Change MSISDN

POST {api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}

Use this endpoint to update the MSISDN of a user account. If the community is configured to require an OTP for this action, the user must provide the OTP that was previously triggered via /sendOTP.

Request

Parameters

Field	Type	Requirement	Description
Username	String	Required	The current username or MSISDN of the account.
IDNumber	String	Optional	The ID number of the user.
NewMSISDN	String	Required	The new MSISDN to assign to the account.
OTP	String	Optional	The One-Time PIN triggered by /sendOTP.
Metadata	String	Optional	Any other detail to store with this transaction.

Example Body

{
  "Username": "27820000000",
  "IDNumber": "",
  "NewMSISDN": "27820000001",
  "OTP": "",
  "Metadata": ""
}

Response

Parameters

Field	Type	Description
TID	String	TID of the executed operation.
State	String	Transaction state (Success or Failed).
Status	String	Transaction status code (1 or negative error code).
Error	String	Failure reason, if applicable.

Example Body

{
    "TID": "15000000000",
    "State": "Success",
    "Status": "1",
    "Error": ""
}

cURL

curl -X POST '{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}' \
-H 'Authorization: bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"Username":"27820000000","IDNumber":"","NewMSISDN":"27820000001","OTP":"","Metadata":""}'

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}");
        request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "bearer YOUR_TOKEN");

        var jsonPayload = @"{
  ""Username"": ""27820000000"",
  ""IDNumber"": """",
  ""NewMSISDN"": ""27820000001"",
  ""OTP"": """",
  ""Metadata"": """"
}";
        request.Content = new StringContent(jsonPayload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

        var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

        var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
    }
}

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  "net/http"
  "strings"
)

func main() {
  url := "{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}"
  payload := strings.NewReader(`{"Username":"27820000000","IDNumber":"","NewMSISDN":"27820000001","OTP":"","Metadata":""}`)

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "bearer YOUR_TOKEN")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class ApiRequest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        var payload = """
                {
  "Username": "27820000000",
  "IDNumber": "",
  "NewMSISDN": "27820000001",
  "OTP": "",
  "Metadata": ""
}
                """;

        var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create("{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}"))
                .header("Authorization", "bearer YOUR_TOKEN")
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(payload))
                .build();

        var response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

Node.js

// Requires Node.js v18+
(async () => {
    const url = '{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}';
    const payload = {
    "Username": "27820000000",
    "IDNumber": "",
    "NewMSISDN": "27820000001",
    "OTP": "",
    "Metadata": ""
};

    try {
        const response = await fetch(url, {
            method: 'POST',
            headers: {
                'Authorization': 'bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(payload)
        });
        const data = await response.json();
        console.log(data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
})();

PHP

<?php
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => '{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{
  "Username": "27820000000",
  "IDNumber": "",
  "NewMSISDN": "27820000001",
  "OTP": "",
  "Metadata": ""
}',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Authorization: bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type: application/json'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

Python

import requests
import json

url = "{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}"
payload = {
  "Username": "27820000000",
  "IDNumber": "",
  "NewMSISDN": "27820000001",
  "OTP": "",
  "Metadata": ""
}

headers = {
    "Authorization": "bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

url = URI("{api-url}/changeMSISDN?ns={community}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'bearer YOUR_TOKEN'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'

request.body = JSON.dump({
  "Username": "27820000000",
  "IDNumber": "",
  "NewMSISDN": "27820000001",
  "OTP": "",
  "Metadata": ""
})

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body