cURL
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"controlNumbers": [
{
"customerName": "John Doe",
"customerEmail": "john@example.com",
"billAmount": 25000,
"billMaxCollectionAmount": 75000
},
{
"customerName": "Jane Smith",
"customerPhone": "255712345678",
"billReference": "CUST002"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers"
payload = { "controlNumbers": [
{
"customerName": "John Doe",
"customerEmail": "john@example.com",
"billAmount": 25000,
"billMaxCollectionAmount": 75000
},
{
"customerName": "Jane Smith",
"customerPhone": "255712345678",
"billReference": "CUST002"
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
controlNumbers: [
{
customerName: 'John Doe',
customerEmail: 'john@example.com',
billAmount: 25000,
billMaxCollectionAmount: 75000
},
{
customerName: 'Jane Smith',
customerPhone: '255712345678',
billReference: 'CUST002'
}
]
})
};
fetch('https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'controlNumbers' => [
[
'customerName' => 'John Doe',
'customerEmail' => 'john@example.com',
'billAmount' => 25000,
'billMaxCollectionAmount' => 75000
],
[
'customerName' => 'Jane Smith',
'customerPhone' => '255712345678',
'billReference' => 'CUST002'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"controlNumbers\": [\n {\n \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"billAmount\": 25000,\n \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 75000\n },\n {\n \"customerName\": \"Jane Smith\",\n \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\",\n \"billReference\": \"CUST002\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"controlNumbers\": [\n {\n \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"billAmount\": 25000,\n \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 75000\n },\n {\n \"customerName\": \"Jane Smith\",\n \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\",\n \"billReference\": \"CUST002\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"controlNumbers\": [\n {\n \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"billAmount\": 25000,\n \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 75000\n },\n {\n \"customerName\": \"Jane Smith\",\n \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\",\n \"billReference\": \"CUST002\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"billPayNumbers": [
"<string>"
],
"created": 123,
"failed": 123,
"errors": [
{
"index": 123,
"reason": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"message": "billPayNumber is required"
}{
"message": "Unauthorized"
}BILLPAY
Bulk Create Customer Control Numbers
Bulk create BillPay Customer Control Numbers (max 50 per request). Each item follows the single-create format. Supports partial success — valid items are created; invalid ones are returned in the errors array
POST
/
billpay
/
bulk-create-customer-control-numbers
cURL
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"controlNumbers": [
{
"customerName": "John Doe",
"customerEmail": "john@example.com",
"billAmount": 25000,
"billMaxCollectionAmount": 75000
},
{
"customerName": "Jane Smith",
"customerPhone": "255712345678",
"billReference": "CUST002"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers"
payload = { "controlNumbers": [
{
"customerName": "John Doe",
"customerEmail": "john@example.com",
"billAmount": 25000,
"billMaxCollectionAmount": 75000
},
{
"customerName": "Jane Smith",
"customerPhone": "255712345678",
"billReference": "CUST002"
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
controlNumbers: [
{
customerName: 'John Doe',
customerEmail: 'john@example.com',
billAmount: 25000,
billMaxCollectionAmount: 75000
},
{
customerName: 'Jane Smith',
customerPhone: '255712345678',
billReference: 'CUST002'
}
]
})
};
fetch('https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'controlNumbers' => [
[
'customerName' => 'John Doe',
'customerEmail' => 'john@example.com',
'billAmount' => 25000,
'billMaxCollectionAmount' => 75000
],
[
'customerName' => 'Jane Smith',
'customerPhone' => '255712345678',
'billReference' => 'CUST002'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"controlNumbers\": [\n {\n \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"billAmount\": 25000,\n \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 75000\n },\n {\n \"customerName\": \"Jane Smith\",\n \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\",\n \"billReference\": \"CUST002\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"controlNumbers\": [\n {\n \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"billAmount\": 25000,\n \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 75000\n },\n {\n \"customerName\": \"Jane Smith\",\n \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\",\n \"billReference\": \"CUST002\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/bulk-create-customer-control-numbers")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"controlNumbers\": [\n {\n \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"billAmount\": 25000,\n \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 75000\n },\n {\n \"customerName\": \"Jane Smith\",\n \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\",\n \"billReference\": \"CUST002\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"billPayNumbers": [
"<string>"
],
"created": 123,
"failed": 123,
"errors": [
{
"index": 123,
"reason": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"message": "billPayNumber is required"
}{
"message": "Unauthorized"
}Authorizations
Authorization header containing the JWT access token returned from the generate token endpoint. The token already includes the Bearer prefix. Example: Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOi...
Body
application/json
Array of customer control number items
Required array length:
1 - 50 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Bulk create result - may include partial success with per-item errors
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