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POST
/
virtual-accounts
/
temporary
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.spotflow.co/api/v1/virtual-accounts/temporary \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "currency": "NGN",
  "accountName": "Quantum Technologies",
  "amount": 123,
  "expiresIn": 123
}'
{
  "id": "c1fba25a-a36b-479c-b17d-64dbaf3ba32c",
  "accountNumber": "7706438396",
  "accountName": "Quantum Technologies",
  "bankName": "Testbank MFB",
  "mode": "live",
  "lifeCycle": "temporary"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
​
currency
string

According, to our currently supported currencies, this is in NGN and GHS.

Example:

"NGN"

​
accountName
string

Your desired naming for your account.

Example:

"Quantum Technologies"

​
amount
number

Amount should be in the subunit of our supported currency i.e NGN and GHS for now.

​
expiresIn
number

This is optional to add. By default, the time it takes for a virtual account to expire is 30 mins. However, you can customize the time to lesser as you desire.

Response

A JSON array of dynamic account objects.

​
id
string<uuid>
Example:

"c1fba25a-a36b-479c-b17d-64dbaf3ba32c"

​
accountNumber
string
Example:

"7706438396"

​
accountName
string
Example:

"Quantum Technologies"

​
bankName
string
Example:

"Testbank MFB"

​
mode
enum<string>
Available options:
live,
test
Example:

"live"

​
lifeCycle
string
Example:

"temporary"