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Cellulant Express Checkout API

Create hosted checkout sessions returning short and long URLs.

Cellulant Express 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 Express 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 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.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 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 Express 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 1

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

Express Checkout 1

Create hosted checkout sessions returning short and long URLs.

POST
/v3/checkout-api/checkout-request/express-request
Create Express Checkout Request
createExpressCheckout 1 param body → 2004XX

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ExpressCheckoutRequest (17 properties), ExpressCheckoutResponse (5 properties), Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ExpressCheckoutResponse
object
5 properties
ExpressCheckoutRequest
object
17 properties 6 required
Error
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Cellulant publishes across the network.

Cellulant Acknowledgement API
Cellulant Authentication API
Cellulant Custom Checkout API
Cellulant Engagement API
Cellulant Payments API