Felix-Barosio/Mpesa-ROR

Setup Mpesa STK Push and STK Push Query with Ruby On Rails APIs # Setup for M-pesa stk push and query on Rails APIs. Rails App API to demo the basics of a simple stk push and stk push query (checking if payment is successfull or might have encounted any errors) on M-pesa. ### Setup - In order to implement it, install the following: #### Daraja Safaricom Developers Portal - Get started by login in or create Daraja Developer free Account. - On apps tab, create a new sandbox app and give it your preferd name. Proceed to tick all the check boxes and click on create app. - You will be redirected to the app details page where you will find your consumer key and consumer secret. This will be crucial later during setup. - Navigate to the APIs tab and on M-pesa Express click on Simulate, on the input prompt select the app you just created. - Scroll down and click on test credentials. The initiator password and passkey will crucial also later. #### Ngrok - Login or create ngrok free account. - Install on ubuntu by `sudo snap install ngrok` or download from website. - Connect your account to ngrok run `ngrok authtoken `. #### Rails - Create a new rails app `rails new --api --minimal`. - Install or Add Gems below. ```ruby gem 'rest-client' gem 'rack-cors' ``` - Run `bundle install`. - Create M-pesa resource. Run `rails g resource Mpesa phoneNumber amount checkoutRequestID merchantRequestID mpesaReceiptNumber --no-test-framework`. - Also add Access Token. Run ` rails g model AccessToken token --no-test-framework`. - Run `rails db:migrate` ### Configurations - Navigate to `config/environments/development.rb` and add the following code. ```ruby config.hosts **This will allow us to access our rails app from ngrok**. - Navigate to `config/initializers/cors.rb` and add the following code or uncomment the existing code. ```ruby Rails.application.config.middleware.insert_before 0, Rack::Cors do allow do origins "*" resource "*", headers: :any, methods: [:get, :post, :put, :patch, :delete, :options, :head] end end ``` > **B …