declaration of the MpesaHandler class

mpesa_handler.py

class MpesaHandler:
  now = None
  shortcode = None
  consumer_key = None
  consumer_secret = None
  access_token_url = None
  access_token = None
  stk_push_url = None
  my_callback_url = None
  query_status_url = None
  timestamp = None
  passkey = None


def __init__(self):
        self.now = datetime.now()
        self.shortcode = env("SAF_SHORTCODE")
        self.consumer_key = env("SAF_CONSUMER_KEY")
        self.consumer_secret = env("SAF_CONSUMER_SECRET")
        self.access_token_url = env("SAF_ACCESS_TOKEN_API")
        self.passkey = env("SAF_PASS_KEY")
        self.stk_push_url = env("SAF_STK_PUSH_API")
        self.query_status_url = env("SAF_STK_PUSH_QUERY_API")
        self.my_callback_url = env("CALLBACK_URL")
        self.password = self.generate_password()

        try:
            self.access_token = self.get_mpesa_access_token()

            if self.access_token is None:
                raise Exception("Request for access token failed")
            else:
                self.access_token_expiration = time.time() + 3599

        except Exception as e:
            # log this errors
            print(str(e))