tangentopay 0.8.0

Official Python SDK for the TangentoPay API

tangentopay-python

Official Python SDK for the TangentoPay API — accept payments, issue refunds, manage wallets, and verify webhooks with a clean, type-safe interface.

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Table of contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Quick start
• Authentication
• Token expiry and refresh
• Resources
• Provider status
• Currency and provider guide
• Service wallet operations (B2B2C)
• Payouts
• Merchant wallet top-up
• Payment methods
• Async support
• Error handling
• Webhook verification
• Security
• License

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Requirements

• Python 3.9 or later
• A TangentoPay account — sign up

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Installation

pip install tangentopay

# with async support (HTTP/2 via httpx)
pip install "tangentopay[async]"

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Quick start

import tangentopay

# ── Storefront: create a Stripe checkout session ──────────────────────────────
service = tangentopay.ServiceClient(service_key="pk_live_<your_service_key>")

session = service.checkout.create(
    products=[{"name": "Pro Plan", "price": 49.99, "quantity": 1}],
    currency_code="USD",
    customer_email="[e-mail]",
    return_url="https://myshop.com/thank-you",
)
# redirect your customer to session.redirect_url

# ── Backend: manage payments with an API token ────────────────────────────────
merchant = tangentopay.MerchantClient(api_token="<your_bearer_token>")

payments = merchant.payments.list(per_page=20)
balance  = merchant.wallets.main_balance()

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Authentication

TangentoPay has two credential types:

Credential	Where it goes	Client to use
Service Key (pk_live_… / pk_test_…)	X-Service-Key header	ServiceClient
API Token (Bearer)	Authorization: Bearer …	MerchantClient

Never expose an API token in browser or mobile code. Use ServiceClient on the frontend and MerchantClient only on your server.

ServiceClient

service = tangentopay.ServiceClient(
    service_key="pk_live_<your_service_key>",
    # optional:
    base_url="https://api.tangentopay.com/api/v1",
    timeout=30.0,
    max_retries=3,
)

MerchantClient

merchant = tangentopay.MerchantClient(api_token="<your_bearer_token>")

Obtain an API token programmatically:

client = tangentopay.MerchantClient()
client.auth.login(email=email, password=password)
token = client.auth.verify_otp(email=email, otp=otp)
merchant = tangentopay.MerchantClient(api_token=token.access_token)

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Token expiry and refresh

Catch AuthenticationError and re-authenticate in place:

from tangentopay import AuthenticationError

try:
    payments = merchant.payments.list()
except AuthenticationError:
    merchant.auth.login(email=email, password=password)
    token = merchant.auth.verify_otp(email=email, otp=otp)
    merchant.set_token(token.access_token)  # updates all resources in place
    payments = merchant.payments.list()     # retry

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Resources

ServiceClient resources

Attribute	Description
service.checkout	Create Stripe-hosted checkout sessions; poll payment status
service.topups	Collect money from a customer's MoMo account into the service wallet
service.withdrawals	Send money from the service wallet to a customer's MoMo account
service.provider_status	Real-time health for MTN MoMo, Orange Money, and Stripe

MerchantClient resources

Attribute	Description
merchant.auth	Login, OTP verification, profile, logout
merchant.payments	View and search your incoming payment history
merchant.refunds	Issue refunds on completed payments
merchant.topups	Top up your main wallet via card or MoMo
merchant.payouts	Send funds out (bank, MoMo, TP wallet, debit card)
merchant.wallets	Main and service wallet balances
merchant.services	View services; manage enabled payment methods per service
merchant.customers	Create and manage customer records
merchant.analytics	Payment summaries, revenue, and volume over time
merchant.logs	Per-service API request logs
merchant.transfers	Internal wallet transfer history
merchant.provider_status	Real-time health for MTN MoMo, Orange Money, and Stripe

Note on service administration: Creating services, rotating API keys, updating webhooks, and other one-time setup tasks are done from the TangentoPay Dashboard. These operations are intentionally not exposed in the SDK.

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Provider status

Check provider health before initiating any collection or disbursement — this lets you show users a clear error message instead of a silent payment failure.

status = merchant.provider_status.get()
# or: service.provider_status.get()

# status is a dict keyed by provider slug:
# {
#   "mtn_momo":     ProviderStatusEntry(slug="mtn_momo",     name="MTN Mobile Money", status="operational", ...),
#   "orange_money": ProviderStatusEntry(slug="orange_money", name="Orange Money",      status="degraded",    ...),
#   "stripe":       ProviderStatusEntry(slug="stripe",       name="Stripe",            status="operational", ...),
# }

if status["mtn_momo"].status == "down":
    raise PaymentUnavailableError(
        "MTN Mobile Money is currently unavailable. Try Orange Money or pay by card."
    )

Possible status values:

Value	Meaning
"operational"	Fully functional — proceed normally
"degraded"	Partial outage — expect higher failure rates
"down"	Provider unreachable — do not attempt payments

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Currency and provider guide

Provider	Supported currencies	Notes
MTN Mobile Money	XAF only	Cameroon; USSD push via Fapshi. Min 100 XAF, max 500 000 XAF.
Orange Money	XAF only	Cameroon; USSD push via Fapshi. Min 100 XAF, max 500 000 XAF.
Stripe	USD, EUR, GBP, and more	Multi-currency card checkout and instant payouts.

