# Add Payee

This API allows merchants to add payees to the system. Merchants can provide necessary information such as payee's name, email, account details, or any other relevant information required for payouts.

#### Sample Payload Data to be Encrypted

```json

[{
    id: "11-22-33",
    fname: "Rohan",
    lname: "Singh",
    email: "testing998824@yopmail.com",
    label: "TestingL",
    businessname: "Testing2",
    },
    {
    id: "11-22-34",
    fname: "Rohan",
    lname: "Singh",
    email: "testing998825@yopmail.com",
    label: "TestingL",
    businessname: "Testing2",
    }]
```

## This API will take encrypted data as request payload.

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/payout/payee`

#### Headers

| Name                                            | Type   | Description      |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------- |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Bearer {{token}} |

#### Request Body

| Name                                           | Type   | Description                     |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------- |
| encryptedReq<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Encrypted array of payee object |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK " %}
When all data is correct

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
    "success": true,
    "payees": [
      {
        "First Name": "Rohan",
        "Last Name": "Singh",
        "Email": "testing998877@yopmail.com",
        "Label": "TestingL",
        "Error(s)": ""
      },
      {
        "First Name": "Rohan",
        "Last Name": "Singh",
        "Email": "testing998879@yopmail.com",
        "Label": "TestingL",
        "Error(s)": ""
      }
    ],
    "insertedCount": 2,
    "errorMsg": ""
  }
}
```

When Encrypted Data is not in Correct Formate

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
    "success": false,
    "errorMsg": "Invalid Encrypted Data"
  }
}
```

When Decrypted Data is not in Correct Format (Array)

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
    "success": false,
    "errorMsg": "Invalid Formate of Decrypted Data"
  }
}
```

When Decrypted Data is missing a required key

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
    "success": false,
    "errorMsg": "Invalid Data: Row - 1, Key - email"
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="500: Internal Server Error " %}

```json
{
  "ok": false,
  "statusCode": 500,
  "message": "Internal Server Error"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401: Unauthorized " %}

```json
{
  "ok": false,
  "statusCode": 401,
  "data": {},
  "message": "Token expired"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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