Laravel Mpesa Package by Akika Digital

This Laravel package provides convenient methods for integrating Mpesa Daraja API's functionalities into your Laravel application.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require akika/laravel-mpesa

After installing the package, publish the configuration file using the following command:

php artisan mpesa:install

This will generate a mpesa.php file in your config directory where you can set your Mpesa credentials and other configuration options.

.env file Setup

Add the following configurations into the .env file

MPESA_ENV=
MPESA_SHORTCODE=
MPESA_CONSUMER_KEY=
MPESA_CONSUMER_SECRET=
MPESA_PASSKEY=
MPESA_INITIATOR_NAME=
MPESA_INITIATOR_PASSWORD=
MPESA_STK_VALIDATION_URL=
MPESA_STK_CONFIRMATION_URL=
MPESA_STK_CALLBACK_URL=
MPESA_BALANCE_RESULT_URL=
MPESA_BALANCE_TIMEOUT_URL=
MPESA_TRANSACTION_STATUS_RESULT_URL=
MPESA_TRANSACTION_STATUS_TIMEOUT_URL=
MPESA_B2C_TIMEOUT_URL=
MPESA_B2C_RESULT_URL=
MPESA_B2B_TIMEOUT_URL=
MPESA_B2B_RESULT_URL=
MPESA_REVERSAL_TIMEOUT_URL=
MPESA_REVERSAL_RESULT_URL=
MPESA_BILL_OPTIN_CALLBACK_URL=
MPESA_TAX_REMITTANCE_TIMEOUT_URL=
MPESA_TAX_REMITTANCE_RESULT_URL=

NOTE: The mpesa.php config file sets the default MPESA_ENV value to sandbox. This will always load sandbox urls.

Function Responses

All responses, except the token generation response, conform to the responses documented on the daraja portal.

Usage

Initializing Mpesa

use Akika\LaravelMpesa\Mpesa;

$mpesa = new Mpesa();

Fetching Token

You can fetch the token required for Mpesa API calls as follows:

$token = $mpesa->getToken();

Getting Account Balance

You can fetch mpesa account balance as follows:

$balance = $mpesa->getBalance();

C2B Transactions

Registering URLs for C2B Transactions

You can register validation and confirmation URLs for C2B transactions:

$response = $mpesa->c2bRegisterUrl();

You can register the C2B URLs using the provided command below:

php artisan mpesa:register-c2b-urls

The above command requires you to have set the below variables in your env or in the config file:

MPESA_SHORTCODE=
MPESA_STK_VALIDATION_URL=
MPESA_STK_CONFIRMATION_URL=

Simulating C2B Transactions

You can simulate payment requests from clients:

$response = $mpesa->c2bSimulate($amount, $phoneNumber, $billRefNumber, $commandID);

Initiating STK Push

You can initiate online payment on behalf of a customer:

$response = $mpesa->stkPush($accountNumber, $phoneNumber, $amount, $transactionDesc);

Querying STK Push Status

You can query the result of a STK Push transaction:

$response = $mpesa->stkPushStatus($checkoutRequestID);

Reversing Transactions

You can reverse a C2B M-Pesa transaction:

$response = $mpesa->reverse($transactionId, $amount, $receiverShortCode, $remarks);

Business to Customer (B2C) Transactions

You can perform Business to Customer transactions:

$response = $mpesa->b2cTransaction($oversationId, $commandID, $msisdn, $amount, $remarks, $ocassion);

Business to Business (B2B) Transactions

You can perform Business to Business transactions:

$response = $mpesa->b2bPaybill($destShortcode, $amount, $remarks, $accountNumber, $requester);

QR Code Generation

You can generate QR codes for making payments:

$response = $mpesa->dynamicQR($merchantName, $refNo, $amount, $trxCode, $cpi, $size);

Bill Manager

You can optin to the bill manager service and send invoices:

$response = $mpesa->billManagerOptin($email, $phoneNumber);

$response = $mpesa->sendInvoice($reference, $billedTo, $phoneNumber, $billingPeriod, $invoiceName, $dueDate, $amount, $items);

Tax Remittance

You can remit tax to the government:

$response = $mpesa->taxRemittance($amount, $receiverShortCode, $accountReference, $remarks);

License

The Laravel Mpesa package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.