Invalid BusinessShortCode

[HorraceMuendo]

{
"requestId":"24467-118861182-1",
"errorCode": "400.002.02",
"errorMessage": "Bad Request - Invalid BusinessShortCode"

            }

[HorraceMuendo]

hello how do I fix this

[SnowJunior]

Which language are you using ?
If it is ruby I made an article that you can follow for it to run. I'll paste the link below
https://snowsnippets.hashnode.dev/ruby-and-mpesa-api-how-to-integrate-daraja-api-using-ruby

[HorraceMuendo]

Golang

[kisese]

This means that SHortcode you are trying to pay to is not valid, a valid payload is like the following below. It also need to be the same on BusinessShortCode and PartyB

{    
   "BusinessShortCode":"174379",    
   "Password": "MTc0Mzc5YmZiMjc5ZjlhYTliZGJjZjE1OGU5N2RkNzFhNDY3Y2QyZTBjODkzMDU5YjEwZjc4ZTZiNzJhZGExZWQyYzkxOTIwMTYwMjE2MTY1NjI3",    
 "Timestamp":"20160216165627",    
 "TransactionType": "CustomerPayBillOnline",    
   "Amount":"1",    
  "PartyA":"254708374149",    
   "PartyB":"174379",    
 "PhoneNumber":"254708374149",    
 "CallBackURL":"https://mydomain.com/pat",    
 "AccountReference":"Test",    
 "TransactionDesc":"Test"
}

You can also check this example for golang https://github.com/kisese/golang-mpesa

[SnowJunior]

As @kisese has posted. Something to note ensure that your program is generating the same passKey as the one provided by safaricom.
Here in the password section:
"Password": "MTc0Mzc5YmZiMjc5ZjlhYTliZGJjZjE1OGU5N2RkNzFhNDY3Y2QyZTBjODkzMDU5YjEwZjc4ZTZiNzJhZGExZWQyYzkxOTIwMTYwMjE2MTY1NjI3",

That is normally the problem. Create an output to see if the passKey generated matches the one in daraja passKey

[SnowJunior]

@HorraceMuendo did you fix it ?

[HorraceMuendo]

Not really , here's the output from my terminal ,the password's format is similar to daraja's
@kisese and @George-Onyango any comments on this?

Access token: V7IDKsgqMKT3pxEgZLnK56LMdoDh
password:MTc0Mzc5YmZiMjc5ZjlhYTliZGJjZjE1OGU5N2RkNzFhNDY3Y2QyZTBjODkzMDU5YjEwZjc4ZTZiNzJhZGExZWQyYzkxOTIwMjMwMzI0MjEyODQw
{
"BusinessShortCode": "174379",
"Password":"MTc0Mzc5YmZiMjc5ZjlhYTliZGJjZjE1OGU5N2RkNzFhNDY3Y2QyZTBjODkzMDU5YjEwZjc4ZTZiNzJhZGExZWQyYzkxOTIwMjMwMzI0MjEyODQw",
"Timestamp" :"20230324212840",
"TransactionType":"CustomerPayBillOnline",
"Amount":"1",
"PartyA":"0729664004",
"PartyB":"174379",
"PhoneNumber":"0729664004",
"CallBackURL":"https://mydomain.com/path",
"AccountReference":"SMOCHADELI",
"TransactionDesc":"test",

            }

{
"requestId":"17899-11091744-1",
"errorCode": "400.002.02",
"errorMessage": "Bad Request - Invalid BusinessShortCode"
}

[SnowJunior]

And how are you generating the access token

If it's via http you'll use the url and header putting the generated token in the authorization section

[HorraceMuendo]

I have done that
@George-Onyango do you have links to anyone who has integrated it with golang before

[HorraceMuendo]

I used github.com/jwambugu/mpesa-golang-sdk and fixed the errors instead of coding it from scratch .....his sdk was really helpful