# Status

With this endpoint you can check your bills payment transaction status.

### Get Transaction Status:

<table><thead><tr><th width="249.94921875">Verb</th><th>URL</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>POST</code></td><td><code>{{baseUlr}}/api/bills/status?reference=48934892</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Get Status" %}

<pre class="language-javascript"><code class="lang-javascript">curl --location 'https://api.smarthivesms.com/api/bills/status?reference=48934892' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
<strong>--header 'x-api-key: &#x3C;API KEY>' \
</strong></code></pre>

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="200 OK Response" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```json
{
    "status":"ok",
    "description":"The request has succeeded",
    "data":{
        "transaction_id":"696071665868f6762282c5a6",
        "recipient":"09066290713",
        "transactionReference":"28912819",
        "status":"transaction was successful",
        "statusCode":"000"
        }
}
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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