MpesaOverlay

MpesaOverlay is modern, scalable, secure open source and patent-free API overlay for the Daraja API by Safaricom written in Go.

It accepts connections over various API (i.e. REST, GRPC, Pub/Sub), thus making a seamless bridge between the client and the Daraja API. It is used as a middleware for building complex Payments solutions.

Features

• Interface bridging (i.e. REST, GRPC, Pub/Sub)
• CLI for managing the platform
• Platform logging and instrumentation support
• Container-based deployment using Docker

Upcoming features:

• Ledger support. The platform should be able to store transactions in a ledger.
• Clusterization. The platform should be able to run in a cluster of nodes for high availability and scalability.
• Analytics and reporting. The should provide a way for developers to generate reports on their Mpesa transactions.
• Event sourcing support
• SDKs for various programming languages
• Documentation: The API should have comprehensive and up-to-date documentation.

Architecture

Components

MpesaOverlay platform is comprised of the following services:

• rest-adapter Provides a REST interface for accessing communication channels
• grpc-adapter Provides a gRPC interface for accessing communication channels
• pubsub-adapter Provides a Pub/Sub interface for accessing communication channels
• mpesa-cli Command line interface