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Cellulant Custom Checkout API

Host-to-host checkout flow for merchant-controlled UX.

Cellulant Custom Checkout API is one of 6 APIs that Cellulant publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Custom Checkout. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.tingg.africa, https://api-approval.tingg.africa.

3 operations 3 paths 8 schemas 1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.0.0
Servers
https://api.tingg.africa
https://api-approval.tingg.africa
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Cellulant Custom Checkout API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth). An API key is passed in the header as apikey (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — Merchant apiKey issued in the Tingg integration dashboard.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Custom Checkout 3

Host-to-host checkout flow for merchant-controlled UX.

POST
/v3/checkout-api/checkout-request/custom-request
Initiate Custom Checkout Request
initiateCustomCheckout 1 param body → 2004XX
POST
/v3/checkout-api/checkout-request/charge
Initiate Charge Request
initiateChargeRequest 1 param body → 2004XX
GET
/v3/checkout-api/query-status
Query Request Status
queryRequestStatus 3 params → 2004XX

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ExpressCheckoutRequest (17 properties), Payment (9 properties), StatusResponse (7 properties), ChargeRequest (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ChargeRequest
object
7 properties 3 required
ExpressCheckoutRequest
object
17 properties 6 required
CustomCheckoutRequest
CustomCheckoutResponse
object
3 properties
Error
object
3 properties
ChargeResponse
object
3 properties
StatusResponse
object
7 properties
Payment
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cellulant-custom-checkout-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Cellulant publishes across the network.

Cellulant Acknowledgement API
Cellulant Authentication API
Cellulant Engagement API
Cellulant Express Checkout API
Cellulant Payments API