> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sakawave.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get a transfer recipient > One active saved recipient, with its payment details inlined. A deleted recipient answers 404. ## Error codes | Status | `code` | Cause | | - | - | - | | `400` | `validation_failed` | The identifier is not a ULID. | | `401` | `INVALID_API_KEY` | The key is missing, invalid, inactive, expired, from the other environment, or blocked by its IP allowlist. | | `404` | `recipient_not_found` | No such recipient for this business, or it has been deleted. | | `429` | `api_key_rate_limit_exceeded` | The per-minute limit for this key was exceeded. All of these operations share a 120-per-minute allowance. | ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/transfer-recipients/{recipientId} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Sakawave Business API version: 1.0.0-draft summary: >- Accounts, transfers, FX quotes, and transaction reconciliation for Sakawave businesses. description: >- Generated from the public NestJS controllers and their Zod request schemas. Public URLs and policy statements remain draft until the Phase 1 contract checklist is approved. contact: name: Sakawave API Support email: api-support@sakawave.example servers: - url: https://sandbox-api.sakawave.example description: Sandbox (default) - url: https://api.sakawave.example description: Live security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Bill payments description: Browse the biller catalog, validate a customer, and pay a bill. - name: Cards description: Issue, fund, and control USD virtual and disposable cards. - name: eSIM description: >- Sell mobile data abroad: browse the catalog, buy an eSIM, and manage it once installed. - name: Currencies and countries description: >- Reference data: what may be held, what may be sent where, and which jurisdictions are served. - name: Customers description: Create and manage customers of your business. - name: Accounts description: >- Open business and customer accounts, and issue the destinations that fund them. - name: Transfer destinations description: Resolve temporary destinations and saved recipients. - name: FX quotes description: Create and retrieve time-limited cross-currency quotes. - name: Transfers description: Preview, create, and monitor transfers. - name: Transactions description: Read ledger entries for reconciliation. paths: /v1/transfer-recipients/{recipientId}: get: tags: - Transfer destinations summary: Get a transfer recipient description: >- One active saved recipient, with its payment details inlined. A deleted recipient answers 404. operationId: getTransferRecipient parameters: - name: recipientId in: path required: true description: Saved recipient ULID. schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ulid' responses: '200': description: Successful response. headers: X-Request-ID: description: >- The request identifier assigned by Sakawave. Include it in support requests. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipientResponse' example: id: 01K2Z3AB4G5H6J7K8MNPQRSTVW type: individual displayName: Ada Okafor relationship: vendor email: ada@example.com phoneNumber: '+2348012345678' address: null defaultPaymentDetailId: 01K2Z3AB4Q5R6S7T8VWXYZABCD paymentDetails: - id: 01K2Z3AB4Q5R6S7T8VWXYZABCD recipientId: 01K2Z3AB4G5H6J7K8MNPQRSTVW routeId: 01K2Z3AB4M5N6P7Q8RSTVWXYZA paymentMethod: bank-transfer currency: KES country: KE accountHolderName: Ada Okafor institutionName: Example Bank maskedIdentifier: •••• 6789 isDefault: true providerLocked: false createdAt: '2026-08-14T09:06:00.000Z' createdAt: '2026-08-14T09:05:00.000Z' '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/AuthenticationError' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFoundError' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitError' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: Ulid: type: string minLength: 26 maxLength: 26 pattern: ^[0-7][0-9A-HJKMNP-TV-Z]{25}$ example: 01K2Z3AB4C5D6E7F8G9HJKMNPQ description: A 26-character ULID. RecipientResponse: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: id: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ulid' type: type: string enum: - individual - business displayName: type: string relationship: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' email: anyOf: - type: string format: email - type: 'null' phoneNumber: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' address: anyOf: - type: object additionalProperties: true - type: 'null' defaultPaymentDetailId: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ulid' - type: 'null' paymentDetails: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentDetailResponse' createdAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoTimestamp' required: - id - type - displayName - relationship - email - phoneNumber - address - defaultPaymentDetailId - paymentDetails - createdAt PaymentDetailResponse: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: id: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ulid' recipientId: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ulid' routeId: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ulid' paymentMethod: type: string enum: - bank-transfer - momo-transfer currency: $ref: '#/components/schemas/DestinationCurrency' country: anyOf: - type: string minLength: 2 maxLength: 2 - type: 'null' accountHolderName: type: string institutionName: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' maskedIdentifier: type: string description: The last four characters of the routing identifier, masked. isDefault: type: boolean providerLocked: type: boolean description: >- True when the provider holds the routing fields and they cannot be edited here. createdAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/IsoTimestamp' required: - id - recipientId - routeId - paymentMethod - currency - country - accountHolderName - institutionName - maskedIdentifier - isDefault - providerLocked - createdAt IsoTimestamp: type: string format: date-time example: '2026-08-14T09:00:00.000Z' RequestError: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' description: >- Either a field-level validation failure carrying an errors array, or a rule the request broke, identified by code. Error: type: object additionalProperties: true properties: statusCode: type: integer message: type: string description: >- A sentence suitable for a log or a support conversation, not for a user interface. code: type: string description: >- The stable machine-readable reason. Branch on this, never on the message. required: - message - code description: >- An error body. Individual errors may add context fields alongside these three. RateLimitError: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: statusCode: const: 429 message: type: string code: const: api_key_rate_limit_exceeded retryAfterSeconds: type: integer minimum: 1 required: - statusCode - message - code - retryAfterSeconds DestinationCurrency: type: string enum: - NGN - USD - GBP - EUR - GHS - ZAR - UGX - CAD - MXN - AED - AUD - SGD - HKD - KES - TZS - BRL - CNY - XAF - PHP - USDC ValidationError: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: statusCode: const: 400 message: type: string description: The single failure, or a count when more than one field failed. code: const: validation_failed errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationFailure' required: - statusCode - message - code - errors ValidationFailure: type: object additionalProperties: false properties: message: type: string field: type: string code: type: string path: type: array items: anyOf: - type: string - type: integer required: - message - field - code - path responses: ValidationError: description: >- The request was rejected before it was acted on. Field failures list every failing field. headers: X-Request-ID: description: >- The request identifier assigned by Sakawave. Include it in support requests. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestError' example: statusCode: 400 message: Must be a valid identifier. code: validation_failed errors: - message: Must be a valid identifier. field: accountId code: custom path: - accountId AuthenticationError: description: >- The API key is missing, invalid, inactive, expired, for another environment, or blocked by its IP allowlist. headers: X-Request-ID: description: >- The request identifier assigned by Sakawave. Include it in support requests. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: statusCode: 401 code: INVALID_API_KEY message: Invalid or inactive API credentials. NotFoundError: description: The requested resource was not found for this business. headers: X-Request-ID: description: >- The request identifier assigned by Sakawave. Include it in support requests. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: statusCode: 404 code: resource_not_found message: Resource not found. RateLimitError: description: The API key rate limit was exceeded. headers: X-Request-ID: description: >- The request identifier assigned by Sakawave. Include it in support requests. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError' example: statusCode: 429 message: Too many API requests. Try again later. code: api_key_rate_limit_exceeded retryAfterSeconds: 17 ServerError: description: An unexpected server error occurred. headers: X-Request-ID: description: >- The request identifier assigned by Sakawave. Include it in support requests. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: statusCode: 500 code: internal_server_error message: An unexpected error occurred. securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: Sakawave API key description: >- A secret API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer sk_test_…` in sandbox or `Bearer sk_live_…` in live. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.