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API Integration Document (version 1.0)

Introduction

Follow this api documentation to setup all services on your website or mobile application.

Prerequisite:

Latest version: 1.0 (Released on: 1 August 2019)

Change log:
  • Base api directory is changed to https://joloapi.com/api/v1/...
  • Request parameter "mode" is removed. Now for testing and production base url is different. For testing use: https://joloapi.com/api/demo/... and for production, use https://joloapi.com/api/v1/...
  • Response parameter "error" will now throw full error message. Earlier error code was thrown like 20,21 etc.
  • In status check & dispute api, response parameter "txnstatus" tells the current status of transaction. Earlier "status" parameter was decider.
  • In callback url, another parameter will be send: "servicetype". servicetype list
  • Electricity, gas & water bill payment service is now available for free.
  • Mobile & DTH operator finder including their plan finder api has been changed completely.

Base URL

Live mode

https://joloapi.com/api/v1

Demo mode (Sandbox)

https://joloapi.com/api/demo

Base Parameters

You have to pass following parameters in base url in every api call. Its mandatory.

Parameters:
name value
userid your joloapi.com userid
key your joloapi.com key

Services

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/myservices.php?userid=xx&key=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

API Service type

Service type name value
PREPAID 1
DTH 2

Margin

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/mymargin.php?userid=xx&key=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

API Balance

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/balance.php?userid=xx&key=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Prepaid Recharge

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/recharge.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

S/no. Operator Name operator amount service

DTH Recharge

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/recharge.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

S/no. Operator Name operator amount service

Postpaid Bill Payment

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/cbill.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

S/no. Operator Name operator amount service customer_name customer_mobile

Landline Bill Payment

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/cbill.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx&std=xx&ca=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

S/no. Operator Name operator amount service customer_name customer_mobile std ca

Electricity Bill Payment

Validation api call is mandatory for electricity, gas & water bill payment. Validation api will return important parameter "reference_id" which is required in transaction api call.

Example (validation)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/bbps_validate.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx&optional1=xx&optional2=xx&optional3=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Example (transaction)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/bbps_transact.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx&optional1=xx&optional2=xx&optional3=xx&reference_id=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

S/no. Operator Name operator amount service customer_name customer_mobile optional1 optional2 optional3

Gas Bill Payment

Validation api call is mandatory for electricity, gas & water bill payment. Validation api will return important parameter "reference_id" which is required in transaction api call.

Example (validation)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/bbps_validate.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx&optional1=xx&optional2=xx&optional3=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Example (transaction)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/bbps_transact.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx&optional1=xx&optional2=xx&optional3=xx&reference_id=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

S/no. Operator Name operator amount service customer_name customer_mobile optional1 optional2 optional3

Water Bill Payment

Validation api call is mandatory for electricity, gas & water bill payment. Validation api will return important parameter "reference_id" which is required in transaction api call.

Example (validation)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/bbps_validate.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx&optional1=xx&optional2=xx&optional3=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Example (transaction)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/bbps_transact.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator=xx&service=xx&amount=xx&orderid=xx&customer_mobile=xx&customer_name=xx&optional1=xx&optional2=xx&optional3=xx&reference_id=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

S/no. Operator Name operator amount service customer_name customer_mobile optional1 optional2 optional3

Status Recheck

Status Recheck api call is optional and you can use it to get current status of transaction. Status Recheck is allowed on current & last month transaction only. It will throw 'xxx does not exit' error message for old transactions.

Example (Status Recheck using your order id)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/rechargestatus_client.php?userid=xx&key=xx&servicetype=xx&txn=xx

Response type: REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN SUCCESS REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN FAILED REQUEST FAILED

Parameter Detail

txn servicetype
your website order id servicetype list

Example (Status Recheck using jolo order id)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/rechargestatus.php?userid=xx&key=xx&servicetype=xx&txn=xx

Response type: REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN SUCCESS REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN FAILED REQUEST FAILED

Parameter Detail

txn servicetype
jolo order id servicetype list

Dispute

Dispute api call is optional and you can use it to dispute transaction. Dispute is allowed on current & last month transaction only. It will throw 'xxx does not exit' error message for old transactions.

Example (Dispute using your order id)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/dispute_client.php?userid=xx&key=xx&servicetype=xx&txn=xx

Response type: REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN REPORTED REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN SUCCESS REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN FAILED REQUEST FAILED

Parameter Detail

txn servicetype
your website order id servicetype list

Example (Dispute using jolo order id)

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/dispute.php?userid=xx&key=xx&servicetype=xx&txn=xx

Response type: REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN REPORTED REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN SUCCESS REQUEST SUCCESS & TXN FAILED REQUEST FAILED

Parameter Detail

txn servicetype
jolo order id servicetype list

Synchronization

Synchronization is mandatory if you want to avoid manual work. We send status change update on your server whenever transaction status changes. Like SUCCESS -> FAILED or REPORTED -> SUCCESS or REPORTED -> FAILED. To setup synchronization, first set callback URL. We will send following parameters on given callback url using POST method when transaction status changes:

