# Query Status With Your Reference

## Get Transaction Status

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://a1pay.net/api/query/statuswithmyreference`

Get transaction status using your unique transaction reference

#### Query Parameters

| Name           | Type   | Description                                      |
| -------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| transactionRef | string | Your unique transaction reference                |
| merchantId     | string | Your Merchant ID provided to you at registration |

#### Headers

| Name | Type   | Description                                                      |
| ---- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Hash | string | SHA256 .of Amount in two decimal places + MerchantId + SecretKey |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 JSON of status and data. data will carry transaction response object if call is successful, if not, it will carry a string representation of the error message. Even if status is success, always look out for the IsSuccessful property of the data object which must be true to show that the transaction is fully successful." %}

```javascript
{
    "status": "success",
    "data": 
    {
      "AmountPaid": "100000.00",
      "FriendlyMessage": "Transaction completed successfully",
      "FurtherExplanation": null,
      "IsSuccessful": true,
      "PayerEmail": "email@a1pay.net",
      "PayerName": "SOLOMON GRUNDY",
      "PaymentReference_Local": "A1PAYREFERENCE",
      "PaymentReference_Switch": "SWITCHREFERENCE",
      "ResponseCode": "00",
      "ResponseDescription": "Approved By Financial Institution",
      "TransactionDate": "02/06/2018",
      "TransactionType": "School Fees"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
Always look out for the **IsSuccessful** property of the data object in the response. A status=success alone is not enough to determine that your transaction is successful
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
Its always a good practice to log all responses from A1Pay for future reference.
{% endhint %}