# Retrieve installments

Use the **getInstallments** method to retrieve information about the number of installments available for a specific selection of products/services.

## Supported payment methods <a href="#supported-payment-methods" id="supported-payment-methods"></a>

Credit/Debit cards: local Visa and MasterCard in Brazil and Turkey.​

## Request parameters <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="120.1334228515625">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>sessionID</code></td><td><strong>Required (string)</strong><br>Session identifier, the output of the <strong>Login</strong> method. Include <code>sessionID</code> into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect.  The <code>sessionID</code> expires in <strong>10 minutes</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/1Nzq8FH3DErKvpOktB0W"><code>Order</code></a></td><td><strong>Required (object)</strong><br>An object designed to collect all data necessary for an order, including billing, product/subscription plan, and payment details.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample

```php
class Configuration
{
    public const MERCHANT_CODE = '';
    public const MERCHANT_KEY = '';
    public const URL = 'http://api.avangate.local/rpc/6.0';
    public const ACTION = 'getInstallments';
    public const ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS = null;
    //array or JSON
    public const PAYLOAD = <<<JSON
{
    "Amount" : 500,
    "Country": "BR",
    "Currency": "BRL",
    "FiscalCode" :"345.675.677-7",
    "EesToken": ["c49702ea-b0c5-4d39-9f5b-ba43ccf26785"]
}
JSON;
}

class Client
{
    private const LOGIN_METHOD = 'login';
    private $calls = 1;
    private $sessionId;


    private function generateAuth(): array
    {
        $merchantCode = Configuration::MERCHANT_CODE;
        $key = Configuration::MERCHANT_KEY;
        $date = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($date) . $date;
        $hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);

        return compact('merchantCode', 'date', 'hash');
    }


    public function login(string $url)
    {
        $payload = $this->generateAuth();
        $response = $this->call($url, array_values($payload), self::LOGIN_METHOD);
        $this->sessionId = $response['result'];
    }


    public function call(
        string $url = Configuration::URL,
        $payload = Configuration::PAYLOAD,
        string $action = Configuration::ACTION
    ): ?array {
        if (empty($this->sessionId) && $action !== self::LOGIN_METHOD) {
            $this->login($url);
        }

        if (is_string($payload)) {
            $payload = json_decode($payload, true);
        }
        if (!empty($this->sessionId)) {
            $payload = [$this->sessionId, $payload, Configuration::ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS];
        }
        $payload = array_filter($payload);

        $request = json_encode([
            'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
            'method' => $action,
            'params' => $payload,
            'id' => $this->calls++,
        ]);
        $curl = curl_init($url);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json', 'Cookie: XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM'));
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request);
        $response = curl_exec($curl);
        if(empty($response)) {
            die('Server unavailable');
        }
        echo $response . '</br>';
        return json_decode($response, true);;
    }
}

$client = new Client();
$result = $client->call();
var_dump($result);
```

## Response parameters <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="269.4666748046875">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>InstallmentsOption</code></td><td><strong>Array of objects</strong><br>Details below.</td></tr><tr><td><code>InstallmentsOption.Number</code></td><td><strong>Int</strong><br>The number of installments.</td></tr><tr><td><code>InstallmentsOption.Amount</code></td><td><strong>Double</strong><br>Standalone installment value. (Total order value/Number of installments)</td></tr><tr><td><code>InstallmentsOption.Currency</code></td><td><strong>String</strong><br>Order currency.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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