The wrapper provides convenient access to the Africa's Talking API from applications written for Node.js.
Take a look at the API docs here.
You can install the package from npm by running:
$ npm install --save africastalking
The package needs to be configured with your app username and API key, which you can get from the dashboard.
You can use this SDK for either production or sandbox apps. For sandbox, the app username is ALWAYS
sandbox
const credentials = {
apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', // use your sandbox app API key for development in the test environment
username: 'YOUR_USERNAME', // use 'sandbox' for development in the test environment
};
const Africastalking = require('africastalking')(credentials);
// Initialize a service e.g. SMS
const sms = Africastalking.SMS
// Use the service
const options = {
to: ['+254711XXXYYY', '+254733YYYZZZ'],
message: "I'm a lumberjack and its ok, I work all night and sleep all day"
}
// Send message and capture the response or error
sms.send(options)
.then( response => {
console.log(response);
})
.catch( error => {
console.log(error);
});
See example for more usage examples.
Initialize the SDK as a requirement by doing require('africastalking')(options)
. After initialization, you can get instances of offered services as follows:
-
SMS Service :
AfricasTalking.SMS
-
Airtime Service :
AfricasTalking.AIRTIME
-
Mobile Data Service :
AfricasTalking.MOBILEDATA
-
Voice Service :
AfricasTalking.VOICE
-
USSD : USSD API
-
Token Service :
AfricasTalking.TOKEN
-
Application Service :
AfricasTalking.APPLICATION
All methods are asynchronous
All phone numbers use the international format. e.g. +234xxxxxxxx
.
-
send({ to, from, message, enqueue })
: Send an SMS to one or more phone numbers -
send([{ to, from, message, enqueue }])
: Send multiple SMSes to one or more phone numbersto
: Recipient(s) phone number. Can either a single phone number or an array of phone numbersREQUIRED
from
: Shortcode or alphanumeric ID that is registered with Africa's Talking accountmessage
: SMS content.REQUIRED
enqueue
: Set to true if you would like to deliver as many messages to the API without waiting for an acknowledgement from telcos.
-
sendPremium({ to, from, message, enqueue, keyword, linkId, retryDurationInHours })
: Send premium SMSkeyword
: You premium product keywordlinkId
: We forward thelinkId
to your application when the user send a message to your serviceretryDurationInHours
: It specifies the number of hours your subscription message should be retried in case it's not delivered to the subscriber
-
fetchMessages({ lastReceivedId })
: Manually retrieve your messageslastReceivedId
: "This is the id of the message that you last processed". Defaults to0
-
fetchSubscription({ shortCode, keyword, lastReceivedId })
: Fetch your premium subscription datashortCode
: This is the premium short code mapped to your account.REQUIRED
keyword
: A premium keyword under the above short code and mapped to your account.REQUIRED
lastReceivedId
: "This is the id of the message that you last processed". Defaults to0
-
createSubscription({ shortCode, keyword, phoneNumber })
: Create a premium subscriptionshortCode
: This is the premium short code mapped to your account.REQUIRED
keyword
: A premium keyword under the above short code and mapped to your account.REQUIRED
phoneNumber
: The phone number to be subscribed.REQUIRED
For more information on:
- SMS service: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
- How to fetch subscriptions: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/premium_subscriptions/fetch
- How to listen for subscription notifications: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/notifications
-
send({ recipients })
: Send airtime to a bunch of phone numbers.-
recipients
: An array of objects containing the following keys:phoneNumber
: Recipient of airtime.REQUIRED
.currencyCode
: 3-digit ISO format currency code.REQUIRED
.amount
: Amount to charge.REQUIRED
.
-
maxNumRetry
: This allows you to specify the maximum number of retries in case of failed airtime deliveries due to various reasons such as telco unavailability. The default retry period is 8 hours and retries occur every 60seconds. For example, settingmaxNumRetry=4
means the transaction will be retried every 60seconds for the next 4 hours.OPTIONAL
.
-
-
findTransactionStatus(transactionId)
: Find the status of a given airtime transaction.transactionId
: ID of the transaction you would like to find.
For more information, please read https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/sending
-
send({ productName, recipients })
productName
: This is the application's product name.recipients
: An array of objects containing the following keys:phoneNumber
: Recipient of the mobile data.REQUIRED
.quantity
: a numeric value for the amount of mobile data. It is based on the available mobile data package(see "Bundle Package" column of mobile data pricing).REQUIRED
.unit
: The units for the specified data quantity, the format is:MB
orGB
. It is based on the available mobile data package(see "Bundle Package" column of mobile data pricing).REQUIRED
.validity
: The period of the data bundle’s validity this can beDay
,Week
,BiWeek
,Month
, orQuarterly
. It is based on the available mobile data package (see "Validity" column of mobile data pricing).REQUIRED
.metadata
: A JSON object of any metadata that you would like us to associate with the request.OPTIONAL
.
-
findTransaction({ transactionId })
: Find a mobile data transaction -
fetchWalletBalance()
: Fetch a mobile data product balance
For more information, please read the https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/overview
-
call({ callFrom, callTo })
: Initiate a phone callcallFrom
: Your Africa's Talking issued virtual phone number.REQUIRED
callTo
: Comma-separated string of phone numbers to call.REQUIRED
clientRequestId
: Additional information that can be used to tag the call in your callback URL.
-
fetchQuedCalls({ phoneNumber })
: Get queued callsphoneNumber
: Your Africa's Talking issued virtual phone number.REQUIRED
-
uploadMediaFile({ phoneNumber, url })
: Upload voice media filephoneNumber
: Your Africa's Talking issued virtual phone number.REQUIRED
url
: URL to your media file.REQUIRED
Helpers that will construct proper
xml
to send back to Africa's Taking API when it comesPOST
ing.
Say
,Play
,GetDigits
,Dial
,Record
,Enqueue
,Dequeue
,Conference
,Redirect
,Reject
Remember to send back an HTTP 200.
For more information, please read https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/voice/overview and issue #15
For more information, please read https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/ussd/overview
generateAuthToken()
: Generate an auth token to use for authentication instead of an API key.
fetchApplicationData()
: Get app information. e.g. balance
For more information, please read https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/application
Run all tests:
$ npm install
$ npm test
or on Windows...
$ npm install
$ npm run test-windows
If you find a bug, please file an issue on our issue tracker on GitHub.