Get status of a bill payment
This document shows you how to get the status of a bill purchase
Last updated 13 September 2026
get
https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/bills/{reference}
authorization string required
Pass your secret key as a bearer token in the request header to authorize this call
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reference string required
This is the tx_ref of the bill transaction
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verbose int 32
This flag allows us to return the status of the bill payment from the provider.
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status string
message string
data string
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status string
message string
data object
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tx_ref string
amount integer
fee integer
currency string
extra string
flw_ref string
token string
Shell
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