Parameter Detail

status operatortxnid joloorderid userorderid servicetype error
SUCCESS/FAILED/REPORTED Operator ID Our server order ID Your website order ID servicetype (NUMERIC) error message if status is FAILED

Mobile Operator Finder (supports MNP)

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/operatorfinder.php?userid=xx&key=xx&mob=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

- Pass 10 digit mobile number in "mob" parameter like mob=9999999999

(1/3) Response Parameter Detail: Operator Codes

S/no. Service Name Operator Name operator code

(2/3) Response Parameter Detail: Circle Codes

S/no. Circle Name circle code

(3/3) Response Parameter Detail: current_type

current_type gives important information of mobile connection type - PREPAID or POSTPAID.

DTH Operator Finder (beta)

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/operatorfinder_dth.php?userid=xx&key=xx&dthid=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

Parameter Detail

- Pass Dth ID in "dthid" parameter

S/no. Service Name Operator Name operator code dthid
1 DTH AIRTEL DTH AD Customer ID (length:10 to 10) (NUMERIC)
2 DTH DISH TV DT Viewing Card Number (length:11 to 11) (NUMERIC)
3 DTH TATA SKY TS Subscriber ID (length:10 to 10) (NUMERIC)
4 DTH BIG TV BT Smart Card Number (length:12 to 12) (NUMERIC)
5 DTH SUN DIRECT SD Smart Card Number (length:11 to 11) (NUMERIC)
6 DTH VIDEOCON D2H* VT Customer ID (length:4 to 14) (NUMERIC)
* DTH operator finder will not for videocon d2h in beta version.

Prepaid Plan Finder

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/operatorplanfinder.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator_code=xx&circle_code=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

(1/3) Parameter Detail: Operator Codes

S/no. Service Name Operator Name operator code

(2/3) Parameter Detail: Circle Codes

S/no. Circle Name circle code

(3/3) Parameter Detail: categoryid

categoryid is optional parameter that you can use to filter out result based on specific plan category.

DTH Plan Finder

Example

https://joloapi.com/api/v1/operatorplanfinder_dth.php?userid=xx&key=xx&operator_code=xx&circle_code=xx

Response type: SUCCESS FAILED

(1/3) Parameter Detail: Operator Codes

S/no. Service Name Operator Name operator code
1 DTH AIRTEL DTH AD
2 DTH DISH TV DT
3 DTH TATA SKY TS
4 DTH BIG TV BT
5 DTH SUN DIRECT SD
6 DTH VIDEOCON D2H VT

(2/3) Parameter Detail: Circle Codes

S/no. Circle Name circle code
1 All India AL

(3/3) Parameter Detail: categoryid

categoryid is optional parameter that you can use to filter out result based on specific plan category.

Sample code

API Balance Check



//Jolo Cloud API ver 1.0
//Sample PHP code: API Balance check

//BASIC INFO
//Before calling any api, first insert all entries in your database 
//whenever customer fill entries in your web page/application.
//If you are maintaining customer balance on your website/app, debit customer balance first, 
//then call api because api response may gets timeout in rare cases.
//Once you receive api response with valid data 
//then compare its logic and store it, display it on your website/app.

//define important variables
$joloapi_baseurl="https://joloapi.com/api/v1";//for testing/sandbox, use https://joloapi.com/api/demo
$userid="";
$key="";

//define other variables
$apistatus = "";
$apierrormsg = "";
$balance = "";
$totalearn = "";
$file_contents="";
$apiresponse="";
$jsondata="";
$countxx="";

$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 61;
$myurl = "$joloapi_baseurl/balance.php?userid=$userid&key=$key";
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $myurl);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
$file_contents = curl_exec($ch);
$curl_error = curl_errno($ch);
curl_close($ch);

if(!empty($file_contents)){
$apiresponse=$file_contents; //store in logs/database   
$jsondata = json_decode($apiresponse, true);
$countxx = count($jsondata);//count keys 

if($countxx > 2)
{
//request accepted
$apistatus = $jsondata['status'];
$apierrormsg = $jsondata['error'];
$balance = $jsondata['balance'];
$totalearn = $jsondata['totalearn'];
}else{
//request not accepted
$apistatus = $jsondata['status'];
$apierrormsg = $jsondata['error'];
}

if($apistatus=='SUCCESS'){
echo"API BALANCE: $balance 
";   //store in logs/database
echo"API EARNING: $totalearn 
";   //store in logs/database 
}

if($apistatus=='FAILED'){
echo"API ERROR MESSAGE: $apierrormsg 
";  //store in logs/database 
}

}else{
    echo"No response from api provider / timeout";//store in logs/database
    //consider as pending..
    //check status after few minutes using status check api call or better use api synchronization
}