Verify Meter Account

Before any electricity bill payment is initiated, It is compulsory that you ensure that the meter or account number is sent for validation / verification and must be confirmed by the user before proceeding to payment.

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Below service is deprecated. Please use the Account Name Verifier / Finder service instead.

POST https://payments.baxipay.com.ng/api/baxipay/services/electricity/verify

Parameters

Header

Baxi-date string Date in RFC format

Authorization string Check the authentication page

Body

account_number string This is the meter or electricity bill account number.

service_type string This is the service type of the payment you are trying to make, retrieved
from the "Electricity Service Providers" page.

Responses

• 200 name: This is the name of the account or meter owner shown to the user.
  address: (optional) if provided.
  outstandingBalance: (optional)
  district: (optional)
  accountNumber: this is the meter or account number used to fetch the
  name.

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Successful",
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "TESTMETER1",
    "address": "ABULE - EGBA BU ABULE",
    "outstandingBalance": "",
    "district": "ABULE - EGBA BU ABULE",
    "accountNumber": "04042404048"
  }
}