I actually want to use Africa's talking api on my ussd app. I am from bangladesh and i am confused if it supports bangladesh or not.there are mainly four service provider in bangladesh namely gameenphone, robi, banglalink, airtel. I want to send ussd from one of the operator to my application.
here is python code:
from flask import Flask, request
import africastalking
import os
app = Flask(__name__)
username = "sandbox"
api_key = "*384*89376#"
africastalking.initialize(username, api_key)
sms = africastalking.SMS
@app.route('/', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def ussd_callback():
global response
session_id = request.values.get("sessionId", None)
service_code = request.values.get("serviceCode", None)
phone_number = request.values.get("phoneNumber", None)
text = request.values.get("text", "default")
sms_phone_number = []
sms_phone_number.append(phone_number)
#ussd logic
if text == "":
#main menu
response = "CON What would you like to do?\n"
response += "1. Check account details\n"
response += "2. Check phone number\n"
response += "3. Send me a cool message"
elif text == "1":
#sub menu 1
response = "CON What would you like to check on your account?\n"
response += "1. Account number"
response += "2. Account balance"
elif text == "2":
#sub menu 1
response = "END Your phone number is {}".format(phone_number)
elif text == "3":
try:
#sending the sms
sms_response = sms.send("Thank you for going through this tutorial",
sms_phone_number)
print(sms_response)
except Exception as e:
#show us what went wrong
print(f"Houston, we have a problem: {e}")
elif text == "1*1":
#ussd menus are split using *
account_number = "1243324376742"
response = "END Your account number is {}".format(account_number)
elif text == "1*2":
account_balance = "100,000"
response = "END Your account balance is USD {}".format(account_balance)
else:
response = "END Invalid input. Try again."
return response
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()
Africa's Talking USSD services are in the following countries:
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa
Hope this helps. Reach out if you have any more questions.