PaystackPyAPI is a Python package designed to simplify and streamline Paystack API integration, enabling secure online payment processing in your Python applications.

You can install the package using pip:

pip install paystackpyAPI

1. Obtain API Key:

Sign up for a Paystack account if you don't have one: Paystack Signup.

Log in to your Paystack dashboard and obtain your API key.

2. Initialize PaystackAPI:

from paystackpyAPI.transaction import Transaction

# Replace 'your_api_key' with your actual Paystack API key
api_key = 'your_api_key'
transaction = Transaction(api_key)

3. Initialize a Transaction

email = 'user@example.com'
amount = 100
initialize_response = transaction.initialize_transaction(email, amount)
print("Initialization Response:", initialize_response)

4. Verify a Transaction

reference = initialize_response['data']['data']['reference']
verify_response = transaction.verify_transaction(reference)
print("Verification Response:", verify_response)

5. Optional parameters

The initialize_transaction method supports the following optional parameters:

1. currency

2. reference

3. callback_url

4. plan

5. invoice_limit

6. metadata

7. channels

8. split_code

9. subaccount

10. transaction_charge

11. bearer

Pass these parameters as keyword arguments when calling the initialize_transaction method.

6. Examples

Check the examples directory for sample scripts demonstrating various use cases.

7. Contributing

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue. Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/awesome-feature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add awesome feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/awesome-feature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

8. License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.