Power your apps with Python MTN MoMo API
Add the latest version of the library to your project:
$ pip install mtnmomoapi
This library supports Python 2.7+ or Python 3.4+
Next, we need to get the User ID
and User Secret
and to do this we shall need to use the Primary Key for the Product to which we are subscribed, as well as specify a host. The library ships with a commandline application that helps to create sandbox credentials. It assumes you have created an account on https://momodeveloper.mtn.com
and have your Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key
.
These are the credentials we shall use for the sandbox environment. In production, these credentials are provided for you on the MTN OVA management dashboard 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:
BASE_URL
: An optional base url to the MTN Momo API. By default the staging base url will be usedENVIRONMENT
: Optional environment, either "sandbox" or "production". Default is 'sandbox'CALLBACK_HOST
: The domain where you webhooks urls are hosted. This is mandatory.
Once you have specified the global variables, you can now provide the product-specific variables. Each MoMo API product requires its own authentication details i.e its own Subscription Key
, User ID
and User Secret
, also sometimes refered to as the API Secret
. As such, we have to configure subscription keys for each product you will be using.
The full list of configuration options can be seen in the example below:
config = {
"MTN_ENVIRONMENT": os.environ.get("MTN_ENVIRONMENT"),
"BASE_URL": os.environ.get("BASE_URL"),
"CALLBACK_HOST": os.environ.get("CALLBACK_HOST"), # Mandatory. SANDBOX
"CALLBACK_URL": os.environ.get("CALLBACK_URL"),
"COLLECTION_PRIMARY_KEY": os.environ.get("COLLECTION_PRIMARY_KEY"),
"COLLECTION_USER_ID": os.environ.get("COLLECTION_USER_ID"),
"COLLECTION_API_SECRET": os.environ.get("COLLECTION_API_SECRET"),
"REMITTANCE_USER_ID": os.environ.get("REMITTANCE_USER_ID"),
"REMITTANCE_API_SECRET": os.environ.get("REMITTANCE_API_SECRET"),
"REMITTANCE_PRIMARY_KEY": os.envieon.get("REMITTANCE_PRIMARY_KEY"),
"DISBURSEMENT_USER_ID": os.environ.get("DISBURSEMENT_USER_ID"),
"DISBURSEMENT_API_SECRET": os.environ.get("DISBURSEMENTS_API_SECRET"),
"DISBURSEMENT_PRIMARY_KEY": os.environ.get("DISBURSEMENT_PRIMARY_KEY"),
}
You will only need to configure the variables for the product(s) you will be using.
The collections client can be created with the following paramaters. Note that the COLLECTION_USER_ID
and COLLECTION_API_SECRET
for production are provided on the MTN OVA dashboard;
COLLECTION_PRIMARY_KEY
: Primary Key for theCollection
product on the developer portal.COLLECTION_USER_ID
: For sandbox, use the one generated with themtnmomo
command.COLLECTION_API_SECRET
: For sandbox, use the one generated with themtnmomo
command.
You can create a collection client with the following:
from mtnmomo.collection import Collection
client = Collection()
-
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 usinggetTransactionStatus
. -
getTransactionStatus
: Retrieve transaction information using thetransactionId
returned byrequestToPay
. You can invoke it at intervals until the transaction fails or succeeds. If the transaction has failed, it will throw an appropriate error. -
getBalance
: Get the balance of the account.
isPayerActive
: check if an account holder is registered and active in the system.
from mtnmomo.collection import Collection
client = Collection()
response = client.requestToPay(amount="600", phone_number="0966456787", external_id="123456789", payee_note="dd", payer_message="dd", currency="EUR")
The Disbursements client can be created with the following paramaters. Note that the DISBURSEMENT_USER_ID
and DISBURSEMENT_API_SECRET
for production are provided on the MTN OVA dashboard;
DISBURSEMENT_PRIMARY_KEY
: Primary Key for theDisbursement
product on the developer portal.DISBURSEMENT_USER_ID
: For sandbox, use the one generated with themtnmomo
command.DISBURSEMENT_API_SECRET
: For sandbox, use the one generated with themtnmomo
command.
You can create a disbursements client with the following
from mtnmomo.disbursement import Disbursement
client = Disbursement()
-
transfer
: Used to transfer an amount from the owner’s account to a payee account. Status of the transaction can be validated by using thegetTransactionStatus
method. -
getTransactionStatus
: Retrieve transaction information using thetransactionId
returned bytransfer
. You can invoke it at intervals until the transaction fails or succeeds. -
getBalance
: Get your account balance.
isPayerActive
: This method is used to check if an account holder is registered and active in the system.
from mtnmomo.disbursement import Disbursement
client = Disbursement()
response = client.transfer(amount="600", phone_number="0966456787", external_id="123456789", payee_note="dd", payer_message="dd", currency="EUR")
Keep coding!