Simulate a virtual account deposit
curl --request POST \
--url https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"virtualAccountId": "<string>",
"amount": "<string>",
"externalReference": "<string>",
"outcome": "completed"
}
'import requests
url = "https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit"
payload = {
"virtualAccountId": "<string>",
"amount": "<string>",
"externalReference": "<string>",
"outcome": "completed"
}
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({
virtualAccountId: '<string>',
amount: '<string>',
externalReference: '<string>',
outcome: 'completed'
})
};
fetch('https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit', 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://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit",
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([
'virtualAccountId' => '<string>',
'amount' => '<string>',
'externalReference' => '<string>',
'outcome' => 'completed'
]),
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://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"virtualAccountId\": \"<string>\",\n \"amount\": \"<string>\",\n \"externalReference\": \"<string>\",\n \"outcome\": \"completed\"\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://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"virtualAccountId\": \"<string>\",\n \"amount\": \"<string>\",\n \"externalReference\": \"<string>\",\n \"outcome\": \"completed\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit")
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 \"virtualAccountId\": \"<string>\",\n \"amount\": \"<string>\",\n \"externalReference\": \"<string>\",\n \"outcome\": \"completed\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"simulation": {
"depositId": "vad_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"collectionId": "col_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"virtualAccountId": "va_h4n7q2vm8kp3r9zt5wbx",
"amount": "5000",
"currency": "NGN",
"requestedOutcome": "completed",
"replayed": true
}
}{
"simulation": {
"depositId": "vad_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"collectionId": "col_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"virtualAccountId": "va_h4n7q2vm8kp3r9zt5wbx",
"amount": "5000",
"currency": "NGN",
"requestedOutcome": "completed",
"replayed": true
}
}{
"error": "bad_request",
"message": "This virtual account does not support simulated deposits",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "unauthorized",
"message": "Invalid API key",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "forbidden",
"message": "API key does not have the required scope",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"message": "Simulation endpoint not found",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "conflict",
"message": "externalReference was already used for different balance funding",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}Simulations
Simulate a virtual account deposit
Sandbox only — responds 404 on production. Pushes a bank transfer into one of your virtual accounts through the real deposit workflow, so the collection, ledger credit and webhooks fire exactly as in production. outcome: failed exercises the failure path. Same externalReference replays with 200.
POST
/
v1
/
simulations
/
virtual-account-deposit
Simulate a virtual account deposit
curl --request POST \
--url https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"virtualAccountId": "<string>",
"amount": "<string>",
"externalReference": "<string>",
"outcome": "completed"
}
'import requests
url = "https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit"
payload = {
"virtualAccountId": "<string>",
"amount": "<string>",
"externalReference": "<string>",
"outcome": "completed"
}
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({
virtualAccountId: '<string>',
amount: '<string>',
externalReference: '<string>',
outcome: 'completed'
})
};
fetch('https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit', 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://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit",
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([
'virtualAccountId' => '<string>',
'amount' => '<string>',
'externalReference' => '<string>',
'outcome' => 'completed'
]),
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://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"virtualAccountId\": \"<string>\",\n \"amount\": \"<string>\",\n \"externalReference\": \"<string>\",\n \"outcome\": \"completed\"\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://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"virtualAccountId\": \"<string>\",\n \"amount\": \"<string>\",\n \"externalReference\": \"<string>\",\n \"outcome\": \"completed\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/simulations/virtual-account-deposit")
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 \"virtualAccountId\": \"<string>\",\n \"amount\": \"<string>\",\n \"externalReference\": \"<string>\",\n \"outcome\": \"completed\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"simulation": {
"depositId": "vad_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"collectionId": "col_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"virtualAccountId": "va_h4n7q2vm8kp3r9zt5wbx",
"amount": "5000",
"currency": "NGN",
"requestedOutcome": "completed",
"replayed": true
}
}{
"simulation": {
"depositId": "vad_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"collectionId": "col_x7kd92mfn3qp8wz4t6vb",
"virtualAccountId": "va_h4n7q2vm8kp3r9zt5wbx",
"amount": "5000",
"currency": "NGN",
"requestedOutcome": "completed",
"replayed": true
}
}{
"error": "bad_request",
"message": "This virtual account does not support simulated deposits",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "unauthorized",
"message": "Invalid API key",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "forbidden",
"message": "API key does not have the required scope",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"message": "Simulation endpoint not found",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}{
"error": "conflict",
"message": "externalReference was already used for different balance funding",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}Authorizations
Your API key: sk_test_… (sandbox) or sk_live_… (production).
Body
application/json
Response
Idempotent replay.
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