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Order fee

Ask TransactPay for the fee on an amount.

OpenAPI SpecRun in Postman
POST/payment/zibapay/order/feeAPI
Authentication:Bearer token•Authorization: Bearer <token>(Bearer token for server-to-server API calls)
Security requirement: 403 CSRF Protection
Auth guide →

Direct server-to-server calls authenticated via Bearer tokens do not require CSRF headers. If you instead invoke mutation endpoints from a web browser using cookie-based sessions, you must include the following header:

X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest

Request body

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
amountnumberRequiredForwarded to TransactPay.
currencystringRequiredCurrency code (e.g. RWF, NGN, GHS).
paymentoptionstringRequiredPayment channel: 'card' or 'bank'.
import axios from "axios";

const url = "https://payment-service-mh2d.onrender.com/api/payment/zibapay/order/fee";

const headers = {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ZIBA_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

const payload = {
  "amount": 1000,
  "currency": "RWF",
  "paymentoption": "card"
};

try {
  const response = await axios.post(url, payload, {
    headers,
    timeout: 15000,
  });
  console.log("Success:", response.status, response.data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error("Request failed:", error.response?.data || error.message);
}
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Response fields

FieldTypePresenceDescription
statusstringAlways returnedsuccess
data.feenumberAlways returnedCalculated transaction processing fee.
data.amountnumberAlways returnedBase order amount.
data.totalnumberAlways returnedTotal amount including fee.
data.currencystringAlways returnedCurrency code.

Status codes

HTTP StatusMeaning
200Fee calculated successfully.
401No merchant session.
500{ message: "Internal server error" }.

Notes

  • HTTP 200 returns the provider fee JSON (response.data).
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