MTN USSD interface
Provides a RESTful API to expose USSD capability.
MTN USSD interface is one of 119 APIs that MTN Group publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Messaging, Benin, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, organized into 2 resource areas, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against the base URL https://api.mtn.com/v1/.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
MTN USSD interface declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (ApiKeyAuth).
Paths & Operations 4
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 POST. They span 2 resource areas: Accessible to 3PP, Accessible to USSD Gateway. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Accessible to Client APP (3PP) - ApiKeyAuth, to subscribe (MO/MT), unsubscribe and push/send message.
Used by USSDGW - using ApiKeyAuth, to send MO generated messages to 3PP through MADAPI.
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are InboundRequest (8 properties), Error (7 properties), SubscriptionResponse (5 properties), OutboundResponse (5 properties). 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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