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// Collect payment from MTN number
const response = await fetch('https://api.lyntra.com/v1/collections/initiate', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    msisdn: '256771234567',
    amount: '5000',
    currency: 'UGX',
    provider: 'MTN',
    business_account_id: 'ba_xxxxxxxx',
    callback_url: 'https://yourapp.com/webhooks/payment',
    description: 'Order #1234 payment'
  })
});

const { reference, status } = await response.json();
// reference: "LYN_20240326_ABC123"
// status: "PENDING" → webhook fires on completion

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.lyntra.com/v1/collections/initiate',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={
        'msisdn': '256771234567',
        'amount': '5000',
        'currency': 'UGX',
        'provider': 'MTN',
        'business_account_id': 'ba_xxxxxxxx',
        'callback_url': 'https://yourapp.com/webhooks/payment',
        'description': 'Order #1234 payment'
    }
)

data = response.json()
# data['reference'] → 'LYN_20240326_ABC123'
# data['status']    → 'PENDING'

$ch = curl_init('https://api.lyntra.com/v1/collections/initiate');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST            => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER  => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER      => [
        "Authorization: Bearer {$apiKey}",
        'Content-Type: application/json'
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
        'msisdn'             => '256771234567',
        'amount'             => '5000',
        'currency'           => 'UGX',
        'provider'           => 'MTN',
        'business_account_id' => 'ba_xxxxxxxx',
        'callback_url'       => 'https://yourapp.com/webhooks/payment',
        'description'        => 'Order #1234 payment'
    ])
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
// $data['reference'] → 'LYN_20240326_ABC123'

curl -X POST https://api.lyntra.com/v1/collections/initiate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "msisdn": "256771234567",
    "amount": "5000",
    "currency": "UGX",
    "provider": "MTN",
    "business_account_id": "ba_xxxxxxxx",
    "callback_url": "https://yourapp.com/webhooks/payment",
    "description": "Order #1234 payment"
  }'

# Response:
# {"reference":"LYN_20240326_ABC123","status":"PENDING",...}