daraja-package

You can install the package by entering the following commands to the shell

npm i @allan70/daraja-package

Package Usage

The package can be used by using the require() function

const daraja = require(`@allan70/daraja-package`);

M-Pesa Paybill

When making a paybill transaction, you will need to create a JSON body that will be executed by the daraja.payBill() function.

//Paybill body
const payBillBody = {
    "phoneNumber": req.body.phone,
    "amountFromUser": req.body.amount,
    "businessNumber": req.body.payBillNumber,
    "mpesaPassword": req.body.mpesaPassword,
    "secret": req.body.secret,
    "consumer": req.body.consumer,
    "callback_URL": req.body.callbackURL,
    "account_reference": req.body.account_reference,
    "transaction_desc": req.body.transaction_desc
};

daraja.payBill(payBillBody);

The function will then execute the JSON to return a receipt object.

Receipts

On making a payment to M-Pesa you will need to receive the transaction information in receipt form. The receipt form will have details such as: the mpesa message number, the amount , status of the transaction , the time the transaction took place and the m-pesa account that made the transaction.

daraja.receipt('/callback_url', 3000)

You will set the endpoint of your callback_url and the port number of the callback url. Ultimately, his is a standalone server function that should start a server that will receive the daraja transactions in the end and produce a JSON object of the transaction as the result.

When running tests you can use an NGROK tuneling tool to provide a url that will be linked to the port number entered ito the daraja.receipt()function.