Dynamic QR

Generate QR codes that customers scan with their mobile money app to complete payment.

Create Payment

POST /v1/payments
Authorization: Bearer <api_key>
Content-Type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: <unique_key>

Request

{
  "payment_type": "dynamic-qr",
  "details": {
    "amount": 500,
    "currency": "TZS",
    "redirect_url": "https://your_domain.com/payment_done",
    "cancel_url": "https://your_domain.com/payment_failed"
  },
  "phone_number": "255781000000",
  "customer": {
    "firstname": "FirstName",
    "lastname": "LastName",
    "email": "customer@email.com"
  },
  "webhook_url": "https://yoursite.com/webhooks/snippe",
  "metadata": {
    "order_id": "ORD-12345"
  }
}

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "code": 201,
  "data": {
    "amount": {
      "currency": "TZS",
      "value": 500
    },
    "api_version": "2026-01-25",
    "expires_at": "2026-01-25T04:47:50.159178853Z",
    "object": "payment",
    "payment_qr_code": "000201010212041552545429990002026390014tz.go.bot.tips01050399802086389040052045999530383454035005802TZ5909NEUROTECH6003DSM610512345622401086389040003086389040081500012tz.co.selcom0130 https://selcom.link/addbbff1 630401F1",
    "payment_token": "63890400",
    "payment_type": "dynamic-qr",
    "payment_url": "https://tz.selcom.online/paymentgw/checkout/...",
    "reference": "6a490816-799b-4fc9-b9b6-2ec67c54e17e",
    "status": "pending"
  }
}

Request Parameters

Required Fields

Field	Type	Description
`payment_type`	string	Must be `dynamic-qr`
`details.amount`	integer	Amount in smallest currency unit
`details.currency`	string	Currency code (`TZS`)

Optional Fields

Field	Type	Description
`phone_number`	string	Customer phone number
`customer.firstname`	string	Customer first name
`customer.lastname`	string	Customer last name
`customer.email`	string	Customer email
`details.redirect_url`	string	URL to redirect after success
`details.cancel_url`	string	URL to redirect on cancel
`webhook_url`	string	URL for webhook notifications
`metadata`	object	Custom key-value data

Response Fields

Field	Description
`payment_qr_code`	QR code data string to display to customer
`payment_url`	Hosted payment page URL (alternative to QR)
`payment_token`	Payment token for reference
`reference`	Unique payment reference
`expires_at`	Payment expiration time (4 hours from creation)

How It Works

Create a payment intent
Display the QR code from payment_qr_code to the customer (render as QR image)
Alternatively, redirect customer to payment_url
Customer scans the QR code with their mobile money app
Customer confirms payment in their app
Snippe sends a webhook notification with the result

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