# Verify Transaction

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**This documentation site has been deprecated as of September 8, 2025, and will no longer receive updates. Please refer to the new documentation site at** [**https://docs.squadco.com**](https://docs.squadco.com)**.**
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This is an endpoint that allows you to query the status of a particular transaction using the unique transaction reference attached to the transaction.

**RESPONSE**\
The API responses returns a status code and a data object

**Response Status Code**

The response when this endpoint is queried returns a status code of 200 0r 400.\
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**Status Code 200**\
A status code of 200 is returned for a valid transaction ref.\
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**Status Code 400**\
A status code of 400 is returned for an invalid transaction ref\
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**Response Data Object**\
The data object returned in the response is null when the status code is 400 and populated when the status code is 200.\
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The data object contains a parameter known as the transaction\_status which differentiates the transaction type.

Transaction status can either be Success, Failed, Abandoned or Pending

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**Authorization** Any request made without the authorization key (secret key) will fail with a **`401`**` ``(Unauthorized)` response code.
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**The authorization key is sent via the request header as Bearer Token Authorization**
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**Example:**\
Authorization**:** Bearer sandbox\_sk\_94f2b798466408ef4d19e848ee1a4d1a3e93f104046f

## This verifies a transaction

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://sandbox-api-d.squadco.com/transaction/verify/{{transaction_ref}}`

To verify the validity of a transaction, kindly query the endpoint above by replacing {{transaction\_ref}} with the unique transaction\_ref of the transaction you want to *verify*

#### Query Parameters

| Name                                               | Type   | Description                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| transaction\_ref<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Unique transaction reference that identifies each transaction |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK Valid Transaction Reference" %}
Sample Response for Successful Transaction

```
{
    "status": 200,
    "success": true,
    "message": "Success",
    "data": {
        "transaction_amount": 5000,
        "transaction_ref": "SQCHIZ3634573076082",
        "email": "ayo@gmail.com",
        "transaction_status": "Success",
        "transaction_currency_id": "NGN",
        "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
        "transaction_type": "VirtualAccount",
        "merchant_name": "CHIZOBA ANTHONY",
        "merchant_business_name": null,
        "gateway_transaction_ref": "SQCHIZ3634573076082",
        "recurring": null,
        "merchant_email": "okoyeanthonychizoba@gmail.com",
        "plan_code": null
    }
}


```

Sample Response for Failed Transaction

```
{
    "status": 200,
    "success": true,
    "message": "Success",
    "data": {
        "transaction_amount": 10000,
        "transaction_ref": "SQOKOY6108912254622",
        "email": "chizoba.okoye@habaripay.com",
        "transaction_status": "failed",
        "transaction_currency_id": "NGN",
        "created_at": "2022-07-12T13:46:26.866",
        "transaction_type": "card",
        "merchant_name": "Okoye Anthony",
        "merchant_business_name": "Okoye Anthony",
        "gateway_transaction_ref": "SQOKOY6108912254622_1_3",
        "recurring": "null",
        "merchant_email": "tony@gmail.com",
        "plan_code": null
    }
}
```

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{% tab title="400: Bad Request Invalid Transaction Reference" %}

```javascript
{
    "status": 400,
    "success": false,
    "message": "Invalid transaction reference",
    "data": {}
}
```

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{% tab title="401: Unauthorized Unauthorized Request" %}

```javascript
//sending a request without an authorization key
{
    "success": false,
    "message": "",
    "data": {}
}
```

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{% tab title="403: Forbidden Invalid API Key" %}

```javascript
//sending a request with an Invalid key
{
    "success": false,
    "message": "API key is invalid. Key must start with sandbox_sk_",
    "data": {}
}
```

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## Verify POS transaction

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://api-d.squadco.com/softpos/transaction/verify/:transaction_reference`

To verify the validity of a POS transaction, kindly query the endpoint above, passing the transaction\_reference as the value in the path variable

#### Query Parameters

| Name                                                     | Type   | Description                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| transaction\_reference<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Unique transaction reference that identifies each transaction |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK Valid Transaction Reference" %}
Sample Response for Successful Transaction

```
{
    "status": 200,
    "success": true,
    "message": "Success",
    "data": {
        "terminal_id": "2058AB05",
        "merchant_id": "AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHJJKK",
        "transaction_reference": "SQDEMO420135925351",
        "virtual_account_number": null,
        "amount": 570000,
        "currency": "NGN",
        "payment_method": "card",
        "transaction_type": "Purchase",
        "payment_info": {
            "card_exp": "2706",
            "card_pan": "539983******9484",
            "card_type": "Debit Mastercard",
            "cardholder_name": "MUIDEEN/BALOGUN"
        },
        "rrn": "420135925351",
        "stan": "925351",
        "aid": "A0000000041010",
        "response_code": "99",
        "response_message": "Request in progress",
        "status": "failed",
        "meta": {},
        "created_at": "2025-06-02T12:38:11.833Z",
        "updated_at": "2025-06-02T12:38:41.858Z",
        "receipt_no": "0000000352"
    }
}
```

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## Go Live

If you are using the verify transaction endpoint, kindly change the base URL to <https://api-d.squadco.com>


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