# Get Transaction By ID

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/` `auth/view-transaction`

The request should include the transaction code in the raw request body.

**Headers**

| Name         | Value              |
| ------------ | ------------------ |
| Content-Type | `application/json` |
| Token        | `<token>`          |

**Body**

<table><thead><tr><th width="223">Name</th><th width="192">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>transaction_code</code></td><td>string</td><td>The Transaction Code of the transaction to be viewed.</td></tr><tr><td><code>payment_reference</code></td><td>string</td><td>A reference unique to your system</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
For the body of the request above, you can either use `transaction_code`  or `payment_reference`  to query the transaction
{% endhint %}

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```json
curl --location 'http://sandbox.yogupay.com/auth/view-transaction' \
--header 'token: [Generated after login]' \
--data '{
  "transaction_code": "ECQ14Y4PQS"
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```json
{
    "status": 0,
    "transaction": {
        "id": 6537,
        "transaction_code": "ECQ14Y4PQS",
        "transaction_type": "MOBILE MONEY",
        "transaction_source_currency_code": "KES",
        "source_amount": 50,
        "transaction_destination_currency_code": "KES",
        "destination_amount": 50,
        "transaction_charge": 0,
        "total_amount_charged": 50,
        "recipient_msisdn": 254702423791,
        "recipient_bank_account": "",
        "recipient_bank_code": "",
        "recipient_email": "johndoe@yogupay.com",
        "recipient_name": "John Doe",
        "sender_narrative": "Payment",
        "created_at": "2024-11-04T14:06:23.000Z",
        "payment_reference": "qwerty543123452",
        "status": 2
    },
    "transaction_status": "Successful"
}

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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