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POST
/
api
/
v1
/
opay-payment?transactionReference=
{transactionRef}
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.novacpayment.com/api/v1/opay-payment?transactionReference={transactionRef}' \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://api.novacpayment.com/api/v1/opay-payment?transactionReference={transactionRef}"

headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.novacpayment.com/api/v1/opay-payment?transactionReference={transactionRef}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.novacpayment.com/api/v1/opay-payment?transactionReference={transactionRef}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.novacpayment.com/api/v1/opay-payment?transactionReference={transactionRef}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.novacpayment.com/api/v1/opay-payment?transactionReference={transactionRef}")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.novacpayment.com/api/v1/opay-payment?transactionReference={transactionRef}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": true,
  "message": "Opay transaction initiated.",
  "data": {
    "cashierUrl": "https://express.opaycheckout.com/apiCashier/redirect/payment/checkoutHome?orderToken=TOKEN.7a99a4845931441b8607f32a255693eb",
    "reference": "NCPL20260610084349652371AFXR4P",
    "orderNo": "260610145662165989858",
    "status": "INITIAL",
    "amount": {
      "total": 30000,
      "currency": "NGN"
    },
    "vat": {
      "total": 0,
      "currency": "NGN"
    }
  }
}
{
  "status": false,
  "message": "Empty request not allowed.",
  "data": {
    "responseCode": "400",
    "responseDescription": "Invalid request."
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Input your API key (e.g. your public key) as a Bearer token to access this API.

Path Parameters

​
transactionRef
string
required

The transaction reference for the payment, must be the same as the one used to initiate the payment

Response

OK

​
status
boolean

Indicates whether the Opay transaction was initiated successfully.

​
message
string | null

Provides additional information about the Opay transaction initiation status.

​
data
object | null

Contains the Opay checkout session details returned after a successful transaction initiation.