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# Validate Vpa

Validate that UPI address is valid or not. If it is a valid you will get the name against UPI address

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Production" %}
<https://payout.payumoney.com/payout/merchant/validateVpa>
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Testing" %}
<https://test.payumoney.com/payout/merchant/validateVpa>
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## &#x20;**Request Header Params**

| **Key**          | **Description**                                    | **Data type** | **Mandatory** | **possible Values**    |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------------- |
| Authorization    | Access token generated earlier.                    | String        | Yes           | Bearer {access\_token} |
| payoutMerchantId | This is the merchant id provided while on-boarding | String        | Yes           |                        |

{% hint style="info" %}
**payountMerchantId is different from payumoney merchant id, please check payouts dashboard or call customer support if you don’t know your payoutsMerchantID**
{% endhint %}

## &#x20;**Request Params**

| **Key** | **Description**       | **Data type** | **Mandatory** | **possible Values** |
| ------- | --------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------------- |
| vpa     | UPI address to verify | String        | Yes           |                     |

## **Example**

**Sample Request :**

```
curl -X POST \
  https://test.payumoney.com/payout/merchant/validateVpa \
  -H 'authorization: bearer 06aadbs9dac905b5deb7ad844390e0feae784a0ebc03a047aea72fc57b57012d' \
  -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  -H 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  -H 'payoutmerchantid: 1111111' \
  -d vpa=AMZN0002639304%40apl
```

**Response :**

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

```
{
    "status": 0,
    "msg": "vpa available",
    "code": null,
    "data": {
        "message": null,
        "name": "ANKUSH POKARANA"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Failure" %}

```
{
    "status": 1,
    "msg": "vpa not available",
    "code": null,
    "data": {
        "message": "UPI address is invalid",
        "name": null
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

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