify/?apikey=1234&serviceName=Electricity&service=ibadan-electric&meterNo=1022101199113&metertype=prepaid ";
//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","customerNo":"765435","Service":"Ibandan Electricity",
	"MeterNumber":"1022101199113","MeterType":"prepaid","Address":"Some where in Africa",
	"Variation_Code":"ibadan-electric","message":"Verification Successful"
    }
}

Electricity Companies and their service Codes