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Paynow: Python Quickstart Guide

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Sign in to Paynow and get integration details​

Before you can start making requests to Paynow's API, you need to get an integration ID and integration Key from Paynow. Details about how you can retrieve the ID and key are explained in detail on this page

Prerequisites​

This library has a set of prerequisites that must be met for it to work
  1. requests

Installation​

Install the library using pip

Code:
$ pip install paynow

and import the Paynow class into your project

Code:
from paynow import Paynow

# Do stuff

Usage example​

Create an instance of the Paynow class optionally setting the result and return url(s)

Code:
paynow = Paynow(
'INTEGRATION_ID',
'INTEGRATION_KEY',
'http://google.com',
'http://google.com'
)

Create a new payment passing in the reference for that payment (e.g invoice id, or anything that you can use to identify the transaction and the user's email address

Code:
payment = paynow.create_payment('Order #100', 'test@example.com')

You can then start adding items to the payment

Code:
# Passing in the name of the item and the price of the item
payment.add('Bananas', 2.50)
payment.add('Apples', 3.40)

When you're finally ready to send your payment to Paynow, you can use the send method in the paynow object.

Code:
# Save the response from paynow in a variable
response = paynow.send(payment)

The response from Paynow will b have some useful information like whether the request was successful or not. If it was, for example, it contains the url to redirect the user so they can make the payment. You can view the full list of data contained in the response in our wiki https://developers.paynow.co.zw/

If request was successful, you should consider saving the poll url sent from Paynow in the database

Code:
if response.success:

# Get the link to redirect the user to, then use it as you see fit
link = response.redirect_url

# Get the poll url (used to check the status of a transaction). You might want to save this in your DB
pollUrl = response.poll_url

Mobile Transactions​

If you want to send an express (mobile) checkout request instead, the only thing that differs is the last step. You make a call to the send_mobile in the paynow object instead of the send method.
The send_mobile method unlike the send method takes in two additional arguments i.e The phone number to send the payment request to and the mobile money method to use for the request. Note that currently only ecocash and onemoney are supported


Code:
# Save the response from paynow in a variable
response = paynow.send_mobile(payment, '0777777777', 'ecocash')

The response object is almost identical to the one you get if you send a normal request. With a few differences, firstly, you don't get a url to redirect to. Instead you instructions (which ideally should be shown to the user instructing them how to make payment on their mobile phone)

Code:
if(response.success) :
# Get the poll url (used to check the status of a transaction). You might want to save this in your DB
poll_url = response.poll_url

instructions = response.instructions


Checking transaction status​

The SDK exposes a handy method that you can use to check the status of a transaction. Once you have instantiated the Paynow class.


Code:
# Check the status of the transaction with the specified poll url
# Now you see why you need to save that url ;-)
status = paynow.check_transaction_status(poll_url)

if status.paid :
# Yay! Transaction was paid for. Update transaction?
else :
# Handle that


Full Usage Example​

Code:
from paynow import Paynow

paynow = Paynow(
'INTEGRATION_ID',
'INTEGRATION_KEY',
'http://google.com',
'http://google.com'
    )

payment = paynow.create_payment('Order', 'test@example.com')

payment.add('Payment for stuff', 1)

response = paynow.send_mobile(payment, '0777777777', 'ecocash')


if(response.success):
    poll_url = response.poll_url

print("Poll Url: ", poll_url)

    status = paynow.check_transaction_status(poll_url)

time.sleep(30)

print("Payment Status: ", status.status)
 

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