africastalking 1.0.4

Official Africa's Talking Python SDK

The SDK provides convenient access to the Africa’s Talking APIs from python apps.

Documentation

Take a look at the API docs here.

Install

$ pip  install africastalking # python 2.x

OR

$ python -m pip install africastalking # python 2.x

OR

$ pip3 install africastalking # python 3.x

OR

$ python3 -m pip install africastalking # python 3.x

Usage

# import package
import africastalking


# Initialize SDK
username = "YOUR_USERNAME"    # use 'sandbox' for development in the test environment
api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"      # use your sandbox app API key for development in the test environment
africastalking.initialize(username, api_key)


# Initialize a service e.g. SMS
sms = africastalking.SMS


# Use the service synchronously
response = sms.send("Hello Message!", ["+2547xxxxxx"])

# Or use it asynchronously
def on_finish(error, response):
    if error is not None:
        raise error
    print(response)

sms.send("Hello Message!", ["+2547xxxxxx"], callback=on_finish)

See example for more usage examples.

Initialization

Initialize the SDK by calling africastalking.initialize(username, api_key). After initialization, you can get instances of offered services as follows:

• Account: africastalking.Account

• Airtime: africastalking.Airtime

• SMS: africastalking.SMS

• Payments: africastalking.Payments

• Voice: africastalking.Voice

• Token: africastalking.Token

• USSD: africastalking.USSD

Services

All methods are synchronous (i.e. will block current thread) but provide asynchronous variants that take a callback function (error: AfricasTalkingException, data: dict).

The synchronous variant always return and instance a dict while the async one returns a Thread.

All phone numbers use the international format. e.g. +234xxxxxxxx.

All amount strings contain th currency code as well. e.g. UGX 443.88.

AccountService

• fetch_account(): Get app balance info.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
account = africastalking.Account
res = account.fetch_account()

AirtimeService

• send(phone_number: str, amount: str): Send airtime to a phone number. An example amount would be KES 150.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
airtime = africastalking.Airtime
res = airtime.send(phone_number='[phone]', amount='KES 908')

• send(recipients: [dict]): Send airtime to a bunch of phone numbers. The keys in the recipients dictionary are phone numbers while the values are airtime amounts. The amounts need to have currency info e.g. UXG 4265.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
airtime = africastalking.Airtime
res = airtime.send(recipients=[
            {'phoneNumber': '[phone]', 'amount': 'NGN 1535' },
            {'phoneNumber': '[phone]', 'amount': 'KES 733'},
])

For more information about status notification, please read http://docs.africastalking.com/airtime/callback

SmsService

• send(message: str, recipients: [str], sender_id: str = None, enqueue: bool = False): Send a bulk message to recipients, optionally from sender_id (Short Code or Alphanumeric).

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
sms = africastalking.SMS
res = sms.send(message='hello', recipients=['[phone]'])

• send_premium(message: str, keyword: str, link_id: str, recipients: [str]): Send a premium SMS

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
sms = africastalking.SMS
res = sms.send_premium(message='hello', keyword='music', link_id='233dddd', recipients=['[phone]'])

• fetch_messages(last_received_id: int = 0): Fetch your messages

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
sms = africastalking.SMS
res = sms.fetch_messages()

• fetch_subscriptions(short_code: str, keyword: str, last_received_id: int = 0): Fetch your premium subscription data

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
sms = africastalking.SMS
res = sms.fetch_subscriptions(short_code='6673', keyword='music')

• create_subscription(short_code: str, keyword: str, phone_number: str, checkout_token: str): Create a premium subscription

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
sms = africastalking.SMS
token = africastalking.Token
res = token.create_checkout_token(phone_number='[phone]')
checkout_token = res['token']
res = sms.create_subscription(short_code='6673', keyword='music', phone_number='[phone]', checkout_token=checkout_token)

For more information on:

• How to receive SMS: http://docs.africastalking.com/sms/callback

• How to get notified of delivery reports: http://docs.africastalking.com/sms/deliveryreports

• How to listen for subscription notifications: http://docs.africastalking.com/subscriptions/callback

