Interswitch · Arazzo Workflow

Interswitch Airtime Recharge

Version 1.0.0

Discover an airtime telco, pick a denomination, and recharge a phone number.

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Provider

interswitch

Workflows

recharge-airtime
List telcos, resolve a denomination, and top up a phone number.
Reads the airtime billers, fetches the denominations for the selected telco, and submits a recharge advice for the recipient.
3 steps inputs: accessToken, amount, billerId, customerEmail, customerMobile, paymentCode, recipientPhone, requestReference outputs: responseCode, transactionRef
1
listTelcos
List the airtime billers under category 4 (MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile).
2
listDenominations
Read the supported denominations for the selected telco to confirm the paymentCode being charged.
3
recharge
Submit the recharge advice. The recipient phone number is supplied as customerId per the airtime advice contract.

Source API Descriptions

Arazzo Workflow Specification

Raw ↑
arazzo: 1.0.1
info:
  title: Interswitch Airtime Recharge
  summary: Discover an airtime telco, pick a denomination, and recharge a phone number.
  description: >-
    Direct virtual top-up flow for MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile. The workflow
    lists the airtime billers under category 4, reads the supported
    denominations for the chosen telco to resolve a paymentCode, and then submits
    the recharge advice for the recipient phone number. Each step inlines its
    request and outputs so the flow is fully self-describing.
  version: 1.0.0
sourceDescriptions:
- name: airtimeApi
  url: ../openapi/interswitch-airtime-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
workflows:
- workflowId: recharge-airtime
  summary: List telcos, resolve a denomination, and top up a phone number.
  description: >-
    Reads the airtime billers, fetches the denominations for the selected telco,
    and submits a recharge advice for the recipient.
  inputs:
    type: object
    required:
    - accessToken
    - billerId
    - paymentCode
    - recipientPhone
    - customerEmail
    - customerMobile
    - amount
    - requestReference
    properties:
      accessToken:
        type: string
        description: Bearer access token from the Passport OAuth token endpoint.
      billerId:
        type: integer
        description: The airtime telco biller id (under category 4).
      paymentCode:
        type: string
        description: The denomination payment code to charge (from the telco's payment items).
      recipientPhone:
        type: string
        description: Recipient mobile number in international format (sent as customerId).
      customerEmail:
        type: string
        description: Purchaser email for the receipt.
      customerMobile:
        type: string
        description: Purchaser mobile number.
      amount:
        type: integer
        description: Recharge amount in minor currency units.
      requestReference:
        type: string
        description: Unique merchant request reference.
  steps:
  - stepId: listTelcos
    description: List the airtime billers under category 4 (MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile).
    operationId: listAirtimeTelcos
    parameters:
    - name: Authorization
      in: header
      value: Bearer $inputs.accessToken
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      telcos: $response.body
  - stepId: listDenominations
    description: >-
      Read the supported denominations for the selected telco to confirm the
      paymentCode being charged.
    operationId: listAirtimeDenominations
    parameters:
    - name: Authorization
      in: header
      value: Bearer $inputs.accessToken
    - name: billerId
      in: path
      value: $inputs.billerId
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      denominations: $response.body
  - stepId: recharge
    description: >-
      Submit the recharge advice. The recipient phone number is supplied as
      customerId per the airtime advice contract.
    operationId: rechargeAirtime
    parameters:
    - name: Authorization
      in: header
      value: Bearer $inputs.accessToken
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        paymentCode: $inputs.paymentCode
        customerId: $inputs.recipientPhone
        customerEmail: $inputs.customerEmail
        customerMobile: $inputs.customerMobile
        amount: $inputs.amount
        requestReference: $inputs.requestReference
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      transactionRef: $response.body#/transactionRef
      responseCode: $response.body#/responseCode
      amount: $response.body#/amount
  outputs:
    transactionRef: $steps.recharge.outputs.transactionRef
    responseCode: $steps.recharge.outputs.responseCode

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