Parse a receipt file or text
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
--form receipt_file='@example-file' \
--form 'receipt_text=<string>' \
--form bank=cbeimport requests
url = "https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt"
files = { "receipt_file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
"receipt_text": "<string>",
"bank": "cbe"
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const form = new FormData();
form.append('receipt_file', '<string>');
form.append('receipt_text', '<string>');
form.append('bank', 'cbe');
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
options.body = form;
fetch('https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt"
payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"bank": "cbe",
"bank_name": "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia",
"transaction_number": "FT26144SG2ST",
"account_number": "1000876543218",
"requires_account_number": false,
"requires_explicit_settlement_account": false,
"account_digits": 13,
"receipt": {
"status": "completed",
"amount": 1350,
"currency": "ETB",
"transaction_date": "2025-06-10T14:30:00+03:00",
"payer_name": "Hayat Ahmed"
}
}{
"message": "The transaction_number field is required."
}Verifications
Parse Receipt
Extract bank details from a file or text without consuming quota
POST
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verify
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parse-receipt
Parse a receipt file or text
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
--form receipt_file='@example-file' \
--form 'receipt_text=<string>' \
--form bank=cbeimport requests
url = "https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt"
files = { "receipt_file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
"receipt_text": "<string>",
"bank": "cbe"
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const form = new FormData();
form.append('receipt_file', '<string>');
form.append('receipt_text', '<string>');
form.append('bank', 'cbe');
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
options.body = form;
fetch('https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt"
payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.check.et/api/v1/verify/parse-receipt")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"receipt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"bank\"\r\n\r\ncbe\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"bank": "cbe",
"bank_name": "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia",
"transaction_number": "FT26144SG2ST",
"account_number": "1000876543218",
"requires_account_number": false,
"requires_explicit_settlement_account": false,
"account_digits": 13,
"receipt": {
"status": "completed",
"amount": 1350,
"currency": "ETB",
"transaction_date": "2025-06-10T14:30:00+03:00",
"payer_name": "Hayat Ahmed"
}
}{
"message": "The transaction_number field is required."
}Authorizations
API key from your dashboard - starts with chk_. Requires a business account.
Body
multipart/form-data
Response
Parsed receipt fields
Example:
"cbe"
Example:
"Commercial Bank of Ethiopia"
Example:
"FT26144SG2ST"
Example:
"1000876543218"
Example:
false
Example:
false
Example:
13
Parsed transaction details from the bank
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