For Agents
Programmatically initiate checkout payment, check transaction status. Covers 5 operations with basic authentication.
Install Jentic One Beta
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Theteller Payment API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Ftheteller.net%2Ftheteller" | shStep 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Ftheteller.net%2Ftheteller" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
What an agent can do with Theteller Payment API.
Initiate checkout payment
Check transaction status
Process fund transfer or payment
Authorize bank transfer
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Use for: I need to initiate checkout payment, I want to check transaction status, Search for process fund transfer or payment, Find all authorize bank transfer
Not supported: Does not handle communications, crm, or developer tools - use for payments only.
Theteller payment processing API for checkout, mobile money, card payments, bank transfers, and transaction management. The API exposes 5 endpoints secured with basic authentication.
Reverse card transaction
Patterns agents use Theteller Payment API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Payments Operations
Use the Theteller Payment API to perform payments operations programmatically. The API provides 5 endpoints covering core functionality including initiate checkout payment, check transaction status, process fund transfer or payment.
Call POST /checkout/initiate to initiate checkout payment
Automated Checkout Management
Automate checkout operations by combining multiple Theteller Payment API endpoints. Agents can check transaction status and then process fund transfer or payment in a single workflow.
Call GET /v1.1/users/transactions/{transaction_id}/status to check transaction status, then verify the result
AI Agent Integration via Jentic
AI agents discover and call Theteller Payment API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle basic tokens manually.
Search Jentic for 'initiate checkout payment', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials
5 endpoints — theteller payment processing api for checkout, mobile money, card payments, bank transfers, and transaction management.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/checkout/initiate
Initiate checkout payment
/v1.1/users/transactions/{transaction_id}/status
Check transaction status
/v1.1/transaction/process
Process fund transfer or payment
/v1.1/transaction/bank/ftc/authorize
Authorize bank transfer
/rest/resources/card/reversal
Reverse card transaction
/checkout/initiate
Initiate checkout payment
/v1.1/users/transactions/{transaction_id}/status
Check transaction status
/v1.1/transaction/process
Process fund transfer or payment
/v1.1/transaction/bank/ftc/authorize
Authorize bank transfer
/rest/resources/card/reversal
Reverse card transaction
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the Theteller Payment API by hand means base64-encoding your username and key for basic auth, picking the right host among the live and test checkout and transaction servers, and handling your own retries. Through Jentic you install once, import the Theteller Payment API from the API Directory, store the credentials once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
The Theteller Payment API puts the transaction id in the URL path (/v1.1/users/transactions/{transaction_id}/status), so a rule can pin your agent to one transaction for status reads. You choose the operations it may call, so money-moving actions like processing a transfer or reversing a card charge are not included unless you add them.
Credential isolation
Your Theteller credentials are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'check a transaction status' or 'initiate a checkout payment', and Jentic returns the matching Theteller operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Stripe
Alternative payments API
Choose Stripe when you need a different approach to payments operations
Specific to using Theteller Payment API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Theteller Payment API use?
The Theteller Payment API uses HTTP Basic authentication with username and password. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.
Can I initiate checkout payment with the Theteller Payment API?
Yes. Use the POST /checkout/initiate endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.
What are the rate limits for the Theteller Payment API?
Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.
How do I initiate checkout payment through Jentic?
Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'initiate checkout payment'. Jentic returns the matching Theteller Payment API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.
How many endpoints does the Theteller Payment API have?
The Theteller Payment API exposes 5 endpoints covering checkout, transactions, reversals operations.