PaymentService

• card_checkout(product_name: str, amount: str, payment_card: dict, narration: str): Initiate card checkout.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
card = {
    'number': '3234324235452345',
    'countryCode': 'NG',
    'cvvNumber': 3343,
    'expiryMonth': 3, # 1-12
    'expiryYear': 2022, # > 2018
    'authToken': '3322' # card pin
}
res = payment.card_checkout(product_name='TestProduct', amount='NGN 7822', payment_card=card, narration='Small Chops Checkout')

• validate_card_checkout(transaction_id: str, otp: str): Validate a card checkout

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
res = payment.validate_card_checkout(transaction_id='ATId_3829u49283u423u', otp='233333')

• bank_checkout(product_name: str, amount: str, bank_account: dict, narration: str): Initiate bank checkout.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
account = {
    'accountNumber': '3234324235452345',
    'bankCode': payment.BANK['FCMB_NG'],
    'accountName': 'Fake Bob Naija',
    # Optional YYYY-MM-DD // required only for Zenith Nigeria
    #'dateOfBirth': '2000-01-01'
}
res = payment.bank_checkout(product_name='TestProduct', amount='NGN 7822', bank_account=account, narration='Small Chops Checkout')

• validate_bank_checkout(transaction_id: str, otp: str): Validate a bank checkout

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
res = payment.validate_bank_checkout(transaction_id='ATId_3829u492SQSW383u423u', otp='AA22w33')

• bank_transfer(product_name: str, recipients: [dict]): Move money form payment wallet to bank account.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
recipients = [
    {
      "bankAccount": {
        "accountNumber": "3234324235452345",
        "bankCode": payment.BANK['FCMB_NG'],
        "accountName": "Fake Bob Naija"
      },
      "currencyCode": "NGN",
      "amount": 332434,
      "narration": "Some description",
      "metadata": {}
    }
]
res = payment.bank_transfer(product_name='TestProduct', recipients=recipients)

• mobile_checkout(product_name: str, phone_number: str, amount: str, metadata: dict = {}): Initiate mobile checkout. An example amount would be KES 323

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
res = payment.mobile_checkout(product_name='TestProduct', amount="KES 565")

• mobile_b2c(product_name: str, consumers: [dict]): Send mobile money to consumer. Each consumer is a dict of this format:

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
consumers = [
    {

      "name": "Bob Mwangi",
      "phoneNumber": "[phone]",
      "currencyCode": "KES",
      "amount": 6766.88,
      "providerChannel": "1212",
      "reason": payment.REASON['SalaryPayment'],
      "metadata": {}
    }
]
res = payment.mobile_b2c(product_name='TestProduct', consumers=consumers)

• mobile_b2b(product_name: str, business: dict): Send mobile money to business.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
payment = africastalking.Payment
business = {
  "currencyCode": "KES",
  "amount": 6766.88,
  "destinationChannel": "1212",
  "destinationAccount": "ABC",
  "provider": payment.PROVIDER['Mpesa'],
  "transferType": payment.TRANSFER_TYPE[''],
  "metadata": {}
}
res = payment.mobile_b2b(product_name='TestProduct', business=business)

For more information, please read http://docs.africastalking.com/payments

VoiceService

• call(source: str, destination: str): Initiate a phone call

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
voice = africastalking.Voice
res = voice.call(source="[phone]", destination="[phone]")

• fetch_queued_calls(phone_number: str): Get queued calls

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
voice = africastalking.Voice
res = voice.fetch_queued_calls(phone_number="[phone]")

• upload_media_file(phone_number: str, url: str): Upload voice media file

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
voice = africastalking.Voice
res = voice.upload_media_file(phone_number="[phone]", url="https://www.my-site.zr/my_fil.mp3")

For more information, please read http://docs.africastalking.com/voice

TokenService

• create_checkout_token(phone_number: str): Create a new checkout token for phone_number.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
token = africastalking.Token
res = token.create_checkout_token("[phone]")

• generate_auth_token(): Generate an auth token to use for authentication instead of an API key.

import africastalking
africastalking.initialize(username='sandbox', api_key='someKey')
token = africastalking.Token
res = token.generate_auth_token()

UssdService

For more information, please read http://docs.africastalking.com/ussd

Development

$ git clone https://github.com/aksalj/africastalking-python.git
$ cd africastalking-python
$ touch .env

Make sure your .env file has the following content then run python -m unittest discover -v

# AT API
USERNAME=sandbox
API_KEY=some_key

Issues

If you find a bug, please file an issue on our issue tracker on GitHub.