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You can use the Typescript client by installing the npm package and adding it to your application’s dependencies:
npm install @devscast/flexpay
- Step 1. Contact Flexpay to get a Merchant Account You will receive a Merchant Form to complete in order to provide your business details and preferred Cash out Wallet or Banking Details.
- Step 2. Once the paperwork is completed, you will be issued with Live and Sandbox Accounts (Merchant Code and Authorization token)
Then use these credentials to authenticate your client
import { Client as Flexpay } from "@devscast/flexpay";
const flexpay = new Flexpay("merchant_code", "token", "dev") // use "prod" for production
import { CardRequest, MobileRequest } from "@devscast/flexpay";
const mobile = {
amount: 10, // 10 USD
currency: "USD",
phone: "243999999999",
reference: "your_unique_transaction_reference",
description: "your_transaction_description",
callbackUrl: "your_website_webhook_url",
} as MobileRequest;
const card = {
amount: 10, // 10 USD
currency: "USD",
reference: "your_unique_transaction_reference",
description: "your_transaction_description",
callbackUrl: "your_website_webhook_url",
homeUrl: "your_website_home_url",
} as CardRequest
Note: we highly recommend your
callbacks
urls to be unique for each transaction.
Once called, Flexpay will send a payment request to the user's mobile money account, and the user will have to confirm the payment on their phone. after that the payment will be processed and the callback url will be called with the transaction details.
const response = await flexpay.pay(mobile);
You can set up card payment via VPOS features, which is typically used for online payments. it's a gateway that allows you to accept payments from your customers using their credit cards.
const response = await flexpay.pay(card);
// redirect to response.url to complete the payment
Flexpay will send a POST request to the defined callbackUrl and the response will contain the transaction details. you can use the following code to handle the callback by providing incoming data as array.
const webhook = flexpay.handleCallback(req.body);
flexpay.isSuccessful(webhook) // true or false
You don't trust webhook ? you can always check the transaction state by providing the order number.
const tx = flexpay.check(mobile.orderNumber);
flexpay.isSuccessful(tx) // true or false