Jenga API SDK for Python

A Python package for interacting with selected Jenga API endpoints.

• Reads configuration from environment variables
• Generates access tokens
• Signs request values with your RSA private key using cryptography
• Provides both Python and CLI usage

1. Installation

pip install paymentsdks-jenga

2. Configuration

The package reads configuration from environment variables. The required variables are:

JENGA_API_KEY=
JENGA_MERCHANT_CODE=
JENGA_CONSUMER_SECRET=
JENGA_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nreplace-with-private-key\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----"
JENGA_LIVE_MODE=false

Generate an RSA key pair with OpenSSL before setting JENGA_PRIVATE_KEY:

openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out private_key.pem -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048
openssl rsa -pubout -in private_key.pem -out public_key.pem

• Save the contents of private_key.pem in JENGA_PRIVATE_KEY.
• Save the contents of public_key.pem in the Jenga dashboard under the Keys section.

[!INFO]

• JENGA_LIVE_MODE=true uses https://api.finserve.africa white JENGA_LIVE_MODE=false uses https://uat.finserve.africa
• For PEM values, you can use either real multiline values or \n-escaped text in .env files.

If you are using a local .env file, load it into your shell before running commands:

3. Usage

3.1 Signature generation

Request signing is handled internally by JengaClient before protected endpoint calls are made.

If you need to generate a signature manually:

from jenga import JengaClient

client = JengaClient.from_env()
signature = client.sign("KE", "1450160649886")

The data is signed in the order it is passed.

3.1 Python usage

Use the package directly in your application code.

from jenga import JengaClient

client = JengaClient.from_env()

balance = client.account_balance(
    country_code="KE",
    account_id="1450160649886",
)

statement = client.mini_statement(
    country_code="KE",
    account_id="1450160649886",
)

4. Endpoint Coverage

4.1 Account Services

4.1.1 Account Balance

Python:

from jenga import JengaClient

client = JengaClient.from_env()
result = client.account_balance(country_code="KE", account_id="1450160649886")
print(result)

CLI:

PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m jenga.cli account-balance --country-code KE --account-id 1450160649886

4.1.2 Account Mini Statement

Python:

from jenga import JengaClient

client = JengaClient.from_env()
result = client.mini_statement(country_code="KE", account_id="1450160649886")
print(result)

CLI:

PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m jenga.cli mini-statement --country-code KE --account-id 1450160649886

• Account Full Statement
• Opening and Closing Account Balance
• Account Inquiry - Bank Accounts

4.2 Send Money

• Within Equity Bank
• To Mobile Wallets
• RTGS
• SWIFT
• Pesalink - To Bank Account
• Pesalink - To Mobile Number

4.3 Send Money - IMT

• IMT Within Equity Bank
• IMT to Mobile Wallets
• IMT Pesalink - To Bank Account
• IMT Pesalink - To Bank Mobile

4.4 Receive Money

• Receive Payments - Bill Payments
• Receive Payments - Merchant Payments
• Bill Validation

4.5 Receive Money Queries

• Get All EazzyPay Merchants
• Query Transaction Details
• Get All Billers

4.6 Airtime

• Purchase Airtime

4.7 Forex Rates

• Forex Exchange Rates

4.8 ID Search and Verification

• ID Search and Verification

4.9 MPGS Direct Integration

• MPGS Validate Payment
• MPGS Authenticate Payment
• MPGS Authorize Payment
• MPGS Query Payment
• MPGS Refund Payment

5. Testing

Run the automated tests:

python3 -m unittest discover -s tests

Run a real manual test with your local .env:

set -a
source .env
set +a
PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m jenga.cli account-balance --country-code KE --account-id 1450160649886

6. Notes

• This package currently focuses on a small subset of Jenga APIs.
• The README only documents endpoints that are actually implemented in this repository.
• Pending endpoints are listed for roadmap visibility only.
• See the contribution guide for development and pull request workflow.

7. Releases

• Tagged releases matching v* trigger GitHub Actions to test, build, and publish the package to PyPI automatically.
• Example tag: v0.1.1
• PyPI trusted publishing must be configured once for this repository before the workflow can publish.

8. License

License: MIT