Francis-Mwaniki / mpesa_stk_push-Nodejs

what you need to have

• consumer key
• consumer secret
• passkey

how to get them

• consumer key and consumer secret

  • go to developer portal

  • create an app

  • get consumer key and consumer secret

  • passkey

  • go to developer portal

  • click on the api you want to use select Mpesa Express Sandbox

how to use

• clone the repo
  • cd into the repo
  • run npm install
  • run npm start
  • open your favourite testing tool and make a post request to http://localhost:3000/stkpush
  • pass the following in the body of the request if you wanna post to sandbox or you can use my function to push an stk push
  • { "BusinessShortCode": "174379", "Password": "Mpesa2019", "Timestamp": "20190127101010", "TransactionType": "CustomerPayBillOnline", "Amount": "1", "PartyA": "254708374149", "PartyB": "174379", "PhoneNumber": "254708374149", "CallBackURL": "https://yourdomain.com/", "AccountReference": "test", "TransactionDesc": "test" }
• you should get a response like this - [x] { "MerchantRequestID": "12345-54321-2", "CheckoutRequestID": "ws_CO_27120190101010101", "ResponseCode": "0", "ResponseDescription": "Success. Request accepted for processing", "CustomerMessage": "Success. Request accepted for processing" }
• you should get a confirmation message on your phone