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northstart-sdk
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Python client and payment helpers for the Northstar API.
python -m pip install northstart-sdk
from northstart_sdk import NorthstarClient
client = NorthstarClient(
base_url="https://api.example.com",
sdk_secret="your-sdk-secret",
)
for asset in client.list_assets(status="active"):
print(asset.id, asset.name)
sdk_secret may also be provided through the NORTHSTAR_SDK_SECRET
environment variable. When no secret is configured, requests are sent without
the Northstar signature headers.
from northstart_sdk import PaymentClient
payments = PaymentClient(
appid="your-app-id",
app_private_key_string=open("app_private_key.pem").read(),
gateway_public_key_string=open("gateway_public_key.pem").read(),
gateway_url="https://gateway.example.com/gateway.do",
)
request = payments.create_payment_order(
out_trade_no="order-1001",
total_amount="19.99",
subject="Example order",
)
print(request.url)
RSA2 uses RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures with SHA-256. PEM keys and unwrapped base64 key bodies are both accepted.
FAQs
Python client and payment helpers for the Northstar API
The pypi package northstart-sdk receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, northstart-sdk popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that northstart-sdk demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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