PayFast · Example Payload

Adhoc Charge

Process a one-off charge against an existing tokenization agreement without a new checkout flow.

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Adhoc Charge is an example object payload from PayFast, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "title": "Adhoc Charge on Tokenization Token",
  "description": "Process a one-off charge against an existing tokenization agreement without a new checkout flow.",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.payfast.co.za/v1/subscriptions/290ac9a6-25f1-cce4-5801-67a644068818/adhoc",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "merchant-id": "10000100",
      "version": "v1",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-13T10:00:00+02:00",
      "signature": "ad3e6c84d5e5f374a3a0431bc5acbc90"
    },
    "body": {
      "amount": 500,
      "item_name": "Test adhoc charge",
      "item_description": "One-time service fee"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "code": 200,
      "status": "success",
      "data": {
        "response": true,
        "message": "Adhoc charge processed"
      }
    }
  }
}