#Create one time mandate
There are two ways to create a one time mandate—Intent based and Collect based
The process for mandate creation is described in the below diagram:

The merchant will have to call the create mandate API with the correct set of parameters.
Staging host | https://umap.setu.co/api |
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Method | POST |
Path | /v1/merchants/mandates |
Header | merchantId Authorization : Bearer <insert_token_here>. Generate this token using OAuth.Content-Type —will be application/json |
Sample request
{"allowMultipleDebit": false,"amount": 1000,"amountRule": "max","autoExecute": false,"autoPreNotify": false,"blockFunds": false,"creationMode": "qr","currency": "INR","customerRevocable": false,"customerVpa": "ram@axis","endDate": "02012008","expireAfter": 120,"firstExecutionAmount": 0,"frequency": "one time","initiationMode": "01","maxAmountLimit": 1000,"merchantReferenceId": "ABC1234789","merchantVpa": "acme.corp@axis","productConfigId": "01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV","purpose": "14","recurrenceRule": "on","recurrenceValue": 0,"shareToPayee": false,"startDate": "02012006","transactionNote": "Transaction note"}
Request body parameter values for creating an intent based one time mandate
parameter | value |
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frequency | one time |
creationMode | intent or qr |
initiationMode | 01 if creationMode is qr 04 if creationMode is intent |
recurrenceValue | 0 |
recurrenceRule | on |
autoExecute | false |
autoPreNotify | false |
Sample response
{"allowMultipleDebit": false,"amount": 1000,"amountRule": "max","autoExecute": false,"autoPreNotify": false,"blockFunds": false,"createdAt": "2023-09-04T12:08:20+0530","creationMode": "qr","currency": "INR","customerRevocable": true,"customerVpa": "ram@axis","endDate": "02012008","expireAfter": 120,"firstExecutionAmount": 0,"frequency": "one time","id": "01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV","initiationMode": "01","intentLink": "upi://mandate?pa=acme.corp@axis&pn=merchant-1&validitystart=02012006&validityend=02012008&am=100.00&amrule=MAX&recur=ONETIME&tr=BTTZrc5gDFkuCr3n3I0ey4aNtzLOLR7K7aR&cu=INR&mc=1234&mode=01&purpose=14&rev=Y&share=N&qrexpire=02012006&block=N&orgid=409214&version=2.0&txnType=CREATE&tid=BTTZrc5gDFkuCr3n3I0ey4aNtzLOLR7K7aR","maxAmountLimit": 1000,"merchantId": "01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV","merchantReferenceId": "ABC1234789","merchantVpa": "acme.corp@axis","productConfigId": "01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV","purpose": "14","recurrenceRule": "on","recurrenceValue": 0,"shareToPayee": false,"startDate": "02012006","status": "pending","transactionNote": "Transaction note","txnId": "BTTZrc5gDFkuCr3n3I0ey4aNtzLOLR7K7aR"}
intentLink
or corresponding qr can be shared directly with customers via a communication channel.id
is a unique mandate ID that is associated with this mandate and can be used to track it later.
This request to generate a mandate creation intent link / qr is flexible and allows for many use cases. To know more about all the API params, please refer to the API documentation here.
Post this, once the customer clicks on the intent link / scans the qr code and enters the mPIN, the merchant will receive webhooks for following events:
- mandate.initiated
- mandate_operation.create.initiated
- mandate.live (if mandate creation is successful)
- mandate_operation.create.success (if mandate creation is successful)
- mandate.rejected (if mandate creation fails)
- mandate_operation.create.failed (if mandate creation fails)
Read more about mandate status notifications here and mandate create operation notifications here
In addition to the notifications, the merchant can also use check mandate status API to check if mandate is LIVE
#Check mandate status
In addition to the notifications sent by UPI Setu, Merchant can use this API to check the status of a mandate.
Staging host | https://umap.setu.co/api |
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Method | GET |
Path | /v1/merchants/mandates/{id} |
Header | merchantId Authorization : Bearer <insert_token_here>. Generate this token using OAuth.Content-Type —will be application/json |
Sample response
{"allowMultipleDebit": false,"amount": 1000,"amountRule": "max","autoExecute": false,"autoPreNotify": false,"blockFunds": false,"createdAt": "2023-09-04T12:08:20+0530","creationMode": "collect","currency": "INR","customerRevocable": true,"customerVpa": "ram@axis","endDate": "02012008","expireAfter": 120,"firstExecutionAmount": 0,"frequency": "one time","id": "01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV","initiationMode": "00","maxAmountLimit": 1000,"merchantId": "01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV","merchantReferenceId": "ABC1234789","merchantVpa": "acme.corp@axis","productConfigId": "01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV","purpose": "14","recurrenceRule": "on","recurrenceValue": 0,"shareToPayee": false,"startDate": "02012006","status": "live","transactionNote": "Transaction note","txnId": "BTTZrc5gDFkuCr3n3I0ey4aNtzLOLR7K7aR","umn": "c27f5fc30d344e9594fce0afa34f8859@mypsp"}
id
is a unique mandate ID that is associated with this mandate and can be used to track it later.umn
is a unique mandate identifier that is associated with this mandate and is needed for pre debit notification and execution APIs.
To know more about all the API params, please refer to the API documentation here.