> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.cashfree.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fetch Billers Info > Use this API to fetch the complete catalog and MDM (Master Data Management) details of billers registered under BBPS. Use this to understand biller configuration, required customer input parameters, supported payment modes and channels, and fee structures. If the request body is omitted, all billers are returned. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi/bbps/bbps-cou.yaml post /bbps/cou/v1/billers/info openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: BBPS for Customers (Customer Operating Unit) version: 1.0.0 description: > APIs for Agent Institutions to integrate with the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) as a Customer Operating Unit (COU). These APIs enable bill discovery, bill fetch, bill payment, ticket management, and wallet operations. servers: - url: https://sandbox.cashfree.com description: Sandbox (Testing) environment. - url: https://api.cashfree.com description: Production environment. security: - XClientID: [] XClientSecret: [] paths: /bbps/cou/v1/billers/info: post: tags: - Billers summary: Fetch Billers Info description: > Use this API to fetch the complete catalog and MDM (Master Data Management) details of billers registered under BBPS. Use this to understand biller configuration, required customer input parameters, supported payment modes and channels, and fee structures. If the request body is omitted, all billers are returned. operationId: fetchBillersInfo requestBody: description: Request parameters to fetch biller catalog and MDM details. required: false content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: biller_fetch_request: type: object description: > Filter criteria. If omitted, all billers are returned. If both `biller_id` and `biller_category_name` are provided, results are a union. properties: biller_id: type: array description: List of biller IDs to fetch. Maximum 100 entries. maxItems: 100 items: type: string example: - OANSTOP00NAT01 biller_category_name: type: array description: List of biller categories to fetch. Maximum 50 entries. maxItems: 50 items: type: string example: - DTH example: biller_fetch_request: biller_id: - OANSTOP00NAT01 biller_category_name: - DTH responses: '200': description: >- Success response for fetching the complete catalog and MDM details of billers registered under BBPS. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: status: type: string description: Always "OK" on success. example: OK message: type: string description: Human-readable confirmation of the operation result. example: Billers info fetched successfully data: type: array description: List of biller MDM details matching the filter criteria. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillerInfo' example: status: OK message: Billers info fetched successfully data: - biller_id: OANSTOP00NAT01 biller_alias_name: VAL2 Alias biller_name: OANS biller_category_name: DTH biller_mode: OFFLINEA biller_accepts_adhoc: true biller_coverage: IND fetch_requirement: NOT_SUPPORTED payment_amount_exactness: '' support_bill_validation: OPTIONAL biller_effctv_from: '2016-07-08' biller_effctv_to: '2029-05-18' biller_customer_params: - param_name: a data_type: NUMERIC optional: false min_length: 1 max_length: 3 regex: '' visibility: true - param_name: a b data_type: NUMERIC optional: false min_length: 1 max_length: 3 regex: '' visibility: true - param_name: a b c data_type: NUMERIC optional: false min_length: 1 max_length: 3 regex: '' visibility: true - param_name: a b c d data_type: NUMERIC optional: false min_length: 1 max_length: 3 regex: '' visibility: true - param_name: a b c d e data_type: NUMERIC optional: false min_length: 1 max_length: 3 regex: '' visibility: true biller_payment_modes: - payment_mode: Internet Banking min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: Debit Card min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: Credit Card min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: Prepaid Card min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: IMPS min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: Cash min_limit: 1 max_limit: 4999900 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: UPI min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: Wallet min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' - payment_mode: NEFT min_limit: 1 max_limit: 0 support_pending_status: '' biller_description: '' support_pending_status: 'No' support_deemed: 'Yes' biller_time_out: '' biller_ownership: PSU biller_payment_channels: - payment_channel: INT min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: INTB min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: MOB min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: MOBB min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: POS min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: MPOS min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: ATM min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: BNKBRNCH min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: KIOSK min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: AGT min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' - payment_channel: BSC min_limit: 1 max_limit: 20000000 support_pending_status: '' biller_response_params: amount_options: - amount_breakup_set: - BASE_BILL_AMOUNT biller_additional_info: [] biller_additional_info_payment: [] plan_additional_info: [] interchange_fee_conf: [] interchange_fee: [] status: ACTIVE plan_mdm_requirement: NOT_SUPPORTED '400': description: Bad request error. