Get Biller Categories API

The Get Biller Categories API will fetch all the categories from PayU.

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Note:

Send the scope of the GET Token API as read_biller_categories to obtain the access_token for this request. For more information, refer to Get Token API - BBPS.


Sample request
curl --location -g --request GET 'https://{{host_name}}/payu-nbc//v1/getbillercategory' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}'
Response parameters

Field Name

Description

code

The global response code and can be any of the following:

  • 0: If web service call failed
  • 1: if web service call succeeded

status

The status of the API command and can be any of the following:

  • SUCCESS
  • FAILURE

payload

It will contain a list of biller categories. For more information, refer to the payload table below.

payload

Field Name

Description

Success Scenarios

billerCategories

This field contains the biller categories in an array format.

Failure Scenarios

refId

For failure scenarios, This parameter contains the reference ID.

Note: In case of category fetch refId will be null.

type

For failure scenarios, this field contains the type of error.

code

The global response code

payload

It will contain payload with error messages.

status

The status of the response. Example, SUCCESS/FAILURE

message

For failure scenarios, this field contains the description of error type for failure or success.

errors

For failure scenarios, this field contains the following in the response:

  • reason: The error description if the request has failed.
  • errorCode: The error code of the error if the request has failed

additionalParams

For failure scenarios, this field contains the additional fields (if any) related to billers in an array format.

Sample response

Success scenario

{ 
  "code": 200, 
  "status": "SUCCESS", 
  "payload": { 
    "billerCategories": [ 
      "INSURANCE", 
      "LOAN", 
      "EDUCATION", 
      "SOCIETY BILLER" 
    ] 
  } 
}

Failure scenario

{ 
  "code": 600, 
  "status": "FAILURE", 
  "payload": { 
    "errors": [ 
      { 
        "reason": "<error message>", 
        "errorCode": "<error code>" 
      } 
    ], 
    "refId": null, 
    "type": "category_response", 
    "message": "category_response_failed",
    "additionalParams": { 
      "Key1": "value1", 
      "Key2": "value2", 
      "Key3": "value3"
    } 
  } 
} 

Request Parameters

No request parameters input required for this API.

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Credentials
Bearer
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