Payment gateway for african businesses

Add the latest version of the library to your project using pip:

 $ pip install paylense-sdk

This library supports Python 3.4+ (PyPy supported)

Next, we need to get the APP-ID, username and password for use in the product. You can get these details from https://dashboard.paylense.com/register.

The redentials in the sandbox environment can be used straight away. In production, the credentials are provided for you after KYC requirements are met.

Before we can fully utilize the library, we need to specify global configurations. The global configuration must contain the following:

• PAYLENSE_ENVIRONMENT: Optional enviroment, either "sandbox" or "production". Default is 'sandbox'
• PAYLENSE_APP_ID: The unique application identity for your app
• PAYLENSE_USERNAME: Username used for authentication
• PAYLENSE_PASSWORD: Password used for authentication

The full list of configuration options can be seen in the example below:

config = {
   "PAYLENSE_ENVIRONMENT": os.environ.get("PAYLENSE_ENVIRONMENT"),
   "PAYLENSE_APP_ID": os.environ.get("PAYLENSE_APP_ID"),
   "PAYLENSE_USERNAME": os.environ.get("PAYLENSE_USERNAME"),
   "PAYLENSE_PASSWORD": os.environ.get("PAYLENSE_PASSWORD"),
}

Used for receiving money

You can create a collections client with the following:

import os
from paylense.collections import Collections

client = Collections()

1. requestToPay: This operation is used to request a payment from a consumer (Payer). The payer will be asked to authorize the payment. The transaction is executed once the payer has authorized the payment. The transaction will be in status PENDING until it is authorized or declined by the payer or it is timed out by the system. Status of the transaction can be validated by using getTransactionStatus.

2. getTransaction: Retrieve transaction information using the transactionId returned by requestToPay. You can invoke it at intervals until the transaction fails or succeeds. If the transaction has failed, it will throw an appropriate error.

import os
from paylense.collections import Collections

client = Collections()

client.requestToPay(
    mobile="256772123456", amount="600", processing_number="123456789", narration="dd")

Used for sending money to users

You can create a disbursements client with the following

import os
from paylense.disbursements import Disbursements

client = Disbursements()

1. transfer: Used to transfer an amount from the owner’s account to a payee account. Status of the transaction can be validated by using the getTransactionStatus method.

2. getTransactionStatus: Retrieve transaction information using the transactionId returned by transfer. You can invoke it at intervals until the transaction fails or succeeds.

import os
from paylense.disbursements import Disbursements

client = Disbursements()

client.transfer(amount="600", mobile="256772123456", processing_number="123456789", narration="dd")

We use tox to automate our tests. You can run the test using

tox

Thank you.