PayToday is a payment service provider based in Namibia. You can create a business account with PayToday to get your business ID to use this package. If you do not have an account, you can still use the package for testing and development.
npm install paytodayor
yarn add paytodayUse the following CDN link to include in your script tag in <head>:
https://unpkg.com/paytoday/dist/index.umd.js
Start by creating the Paytoday instance in your app.
imported
import { initializePaytoday } from "paytoday"
// Debug / test mode
initializePaytoday({ debug: true })
.then(paytoday => /* The instance */)
// Production mode
const payConfig = {
businessId: "<your-biz-id>",
businessName: "<your-biz-name>"
}
initializePaytoday(payconfig)
.then(paytoday => /* The instance */)browser
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/paytoday/dist/index.umd.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
const { initializePaytoday } = window.PaytodaySDK;
// Development mode.
initializePaytoday({ debug: true }).then((paytoday) =>
console.log(paytoday)
);
</script>
</body>
</html>You can check for examples in the repo in the /examples directory, there is examples for Vue.js (can be any JS framework) and the browser.
import { initializePaytoday } from "paytoday";
const paytoday = await initializePaytoday({
debug: true,
});
const amount = 1000;
const reference = "INV12345";
const redirectURL = "https://yourapp.com/payment-success";
const element = document.getElementById("your-el-id");
paytoday.createButton(element, amount, reference, redirectURL);When the button is clicked a checkout will be created. After payment your redirectURL will be notified with status and ref query params.
Status can be:
- success
- failed
Ref is equivalent to the ref you passed. You can verify payments on your server with this data by requesting:
https://paytoday.com.na/transactions/txstatus/{businessId}/{ref}.json
initializePaytoday(config: PayConfig): PaytodayInstance-
config:
object- businessId:
string(optional if debug) - businessName:
string(optional if debug) - debug:
boolean(optional)
- businessId:
// PaytodayInstance Methods
createButton(el: HTMLElement, amount: number, reference: string, redirectURL?: string);- el:
HTMLElement(required) - amount:
number(required) (-1will allow the user to input their own amount) - reference:
string(required) - redirectURL:
string(optional)
// More to come