Create Transfer with Flutterwave API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Transfer with the Flutterwave API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Transfer action
1. Connect your Flutterwave account
2. Select a Country
3. Select a Bank
4. Configure Account Number
5. Configure Currency
6. Configure Amount
7. Configure Narration
8. Optional- Select a Payout Subaccount
9. Optional- Configure Reference
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Transfer on Flutterwave

Description:This action initiates a new transfer. [See the documentation](https://developer.flutterwave.com/reference/endpoints/transfers)

Version:0.0.1

Key:flutterwave-create-transfer

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Code#

import flutterwave from "../../flutterwave.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "flutterwave-create-transfer",
  name: "Create Transfer",
  description: "This action initiates a new transfer. [See the documentation](https://developer.flutterwave.com/reference/endpoints/transfers)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    flutterwave,
    country: {
      propDefinition: [
        flutterwave,
        "country",
      ],
    },
    bank: {
      propDefinition: [
        flutterwave,
        "bank",
        (c) => ({
          country: c.country,
        }),
      ],
    },
    accountNumber: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Account Number",
      description: "This is the recipient's account number.",
    },
    currency: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Currency",
      description: "The currency of the Transfer. Learn more about supported currencies [here](https://flutterwave.com/gb/support/payments/what-currencies-can-you-transfer-to).",
    },
    amount: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Amount",
      description: "This is the amount to be transferred to the recipient",
    },
    narration: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Narration",
      description: "This is the narration for the transfer e.g. payments for x services provided",
    },
    payoutSubaccount: {
      propDefinition: [
        flutterwave,
        "payoutSubaccount",
      ],
    },
    reference: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Reference",
      description: "This is a merchant's unique reference for the transfer, it can be used to query for the status of the transfer.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.flutterwave.initiateTransfer({
      $,
      data: {
        account_bank: this.bank,
        account_number: this.accountNumber,
        currency: this.currency,
        amount: this.amount,
        narration: this.narration,
        debit_subaccount: this.payoutSubaccount,
        reference: this.reference,
      },
    });

    if (response?.data?.id) {
      $.export("$summary", `Transfer initiated successfully with ID: ${response.data.id}.`);
    }
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Flutterwave	`flutterwave`	`app`	This component uses the Flutterwave app.
Country	`country`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`NGGHKEUGZATZ`
Bank	`bank`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Account Number	`accountNumber`	`string`	This is the recipient's account number.
Currency	`currency`	`string`	The currency of the Transfer. Learn more about supported currencies here.
Amount	`amount`	`integer`	This is the amount to be transferred to the recipient
Narration	`narration`	`string`	This is the narration for the transfer e.g. payments for x services provided
Payout Subaccount	`payoutSubaccount`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Reference	`reference`	`string`	This is a merchant's unique reference for the transfer, it can be used to query for the status of the transfer.

Authentication#

Flutterwave uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Flutterwave account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Flutterwave APIs in both code and no-code steps.

To retrieve your API keys,