Airtel Adaptor

[jackohilts]

Request

We want to build a basic adaptor to integrate with the REST API for Airtel, a mobile money platform provided by that allows users to send and receive money, pay bills, purchase airtime, and manage their finances through their mobile phones.

To start, this adaptor should:

• handle authentication/credentials
• include a generic GET helper so we can get any resource
• make it easy to search for particular records and return results in JSON
• Trigger payment requests
• Trigger payment reconciliation
• Receive payment notifications

See guide to integrating Airtel Mony for login information for authentication via API Key: https://medium.com/@muhanzi/how-to-integrate-airtel-money-api-for-payment-collections-and-remittances-67d2202cd488 .
You'll find that there are already test records in the Orange Money Developer Portal: https://developer.orange.com/.

Resources
Airtel Developer Portal: https://developers.airtel.africa/user/signup
API Use Cases:

Logo Links

[martalovescoffee]

@laszcz Let's discuss if you have some time to spec it or we should take it over and @redietr can support us on this.

[mtuchi]

I think the adaptor name should contain country code. Eg airtel-rw. And include in a description that this is OpenFn adaptor for Airtel Rwanda.

[mtuchi]

I think the adaptor name should contain country code. Eg airtel-rw. And include in a description that this is OpenFn adaptor for Airtel Rwanda.

Airtel actually provide an API for Africa, So we might not need this.

[mtuchi]

I blocked on testing Airtel API because you can't get API keys until your application is approved.

• https://developers.airtel.africa/developer/dashboard/22427/26755/details?info=1

[laszcz]

When creating an account I am also facing this issue @mtuchi . I will try to give them a call tomorrow to know how to access the API simulator test environment.
@martalovescoffee I see that Jack had drafted some high levels specifications, do we need more details for each request?

[martalovescoffee]

@mtuchi have you got an approval?

[martalovescoffee]

Maybe needed for SS project work.

[hunterachieng]

@martalovescoffee Did we manage to get an account for this?