Networks

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Introduction

The Networks API method allows you to list the supported mobile networks, including information like network prefixes for each network/country. These are the networks available for domestic transactions. The networks available for cross-border transactions will be different. Please contact support to get an updated list of networks available for cross border transactions. If you bring your own paybill or manage your own float, this may affect which networks you can transact with.

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The network api endpoint is:

https://api.mfsafrica.com/api/networks

The Network object

FieldTypeDescription
idlong integerUnique object identifier
namestringThe network name
countryobjectExpanded country object
phone_regexstringThe regular expression for phone numbers belonging to the network, in posix format

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Note

Sample Response (JSON) - if you use one of the development libraries, this is automatically converted into a native object for you:

{
  "id": 15,
  "name": "HALOTEL",
  "country": {
    "iso": "TZ",
    "iso3": "TZA",
    "iso_numeric": 834,
    "name": "TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF",
    "printable_name": "Tanzania, United Republic of",
    "phone_prefix": "255",
    "supported": true
  },
  "phone_regex": "^[[.plus-sign.]]25562[0-9]{7}"
}

Retrieving a Single Network

To retrieve a single network, provide the network id and a network object will be returned.

Parameter (*required field)TypeDescription
idInteger
Ex. 15		The id of the network you want to retrieve

Sample Request

curl https://api.mfsafrica.com/api/networks/15 -H "Authorization: Token ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900"

package com.beyonic.samples;

import com.beyonic.exceptions.BeyonicException;
import com.beyonic.models.*;

Beyonic.API_KEY = "ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900";

String response = null;

try{
    response = new Network().get(123);
    System.out.println(response);
}
catch (Exception e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}

<?php
require_once('./lib/Beyonic.php');
Beyonic::setApiKey("ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900");

$account = Beyonic_Currency::get(15);
?>

import beyonic
beyonic.api_key = 'ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900'

network = beyonic.Network.get(15)

require 'beyonic'
Beyonic.api_key = 'ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900'

network = Beyonic::Network.get(15)

Sample Response

{
  "id": 15,
  "name": "HALOTEL",
  "country": {
    "iso": "TZ",
    "iso3": "TZA",
    "iso_numeric": 834,
    "name": "TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF",
    "printable_name": "Tanzania, United Republic of",
    "phone_prefix": "255",
    "supported": true
  },
  "phone_regex": "^[[.plus-sign.]]25562[0-9]{7}"
}

Listing all networks

To retrieve a list of all networks, make a GET request to the network's endpoint. This will return a list of networks.

Sample Request

curl https://api.mfsafrica.com/api/networks -H "Authorization: Token ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900"

package com.beyonic.samples;

import com.beyonic.exceptions.BeyonicException;
import com.beyonic.models.*;

Beyonic.API_KEY = "ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900";

String response = null;

try{
    response = new Network().list(null, null);
    System.out.println(response);
}
catch (Exception e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}

<?php
require_once('./lib/Beyonic.php');
Beyonic::setApiKey("ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900");

$accounts = Beyonic_Currency::getAll();
?>

import beyonic
beyonic.api_key = 'ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900'

networks = beyonic.Network.list()

require 'beyonic'
Beyonic.api_key = 'ab594c14986612f6167a975e1c369e71edab6900'

networks = Beyonic::Network.list

Sample Response

{
  "count": 2,
  "next": null,
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 15,
      "name": "HALOTEL",
      "country": {
        "iso": "TZ",
        "iso3": "TZA",
        "iso_numeric": 834,
        "name": "TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF",
        "printable_name": "Tanzania, United Republic of",
        "phone_prefix": "255",
        "supported": true
      },
      "phone_regex": "^[[.plus-sign.]]25562[0-9]{7}"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "name": "AIRTEL-TIGO",
      "country": {
        "iso": "RW",
        "iso3": "RWA",
        "iso_numeric": 646,
        "name": "RWANDA",
        "printable_name": "Rwanda",
        "phone_prefix": "250",
        "supported": true
      },
      "phone_regex": "^[[.plus-sign.]]250(72|73)[0-9]{7}"
    }
  ]
}

Filtering Networks

The Networks API doesn’t currently support filtering.

Updated 6 months ago