Pause or reactivate a virtual account
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{}'import requests
url = "https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}"
payload = {}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({})
};
fetch('https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}', 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/virtual-accounts/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
]),
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/virtual-accounts/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", 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.patch("https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"virtualAccount": {
"id": "va_k3m9x2pq7wz4t6vbn8hd",
"status": "active",
"currency": "NGN",
"bank": "Wema Bank",
"accountNumber": "7812345678",
"accountName": "Chipper / Acme Ltd",
"externalReference": "customer-8841",
"createdAt": "2026-08-01T09:12:44.000Z",
"metadata": {},
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"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": "Virtual account not found",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}Virtual accounts
Pause or reactivate a virtual account
Pause an account you no longer want to hand out (a churned customer, suspected abuse) and reactivate it later — the account number never changes, so nothing the customer saved goes stale.
PATCH
/
v1
/
virtual-accounts
/
{id}
Pause or reactivate a virtual account
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{}'import requests
url = "https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}"
payload = {}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({})
};
fetch('https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}', 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/virtual-accounts/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
]),
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/virtual-accounts/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", 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.patch("https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sandbox-api.platform.chipper.ai/v1/virtual-accounts/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"virtualAccount": {
"id": "va_k3m9x2pq7wz4t6vbn8hd",
"status": "active",
"currency": "NGN",
"bank": "Wema Bank",
"accountNumber": "7812345678",
"accountName": "Chipper / Acme Ltd",
"externalReference": "customer-8841",
"createdAt": "2026-08-01T09:12:44.000Z",
"metadata": {},
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"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": "Virtual account not found",
"requestId": "req_q7vei435zifs51ia0lqr"
}Authorizations
Your API key: sk_test_… (sandbox) or sk_live_… (production).
Path Parameters
Virtual account id.
Example:
"va_k3m9x2pq7wz4t6vbn8hd"
Body
application/json
Available options:
active, paused Response
The updated virtual account.
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