Introduction

A python library to work with the Pesapal payment API.

Usage

API Methods

1. PesapalDirectOrderV4

    import pesapal
   
    consumer_key ='lhiP9QWtQQsXWU+G5HdFHEUr41COHMiI'  # Demo key. Replace with your own, provided by Pesapal
    consumer_secret = '5k6xJ7E0G5JFgUowlc+13SFEfkY='  # Demo consumer secret. Replace with your own.
   
    oauth_consumer = pesapal.OAuthConsumer(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
   
    reference = 123  # Order reference number
    description = 'An order'  # Order description
    amount = 1199.00  # The total cost of the order
    callback='http://example.com'  # The URL the user will be redirected to after making a payment
   
    email = '[email protected]'  # You must supply at least one of either a phone number or email
    phone_number = '012345678'
    direct_order = pesapal.DirectOrder(
        oauth_consumer,
        reference,
        description,
        amount,
        callback,
        email=email,
        phone_number=phone_number)
   
    print direct_order.url  # This is the URL for the payment page
   

2. QueryPaymentStatus

    import pesapal
   
    consumer_key ='lhiP9QWtQQsXWU+G5HdFHEUr41COHMiI'  # Demo key. Replace with your own, provided by Pesapal
    consumer_secret = '5k6xJ7E0G5JFgUowlc+13SFEfkY='  # Demo consumer secret. Replace with your own.
   
    oauth_consumer = pesapal.OAuthConsumer(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
   
    pesapal_merchant_reference = 1234  # Order reference number
    pesapal_transaction_tracking_id = '4321'  # Tracking id returned by Pesapal as callback param
   
    payment_status = pesapal.PaymentStatus(
        consumer,
        pesapal_merchant_reference,
        pesapal_transaction_tracking_id)
   
    print payment_status.message  # Message returned by API call. This requires urllib2
   

Roadmap

Implement the remaining api methods, namely

QueryPaymentStatus QueryPaymentDetails

License

Pesapal.py is Open Source Software, released under the terms of the MIT License.

© Okal Otieno, 2012.