MTN SIM Verification
This API is used to verify/validate SIM Swap status, SIM Activation status and SIM Recycle status of a customer's msisdn. - **'/simSwap/verifyStatus'** capability is used to verify sim swap status as true or false. - **'/simActivation/verifyStatus'** capability is used to verify sim activation status as true or false. -...
MTN SIM Verification is one of 119 APIs that MTN Group publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Customers and Nigeria. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, organized into 3 resource areas, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against the base URL https://api.mtn.com/v1/simVerification.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
MTN SIM Verification declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as x-API-Key (APIKeyAuth).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the application flow.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 5
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. They span 3 resource areas: Sim Swap, Sim Activation, Sim Recycle. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Error (6 properties), Status (5 properties), SimRecycleStatusData (1 property), SimActivationStatusData (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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