The Virtual Payment Address or VPA is a unique ID given to an individual using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) service to send or receive money. In the case of UPI collect VPA is the mandatory param and merchants are always advised to check if the VPA is valid or not.
Validating the VPA will help in reducing the failure rate due to incorrect vpa.

Currently, we have verify VPA API support for the below-acquiring partners.
Axis
HDFC
INDUS
KOTAK
ICICI(in-progress)

Request:

FieldTypeDescriptionMandatory/Optional
vpaStringThe VPA for which the eligibility has to be checkedMandatory
merchant_idStringThe merchant id that the merchant holds with JuspayMandatory

Response:

FieldTypeDescription
vpaStringThe VPA sent in the request
statusStringThe expected value is "VALID" for a valid VPA and "INVALID" for incorrect VPA
customer_nameStringThe name of the customer provided during VPA generation

The merchant may relay on the param "status" to check if the VPA is valid or not.

Language
Authentication
Basic
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