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# Initiating Channel API

#### **API for listing Initiating Channel details in the BBPS application.**

| Endpoint                                                                                                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Endpoint Request:&#x20;**<mark style="color:blue;">**GET https\://\<master\_server\_url>/masters/initiatingChannel**</mark> |

<mark style="color:blue;">**Response Parameters**</mark>

**The various parameters are explained below:**

| Parent Property/Element                    | Property/Element Name | Mandatory | Data Type | Description                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------ | --------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **\[ROOT]** (No parent property / element) | channelsList          | M         | List      | A boolean which tells if amount breakupset is present or not              |
| **channelsList**                           | channelId             | M         | UUID      | Machine-generated Unique ID assigned to Initiating Channels internally    |
|                                            | channelName           | M         | String    | Lists all combinations of Amount Breakup Options configured by the Biller |
| **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    | Empty string                                                              |

<mark style="color:blue;">**Json Formatted Response Example**</mark>

```json
    {
    "channelsList": 
    [
    {
    "channelId": "5de064f0-dd9b-4a0b-8ff7-54f72b5a4ea9", 
    "channelName": "Internet"
    },
    {
    "channelId": "3652cbd8-83c6-4e5d-a651-5c46a570bc82", 
    "channelName": "Internet_Banking"
    },
    {
    "channelId": "3027b91c-36da-4b93-8bad-165fc4ca0491", 
    "channelName": "Cable TV"
    },
    {
    "channelId": "2121b315-c78e-45a6-81e8-0ca345981784",
    "channelName": "Mobile"
    },
    {
    "channelId": "b8c0030f-6011-4617-b5e8-1bd3e0aecb0e", 
    "channelName": "POS"
    },
    {
    "channelId": "d07b7b49-5bfc-48dc-a6b1-4c382dcb8b07", 
    "channelName": "MPOS"
    },
    {
    "channelId": "66bcb3db-1cf0-4f24-ac78-ee920c5f65ee", 
    "channelName": "ATM"
    }
    ],
    "generalResp": 
    { 
    "statusCode": "200",
    "status": "success",
    "message": "channels retrieved successfully", 
    "remarks": ""
    }
    }
```