@allan70/daraja-package/generateToken.js

A package to middle-man DarajaAPI 2.0 requests to perform M-Pesa transactions

const axios = require('axios');

const generateToken = async (secretPassword, consumerKeyMpesa) => {

    const secret = secretPassword;
    const consumerKey = consumerKeyMpesa;

    const auth = new Buffer.from(`${consumerKey}:${secret}`).toString("base64");

    await axios.get("https://sandbox.safaricom.co.ke/oauth/v1/generate?grant_type=client_credentials", {
        headers: {
            "Authorization": `Basic ${auth}`
        },
    }).then((response) => {
        
        // console.log(response.data.access_token);
        token = response.data.access_token;
        return token;
    }).catch((err) => {
        // console.log(err);
        return err.message;
    })
}

module.exports = generateToken;