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' example: message: >- biller_fetch_request.biller_category_name[1] : is missing in the request. Value received: code: biller_fetch_request.biller_category_name[1]_missing type: invalid_request_error '401': description: Authentication Error. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedResponse' '429': description: Rate Limit Error. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitResponse' '500': description: Internal Server Error. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerErrorResponse' components: schemas: BillerInfo: type: object properties: biller_id: type: string description: Unique identifier of the Biller on the BBPS network. biller_name: type: string description: Name of the Biller as registered on the BBPS network. biller_alias_name: type: string description: Alias or display name of the Biller. biller_category_name: type: string description: >- Category to which the Biller belongs, such as ELECTRICITY, DTH, or GAS. biller_mode: type: string description: Operational mode of the Biller. enum: - ONLINE - OFFLINE_A - OFFLINE_B biller_accepts_adhoc: type: boolean description: >- Flag indicating if the Biller accepts adhoc payment amounts not returned from a bill fetch. biller_coverage: type: string description: >- Geographic coverage scope of the Biller. Possible values are IND (national), State, or City. biller_ownership: type: string description: Ownership type of the Biller. enum: - Government - PSU - Private fetch_requirement: type: string description: >- Indicates whether Bill Fetch is mandatory, optional, or not supported for this Biller. enum: - MANDATORY - OPTIONAL - NOT_SUPPORTED support_bill_validation: type: string nullable: true description: >- Indicates whether Bill Validation is mandatory, optional, or not supported for this Biller. enum: - MANDATORY - OPTIONAL - NOT_SUPPORTED payment_amount_exactness: type: string nullable: true description: >- Indicates the payment amount constraint for Billers that require a mandatory Bill Fetch. Possible values are Exact, Exact and above, or Exact and below. enum: - Exact - Exact and above - Exact and below biller_effctv_from: type: string description: Effective start date of the Biller in yyyy-MM-dd format. biller_effctv_to: type: string description: Effective end date of the Biller in yyyy-MM-dd format. biller_description: type: string nullable: true description: Additional descriptive information about the Biller. support_pending_status: type: string nullable: true description: >- Flag indicating whether pending transaction status is applicable for this Biller. support_deemed: type: string nullable: true description: >- Flag indicating whether deemed success is applicable for this Biller. biller_time_out: type: integer nullable: true description: >- Biller response timeout in minutes. Applicable only when support_pending_status is Yes. status: type: string nullable: true description: Current status of the Biller on the BBPS network. enum: - ACTIVE - DEACTIVATED plan_mdm_requirement: type: string description: >- Indicates whether Plan MDM functionality is mandatory, optional, or not supported for this Biller. biller_customer_params: type: array description: >- Customer parameter details required by the Biller to identify and fetch the bill. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillerCustomerParam' biller_payment_modes: type: array description: >- Payment mode details supported by the Biller, including limits and pending status support. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillerPaymentMode' biller_payment_channels: type: array description: >- Payment channel details supported by the Biller, including limits and pending status support. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillerPaymentChannel' biller_response_params: type: object nullable: true description: >- Biller response parameters indicating the amount combinations supported by the Biller. properties: amount_options: type: array description: Amount options supported by the Biller. items: type: object properties: amount_breakup_set: type: array description: Amount combination for a particular amount option. items: type: string biller_additional_info: type: array nullable: true description: >- Additional information parameters provided by the Biller in the bill fetch or validation response. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdditionalInfoParam' biller_additional_info_payment: type: array nullable: true description: >- Additional information parameters provided by the Biller in the payment response. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdditionalInfoParam' plan_additional_info: type: array nullable: true description: >- Additional information parameters provided by the Biller as part of Plan MDM. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdditionalInfoParam' interchange_fee_conf: type: array nullable: true description: >- Interchange fee configuration details of the Biller, including applicable fee codes and validity. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/InterchangeFeeConf' interchange_fee: type: array nullable: true description: >- Interchange fee details of the Biller, including fee direction, range, and flat or percentage values. