curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/create-customer-control-number \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "billDescription": "Water Bill - July 2024",
  "billPaymentMode": "ALLOW_PARTIAL_AND_OVER_PAYMENT",
  "billAmount": 90900,
  "billMaxCollectionAmount": 150000,
  "billReference": "CUSTOMJH121",
  "customerName": "John Doe",
  "customerEmail": "john@example.com",
  "customerPhone": "255712345678"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/create-customer-control-number"

payload = {
    "billDescription": "Water Bill - July 2024",
    "billPaymentMode": "ALLOW_PARTIAL_AND_OVER_PAYMENT",
    "billAmount": 90900,
    "billMaxCollectionAmount": 150000,
    "billReference": "CUSTOMJH121",
    "customerName": "John Doe",
    "customerEmail": "john@example.com",
    "customerPhone": "255712345678"
}
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({
    billDescription: 'Water Bill - July 2024',
    billPaymentMode: 'ALLOW_PARTIAL_AND_OVER_PAYMENT',
    billAmount: 90900,
    billMaxCollectionAmount: 150000,
    billReference: 'CUSTOMJH121',
    customerName: 'John Doe',
    customerEmail: 'john@example.com',
    customerPhone: '255712345678'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/create-customer-control-number', 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/create-customer-control-number",
  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([
    'billDescription' => 'Water Bill - July 2024',
    'billPaymentMode' => 'ALLOW_PARTIAL_AND_OVER_PAYMENT',
    'billAmount' => 90900,
    'billMaxCollectionAmount' => 150000,
    'billReference' => 'CUSTOMJH121',
    'customerName' => 'John Doe',
    'customerEmail' => 'john@example.com',
    'customerPhone' => '255712345678'
  ]),
  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/create-customer-control-number"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"billDescription\": \"Water Bill - July 2024\",\n  \"billPaymentMode\": \"ALLOW_PARTIAL_AND_OVER_PAYMENT\",\n  \"billAmount\": 90900,\n  \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 150000,\n  \"billReference\": \"CUSTOMJH121\",\n  \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n  \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\"\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/create-customer-control-number")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"billDescription\": \"Water Bill - July 2024\",\n  \"billPaymentMode\": \"ALLOW_PARTIAL_AND_OVER_PAYMENT\",\n  \"billAmount\": 90900,\n  \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 150000,\n  \"billReference\": \"CUSTOMJH121\",\n  \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n  \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.clickpesa.com/third-parties/billpay/create-customer-control-number")

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  \"billDescription\": \"Water Bill - July 2024\",\n  \"billPaymentMode\": \"ALLOW_PARTIAL_AND_OVER_PAYMENT\",\n  \"billAmount\": 90900,\n  \"billMaxCollectionAmount\": 150000,\n  \"billReference\": \"CUSTOMJH121\",\n  \"customerName\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"customerEmail\": \"john@example.com\",\n  \"customerPhone\": \"255712345678\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "billPayNumber": "55042914871931"
}

{
  "message": "billPayNumber is required"
}

{
  "message": "Unauthorized"
}

{
  "message": "Bill reference already used: Use a different reference"
}