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Africa's Talking Airtime API

Distribute mobile airtime to recipients.

Africa’s Talking Airtime API is one of 6 APIs that Africa’s Talking publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Airtime. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version version1.

Requests are made against 5 base URLs: https://api.africastalking.com/version1, https://api.sandbox.africastalking.com/version1, https://voice.africastalking.com, https://bundles.africastalking.com, https://payments.africastalking.com.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
version1
Base URL
https://api.africastalking.com/version1
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Africa's Talking Airtime API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as apiKey (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — Africa's Talking API key generated from your account dashboard.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Airtime 1

Distribute mobile airtime to recipients.

POST
/airtime/send
Send airtime
sendAirtime body → 201

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SendAirtimeResponse (5 properties), SendAirtimeRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SendAirtimeRequest
object
3 properties 2 required
SendAirtimeResponse
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

africastalking-airtime-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Africa's Talking publishes across the network.

Africa's Talking Mobile Data API
Africa's Talking Payments API
Africa's Talking Premium SMS API
Africa's Talking SMS API
Africa's Talking Voice API
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