An API created (using flask rest-plus) to consume the safaricom daraja APIs and includes STK push, C2B
1.Clone Repo
https://github.com/KivutiBrian/mpesa_apis.git
2.Create Virtual Environment folder
python -m venv env
3.Activate virtual environment in parent directory of your "env"
For Linux systems and MAC
source env/bin/activate
For Windows
env\Scripts\activate.bat
4.Install requierements
pip install -r requirements.txt
5.Before you can run the application successfully, you need to have environment variable. create a .env file with the following keys and add values to them,
consumer_key
consumer_secret
BusinessShortCode
LipaNaMpesaPassKey
test_msisdn
shortcode
validationUrl
confirmationUrl
5.1. An example of you .env file should look as follows
consumer_key="pktAy18FlHNwm2234234234"
consumer_secret="9blQ843534"
BusinessShortCode = "174379"
LipaNaMpesaPassKey = 'bfb279f9aa9bdbcf158e97dd71a467'
test_msisdn = "254708374149"
shortcode = "601337"
validationUrl = 'https://www.testdomain.com/validation'
confirmationUrl = 'https://www.testdomain.com/confirmation'
To run the code
For windows
set FLASK_APP=main.py
set FLASK_ENV=development
flask run
For Linux systems and MAC
export FLASK_APP=main.py
export FLASK_ENV=development
flask run