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/InterchangeFee' ErrorResponse: type: object properties: message: type: string description: Human-readable description of the validation or request error. example: >- bill_fetch_request.agent_id : is missing in the request. Value received: code: type: string description: >- Machine-readable error code identifying the specific validation failure. example: bill_fetch_request.agent_id_missing type: type: string description: Category of the error, indicating the error class. example: invalid_request_error UnauthorizedResponse: type: object properties: message: type: string description: Human-readable description of the authentication failure. example: authentication Failed code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code identifying the failure reason. example: request_failed type: type: string description: Category of the error, indicating the error class. example: authentication_error RateLimitResponse: type: object properties: message: type: string description: Human-readable description of the rate limit breach. example: Too many requests from IP. Check headers code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code identifying the failure reason. example: request_failed type: type: string description: Category of the error, indicating the error class. example: rate_limit_error InternalServerErrorResponse: type: object properties: message: type: string description: Human-readable description of the server-side error. example: internal Server Error code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code identifying the failure reason. example: internal_error type: type: string description: Category of the error, indicating the error class. example: api_error BillerCustomerParam: type: object properties: param_name: type: string description: Name of the customer parameter as configured for the Biller. data_type: type: string description: Data type of the customer parameter. enum: - NUMERIC - ALPHANUMERIC optional: type: boolean description: Flag indicating if the customer parameter is optional. min_length: type: integer nullable: true description: Minimum length of the customer parameter. max_length: type: integer nullable: true description: Maximum length of the customer parameter. regex: type: string nullable: true description: >- Regular expression representing permissible values for the customer parameter. visibility: type: boolean nullable: true description: >- Flag indicating whether the customer parameter is visible at the COUs front-end channel. BillerPaymentMode: type: object properties: payment_mode: type: string description: Payment mode supported by the Biller. example: UPI min_limit: type: integer nullable: true description: >- Minimum transaction limit accepted by the Biller for this payment mode. max_limit: type: integer nullable: true description: >- Maximum transaction limit accepted by the Biller for this payment mode. support_pending_status: type: string nullable: true description: >- Flag indicating whether pending transaction status is applicable for this payment mode. enum: - 'Yes' - 'No' BillerPaymentChannel: type: object properties: payment_channel: type: string description: Payment channel supported by the Biller. example: INT min_limit: type: integer nullable: true description: >- Minimum transaction limit accepted by the Biller for this payment channel. max_limit: type: integer nullable: true description: >- Maximum transaction limit accepted by the Biller for this payment channel. support_pending_status: type: string nullable: true description: >- Flag indicating whether pending transaction status is applicable for this payment channel. AdditionalInfoParam: type: object properties: param_name: type: string description: Name of the additional information parameter. data_type: type: string description: Data type of the additional information parameter. enum: - NUMERIC - ALPHANUMERIC optional: type: boolean description: Flag indicating if the additional information parameter is optional. InterchangeFeeConf: type: object properties: mti: type: string description: >- Message type indicator for the fee, indicating whether it applies to PAYMENT or FETCH transactions. enum: - PAYMENT - FETCH response_code: type: string description: Response code associated with the fee configuration. fees: type: array description: Fee codes applicable for this interchange fee configuration. items: type: string default_fee: type: boolean description: Flag indicating if this is the default fee configuration. effctv_from: type: string description: Effective from date for the fee configuration in yyyyMMdd format. InterchangeFee: type: object properties: fee_code: type: string description: Fee code associated with the Biller. fee_desc: type: string description: Description of the corresponding fee code. fee_direction: type: string description: >- Direction of fee movement. B2C indicates Biller to Customer BBPOU; C2B indicates Customer BBPOU to Biller. enum: - B2C - C2B interchange_fee_details: type: object description: >- Interchange fee details pertaining to transaction range, fee type, and validity period. properties: tran_amt_range_min: type: integer description: Minimum transaction amount range for this fee configuration. tran_amt_range_max: type: integer description: Maximum transaction amount range for this fee configuration. percent_fee: type: number description: Percentage-based fee applied to the transaction amount. flat_fee: type: number description: Flat fee amount applied regardless of transaction value. effctv_from: type: string description: Effective from date for this fee configuration. effctv_to: type: string nullable: true description: >- Effective to date for this fee configuration. Null if no end date is set. securitySchemes: XClientID: type: apiKey in: header name: x-client-id description: >- Your unique client identifier issued by Cashfree. You can find this in your [Merchant Dashboard](https://merchant.cashfree.com/verificationsuite/developers/api-keys). XClientSecret: type: apiKey in: header name: x-client-secret description: >- Your unique client secret issued by Cashfree. Keep this confidential and never expose it in client-side code. You can find this in your [Merchant Dashboard](https://merchant.cashfree.com/verificationsuite/developers/api-keys). ````