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Paystack Dedicated Virtual Account API

The Dedicated Virtual Account API from Paystack — 4 operation(s) for dedicated virtual account.

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Operations 6

POST /dedicated_account Create Dedicated Account #

GET /dedicated_account List Dedicated Accounts #

GET /dedicated_account/{account_id} Fetch Dedicated Account #

DELETE /dedicated_account/{account_id} Deactivate Dedicated Account #

GET /dedicated_account/available_providers Fetch Bank Providers #

POST /dedicated_account/split Split Dedicated Account Transaction #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Paystack Accept Payments Balance Dedicated Virtual Account API
  description: Initialize, verify, charge, and manage one-time card, bank, USSD, mobile money, and QR payments. The core API for accepting payments through Paystack across Africa.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Paystack Support
    url: https://support.paystack.com
    email: support@paystack.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.paystack.co
  description: Base API endpoint
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Dedicated Virtual Account
paths:
  /dedicated_account:
    post:
      tags:
      - Dedicated Virtual Account
      summary: Create Dedicated Account
      operationId: dedicatedAccount_create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1dedicated_account/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - customer
              properties:
                customer:
                  description: Customer ID or code
                  type: string
                preferred_bank:
                  description: The bank slug for preferred bank. To get a list of available banks, use the List Providers endpoint
                  type: string
                subaccount:
                  description: Subaccount code of the account you want to split the transaction with
                  type: string
                split_code:
                  description: Split code consisting of the lists of accounts you want to split the transaction with
                  type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    get:
      tags:
      - Dedicated Virtual Account
      summary: List Dedicated Accounts
      operationId: dedicatedAccount_list
      parameters:
      - name: account_number
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: customer
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: active
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: currency
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: provider_slug
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: bank_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: perPage
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /dedicated_account/{account_id}:
    parameters:
    - name: account_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - Dedicated Virtual Account
      summary: Fetch Dedicated Account
      operationId: dedicatedAccount_fetch
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    delete:
      tags:
      - Dedicated Virtual Account
      summary: Deactivate Dedicated Account
      operationId: dedicatedAccount_deactivate
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /dedicated_account/available_providers:
    get:
      tags:
      - Dedicated Virtual Account
      summary: Fetch Bank Providers
      operationId: dedicatedAccount_availableProviders
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /dedicated_account/split:
    post:
      tags:
      - Dedicated Virtual Account
      summary: Split Dedicated Account Transaction
      operationId: dedicatedAccount_addSplit
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1dedicated_account~1split/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - account_number
              properties:
                account_number:
                  description: Valid Dedicated virtual account
                  type: string
                subaccount:
                  description: Subaccount code of the account you want to split the transaction with
                  type: string
                split_code:
                  description: Split code consisting of the lists of accounts you want to split the transaction with
                  type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

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