# Bill Payment API
**API for paying a Customer Bill, based on Biller Category, Customer Parameters etc.**
| Endpoint |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Request:****POST**** *****/couapp/agent/bills/payment*** |
**Request Parameters**
**The various parameters are explained below:**
| Parent Property/Element | Property/Element Name | Mandatory | Data Type | Description |
| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------- | --------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **\[ROOT]** (No parent property / element) | tenantId | M | Alphanumeric | Fixed Length – 4 |
| | refId | M | Alphanumeric | 35-character Alphanumeric ID Unique to each transaction. |
| | billId | M | Alphanumeric | Generated when a bill fetch or bill validation is initiated |
| | amountBreakSet | C | List | |
| | paymentMode | M | String | |
| | paymentInformation | M | String | |
| | amountOptions | M | Boolean | |
| | billerId | M | Alphanumeric | Unique ID assigned to the Biller by NPCI Eg: BSNL00000NATHL |
| | billerName | M | String | Name of the biller |
| | billerCategory | M | String | Category of biler |
| | macAdress | C | Alphanumeric | MAC Address of the Agent Server |
| | customerMobNo | M | String | Mobile of the Customer, on whose behalf the Agent is paying the Bill |
| | txnAmount | M | Int | Transaction amount |
| | paymentChannel | M | String | Payment Channel of Agent |
| | deviceBlockTags | M | List | Device block tags of Agent |
| | customerParamsReques t | M | Object | Unique parameters used for identifying a Customer Bill |
| **customerParamsReq uest** | tags | M | List | List of customer params |
| **tags** | name | M | String | Name of customer param |
| **tags** | value | M | String | Value of customer param |
**Response Parameters**
**The various parameters are explained below:**
| Parent Property/Element | Property/Element Name | Mandatory | Data Type | Description |
| ----------------------------------------- | --------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **\[ROOT]**(No parent property / element) | billid | C | UUID | Machine-generated Unique ID for a Bill, used internally |
| | refId | C | String | Will be null |
| | billerId | C | String | Will be null |
| | status | C | String | Will be null |
| | actionType | C | String | Will be null |
| | billerResponse | C | String | Will be null |
| | additionalInfo | C | String | Will be null |
| | customerParams | C | String | Will be null |
| | creationDate | C | String | Will be null |
| | modifiedDate | C | String | Will be null |
| | createdEpochDate | C | String | Will be null |
| | modifiedEpochDate | C | String | Will be null |
| generalResp | statusCode | M | Numeric | 200- SUCCESS Other than 200-Failure |
| | status | M | String | It is either “Success” or failure |
| | message | M | String | Contains the reason message for failure / success |
| | remarks | C | String | |
**Json Formatted Request Example**
```json
{
"tenantId": "FE41", "actionType": "FETCH_PAY",
"amountBreakSet": null,
"amountOptions": false,
"billId": "5947f973-b595-484d-a19c-24a7668b058e",
"billerCategory": "Loan Repayment",
"billerId": "KIFS00000NATST",
"billerName": "KIFS Housing Finance Ltd",
"customerMobNo": "8281970522",
"customerParams": [
{
"name": "APPLICATION NUMBER",
"value": "7710485"
}
],
"paymentMode": "UPI", "paymentChannel": "Agent",
"paymentInformation": "xxxxxxxx@abc",
"deviceBlockTags": [
{
"name": "MOBILE",
"value": "9591810218"
},
{
"name": "GEOCODE",
"value": "28.6139,78.5555"
},
{
"name": "POSTAL_CODE",
"value": "600001"
},
{
"name": "TERMINAL_ID",
"value": "333001"
}
],
"refId": "vkL5Q79lukhzL4dSHatditBwzin20751743",
"txnAmount": 5600
}
```
**Json Formatted Response Example**
```json
{
"txnId": "fdd28ccc-90bd-4719-8adf-26e085d18d54",
"refId": null,
"actionType": null,
"userType": null,
"userId": null,
"txnAmount": 0.0,
"billerId": null,
"billerCategory": null,
"offUsPay": null,
"splitPay": null,
"quickPay": null,
"paymentMode": null,
"custConvFee": null,
"currency": null,
"status": "BILL_PAYMENT_INITIATED",
"genericResponse": {
"statusCode": "200",
"status": "success",
"message": "Bill Payment Initiated",
"remarks": ""
}
}
```
**Initiating Channel Vs Device Block Parameters**
| Initiating Channel | Device Block Tags |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Bank Branch | IFSC, MOBILE, GEOCODE, POSTAL\_CODE |
| Mobile (Pre-login) | IP, IMEI, OS, APP |
| Mobile Banking(Post-login) | IP, IMEI, OS, APP |
| Internet (Pre-login) | IP, MAC |
| Internet Banking (Post-login) ATM | IP, MAC
TERMINAL\_ID
|
| Kiosk | TERMINAL\_ID |
| Agent | TERMINAL\_ID, MOBILE, GEOCODE, POSTAL\_CODE |
| Business Correspondent | TERMINAL\_ID, MOBILE, GEOCODE, POSTAL\_CODE |
**Payment Mode Vs Payment Info Parameters**
| Payment Mode | Payment Information Tag |
| ---------------- | ----------------------- |
| Cash | Remarks |
| Internet Banking | IFSC\|AccountNo |
| Credit Card | CardNum\|AuthCode |
| DEbit Card | CardNum\|AuthCode |
| Prepaid Card | CardNum\|AuthCode |
| IMPS | MMID\|MobileNo |
| NEFT | IFSC\|AccountNo |
| UPI | VPA |
| Wallet | WalletName\|MobileNo |
| AEPS | Aadhaar\|IIN |
| Account Transfer | IFSC\|AccountNo |
| Bharat QR | IFSC\|AccountNo |
| USSD | Remarks |
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