Purchase electricity

X-API-Key

POST/electricity/purchase

Vend prepaid / postpaid electricity. Pending purchases return 201 — poll GET /transactions/{id}.

Language

curl -X POST "https://api.vendpower.ng/api/v1/electricity/purchase" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_X_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "disco_code": "IKDC",
    "meter_type": "PREPAID",
    "meter_number": "12345678901",
    "amount": 2000,
    "customer_phone": "08031234567",
    "idempotency_key": "VP_UNIQUE_KEY_001"
  }'

Authentication

Send your approved API key on every request. Keep it on your server only.

Header	Value	Required
X-API-Key	YOUR_X_API_KEY	Yes
Content-Type	application/json	Yes
Accept	application/json	Recommended

Authentication failures (401 / 403 / 429) are listed in Authentication.

Parameters

Body parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
disco_code	string	Yes	From `GET /electricity/discos`
meter_type	string	Yes	`PREPAID` or `POSTPAID`
meter_number	string	Yes	Validated meter number
amount	number	Yes	Face amount in NGN
customer_phone	string	Yes	Customer phone
idempotency_key	string	Yes	Your unique purchase key (recommended `VP…`). Re-sending the same key returns `409` with the original transaction — never charges twice.

Responses

200 OK — Success · 201 Created — Pending

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Electricity purchase completed successfully.",
  "data": {
    "id": 101,
    "reference": "VP_UNIQUE_KEY_001",
    "idempotency_key": "VP_UNIQUE_KEY_001",
    "status": "success",
    "category": "electricity",
    "amount": 2000,
    "charge": 2000,
    "token": "1234-5678-9012-3456",
    "units": "45.2"
  }
}

Errors

Errors specific to this endpoint, in addition to common authentication and validation failures.

Code	HTTP	When
VALIDATION_ERROR	422	Request body failed validation or business rules.
INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE	400 / 402	Wallet balance is too low for this purchase.
DUPLICATE_IDEMPOTENCY	409	This `idempotency_key` was already used — requery the returned transaction.
SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE	503	Upstream provider or service is temporarily unavailable.

Notes

Pending purchases return HTTP 201 — poll GET /transactions/{id} until success, failed, or refunded.