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Introduction Getting started SMS Promotional - Large campaigns Transactional - Basic Transactional (Alerts) - Virtual Number Route Transactional (Alerts) - Priority Routing Transactional (OTPs & Alerts) - Special route International route to Nigeria International route to Other Countries SMS DLR SMS DLR Webhooks Voice Voice OTP Voice Broadcasts Voice DLR Campaigns SMS - Get Groups SMS Initiate Units Transfer Units to Sub-Account Transfer Units to Other Account Check Units Balance Sender IDs Register Sender IDs Check Sender ID status Categories Add Customer Remove Customer Virtual Number Inbox webhook VTU (Airtime & Data) Purchase Airtime Get Data Plans Purchase Data Plan Check Status Webhooks Bill Payments (Electricity, Cable TV...) Verify Customer Buy Electricity Fetch TV Plans Buy TV Subscription Check Status Webhooks Carrier Billing Run USSD Query Run Shortcode Query Query Status Carrier Callback Tools Create Sub-Account Check DND Status Check Service Status 3rd-party integrations ZOHO
VTU & Bill Payment Webhooks The API is used when you want to receive realtime status updates of VTU & Bill Payment transactions.
💡 USAGE Set DLR webhooks on your Textng Account to receive realtime status updates of VTU & Bill Payment transactions. To set-up the Callback url, kindly visit the Account Settings page and insert your callback url in the appropriate input field. Below is a template of how your callback URL should be.
Response
Sample successful notification pushed (JSON) 
{
  "service": "VTU",
  "transaction_type": "AIRTIME",
  "tranaction_status": "SUCCESSFUL",
  "reference": "18558470861787677211",
  "transaction_date": "2026-08-25 18:0",
  "date_updated": "2026-08-25 18:0",
  "transaction_amount": "97.5",
  "comment": "SUCCESSFUL"
}
Sample refunded notification pushed (JSON) 
{
  "service": "VTU",
  "transaction_type": "AIRTIME",
  "tranaction_status": "REFUNDED",
  "reference": "18558470861787677211",
  "transaction_date": "2026-08-25 18:0",
  "date_updated": "2026-08-25 18:0",
  "transaction_amount": "97.5",
  "comment": "REFUNDED"
}