deywuro

Unofficial Python client for the Deywuro (Npontu) SMS gateway. Sends SMS to Ghanaian phone numbers via Deywuro's /api/sms endpoint.

Not affiliated with Npontu Technologies.

Getting a Deywuro account and Sender ID

You need a Deywuro account, an API username/password, and an approved Sender ID before you can send anything with this library. Here's how to get all three, from scratch:

1. Create an account

1. Go to deywuro.com/login and click Create Account.
2. Fill in the registration form:
   • Register As — Client (this is what you want, unless you're reselling Deywuro's service to your own customers, in which case pick Reseller)
   • Name of Company/Individual — your business name, or your own name if you're signing up individually
   • Nature of Business — pick the closest match from the dropdown
   • Business Location
   • Preferred Username — 6-30 characters, letters/numbers/underscore/ hyphen. This becomes part of your API login, so pick something you're fine hard-coding into a .env file
   • Contact Person Name / Email / Phone Number — used for account verification and support
   • Optional: company phone number, mobile money number, business logo, business registration document, an LOA (Letter of Authorization), and an ID for the contact person. You can skip all of these at signup — the LOA in particular is only needed later, for Sender ID approval (see below).
3. Submit the form. Npontu reviews new accounts manually, so expect a wait before you can log in.

2. Get your API credentials

Once your account is approved, log in at deywuro.com/login. Your API username and password are the credentials Npontu provisions for your account (the username you chose at signup is usually what you'll use — confirm on your dashboard, or ask support if you can't find them). These are the DEYWURO_USERNAME / DEYWURO_PASSWORD values this library expects.

Keep these secret — treat them like any other API credential. Don't commit them to source control; use environment variables or a .env file that's git-ignored (see Quickstart below).

3. Request a Sender ID

The source parameter (DEYWURO_SOURCE for this library) is your Sender ID — the name recipients see as the SMS sender instead of a phone number (e.g. "MyApp" instead of a shortcode). Requirements:

• Up to 11 characters, alphanumeric.
• Must be approved by Npontu before messages sent with it will deliver reliably — an unapproved or unfamiliar sender ID risks being blocked by mobile network operators.
• To request one, submit an LOA (Letter of Authorization) — from your dashboard after logging in, or by emailing support@npontu.com if you don't see a self-service option. The LOA is essentially your business formally authorizing the use of that Sender ID.
• Approval isn't instant — ask support for current turnaround time when you submit.

While waiting for approval, some providers offer a shared/default test Sender ID for development — ask support if one's available so you can test integration before your own Sender ID clears.

4. Put it all together

# .env (never commit this file)
DEYWURO_USERNAME=your-approved-username
DEYWURO_PASSWORD=your-account-password
DEYWURO_SOURCE=YourSenderID

Note: Deywuro's public materials don't fully document the post-login dashboard flow for credentials/Sender ID requests. If anything above doesn't match what you see after logging in, the fastest path is support@npontu.com — they provision accounts manually and can point you to the exact button/section.

Install

pip install deywuro

# For the async client:
pip install deywuro[async]

Quickstart (sync)

from deywuro import DeywuroClient

client = DeywuroClient(
    username="your-username", password="your-password", source="MyApp"
)
result = client.send("233266789453", "Hello there")
print(result.code, result.message)

Or build from environment variables (DEYWURO_USERNAME, DEYWURO_PASSWORD, DEYWURO_SOURCE):

client = DeywuroClient.from_env()
client.send(["233266789453", "0201234567"], "Hello there")

Quickstart (async)

import asyncio
from deywuro import AsyncDeywuroClient


async def main():
    client = AsyncDeywuroClient.from_env()
    result = await client.send("233266789453", "Hello there")
    print(result.code, result.message)
    await client.aclose()


asyncio.run(main())

CLI

export DEYWURO_USERNAME=your-username
export DEYWURO_PASSWORD=your-password
export DEYWURO_SOURCE=MyApp

deywuro send --to 233266789453 --message "Hello there"

Error handling

All API failures raise a typed exception (subclass of DeywuroError):

from deywuro import DeywuroClient, DeywuroError

client = DeywuroClient.from_env()
try:
    client.send("233266789453", "Hello there")
except DeywuroError as e:
    print(f"Send failed ({e.code}): {e.message}")

Phone number handling

Destinations are validated and normalized to Deywuro's required 233XXXXXXXXX format by default. Accepted input formats: +233266789453, 233266789453, 0266789453. Pass validate=False to send() to skip this.

Scope

Only the send-SMS endpoint is implemented — it's the only endpoint documented in Deywuro's public API reference. No balance-check or delivery-status API is currently published by Npontu.

License

MIT