When a customer pays via MoMo the transaction currency is XAF. When they pay via Stripe card the currency is whatever currency_code you pass to checkout.create().

Use merchant.wallets.main_balance() to get per-currency balances — the response includes a balances list showing only currencies with a non-zero funded amount, which you can use to build a currency-selector UI in your withdrawal flow.

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Service wallet operations (B2B2C)

The service wallet is funded when customers pay through your service's checkout flow.

# ── Collect from a customer's MoMo ───────────────────────────────────────────
topup = service.topups.create(
    amount=5000,               # XAF
    customer_phone="237XXXXXXXXX",
    external_ref="ORDER-001",
    notify_url="https://yourapp.com/webhooks/momo",
)
# pending — wallet credited after Fapshi webhook confirms

# ── Disburse to a customer's MoMo ────────────────────────────────────────────
withdrawal = service.withdrawals.create(
    amount=4000,               # XAF
    recipient_phone="237XXXXXXXXX",
    external_ref="PAYOUT-001",
)

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Payouts

Two-step flow: initiate → confirm.

# Step 1 — initiate
initiation = merchant.payouts.initiate(
    amount=50_000,
    currency_code="XAF",
    recipient_type="tangentopay_wallet",
    recipient_details={"wallet_address": "[e-mail]"},
    note="Freelance payment",
)

# Step 2 — confirm with payout PIN
merchant.payouts.confirm(initiation.payout_ref, pin=os.environ["PAYOUT_PIN"])

Virtual card payout (USD, Instant Payout)

# Option A: use a saved card
merchant.payouts.initiate(
    amount=100,
    currency_code="USD",
    recipient_type="virtual_card",
    recipient_details={"payout_method_id": "pm_..."},
)

# Option B: one-time Stripe.js token (card never stored)
merchant.payouts.initiate(
    amount=100,
    currency_code="USD",
    recipient_type="virtual_card",
    recipient_details={"stripe_token_id": "tok_..."},
)

Bulk payout

with open("payouts.csv", "rb") as f:
    batch = merchant.payouts.bulk.initiate(
        csv_file=f,
        default_recipient_type="tangentopay_wallet",
    )
merchant.payouts.bulk.confirm(batch.batch_ref, pin=os.environ["PAYOUT_PIN"])

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Merchant wallet top-up

# Via MoMo
topup = merchant.topups.create(
    amount=100_000,        # XAF
    phone="237XXXXXXXXX",
    provider="mtn_momo",
)

# Via card (Stripe-hosted page)
card_topup = merchant.topups.create_card_topup(
    amount=200,
    currency_code="USD",
    return_url="https://dashboard.yourapp.com/wallet",
)

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Payment methods

methods = merchant.services.list_payment_methods(service_id)
# [{"slug": "mtn_momo", "name": "MTN Mobile Money", "enabled": True, "locked": False, ...}, ...]

# Disable Orange Money if provider is down
status = merchant.provider_status.get()
if status["orange_money"].status == "down":
    merchant.services.set_payment_method(service_id, "orange_money", enabled=False)

# Replace entire set (card must always be included)
merchant.services.set_payment_methods(service_id, ["card", "mtn_momo"])

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Async support

Every resource has an async equivalent — use AsyncServiceClient and AsyncMerchantClient:

import asyncio
import tangentopay

async def main():
    service  = tangentopay.AsyncServiceClient(service_key="pk_live_<your_service_key>")
    merchant = tangentopay.AsyncMerchantClient(api_token="<your_bearer_token>")

    status   = await merchant.provider_status.get()
    payments = await merchant.payments.list()
    session  = await service.checkout.create(
        products=[{"name": "Pro Plan", "price": 49.99, "quantity": 1}],
        currency_code="USD",
        customer_email="[e-mail]",
        return_url="https://myshop.com/thank-you",
    )

asyncio.run(main())

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Error handling

from tangentopay import (
    AuthenticationError,   # 401
    PermissionError,       # 403
    NotFoundError,         # 404
    ValidationError,       # 422 — includes .errors dict
    RateLimitError,        # 429 — includes .retry_after seconds
    ServerError,           # 5xx
    NetworkError,          # connection-level failure
    TangentoPayError,      # base class for all above
)

try:
    merchant.payouts.initiate(...)
except ValidationError as e:
    print(e.errors)          # field-level validation messages
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Retry after {e.retry_after}s")
except TangentoPayError as e:
    raise

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Webhook verification

from tangentopay import Webhook, WebhookSignatureError

@app.route("/webhooks/tangentopay", methods=["POST"])
def handle_webhook():
    try:
        event = Webhook.construct_event(
            payload=request.data,
            signature=request.headers["X-TangentoPay-Signature"],
            secret=os.environ["TANGENTOPAY_WEBHOOK_SECRET"],
        )
    except WebhookSignatureError:
        return "Bad signature", 400

    if event.event == "transaction.payment_completed":
        fulfill_order(event.payload)

    return {"received": True}

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Security

Please report security vulnerabilities to [e-mail] rather than opening a public issue.

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License

MIT