Vladimir, Per Myrle's email yesterday, rather than have a meeting which is difficult to coordinate across multiple time zones, we're going to attempt to move forward and work through remaining questions asynchronously.
Have you had a chance to look at Antony's latest code? Part of the concern was ensuring that your complete data model was also part of his implementation. Do you still have time to assist with the same? I'd like us to get to an alpha release of this and then have a student work on it for GSOC as well but would like to ship part of the functionality especially since we'd like to leverage part of the payment gateway in our Mifos Mobile app as well. Steve, while Mojaloop will be one good test integration I'd like us to also still utilize Beyonic as a test integration as well since that's already in progress, the APIs are well-documented, and it would be provide immediate value to the community as it would enable access to multiple mobile money providers in East Africa. Denila - if you're still tracking on this thread, are you able to assist in drafting some of the functional use cases that would be a part of current work going on as well as part of GSOC? Thanks, Ed On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:00 AM, Steve Conrad <sconr...@gmail.com> wrote: > After talking with James and the group about Mojaloop integration with > Fineract, it looks like there is an opportunity to use that integration a > good test case for the payment gateway. I would like to create a test > environment that uses 2 (or more) instances of Fineract with the Payment > Gateway to test various scenarios (peer-to-peer payment, merchant payment, > etc) through Mojaloop. > > We also talked about using the Mojaloop communication flow as the standard > for the payment gateway. I think the gateway is architected with a > communication flow that is similar, but we may want to adjust it a bit to > ensure we are compatible with the Mojaloop architecture. > > Ed, I am fine to create some JIRA tickets for the tasks that we need to > complete for the gateway (use cases still to be implemented, creating a > simple client, integration with various providers, testing). We can work > those tasks or create GSOC projects from them. > > Let me know if you have thoughts or questions or if you're interested in > working on any of these tasks. > > Thanks, > Steve > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Antony Omeri <antonyom...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Ed, >> >> At this point: >> - I have migrated to Actvemq >> - also handled incoming payments, >> - done with adding infrastructure for outgoing payment. >> >> >> The only thing remaining is developing UI and also a way to integrate to >> accounting. >> We also need enough testing. Incase of questions am available online >> >> Kind Regard >> >> >> On 8 Mar 2018 19:58, "Ed Cable" <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: >> >> Antony, >> >> In lieu of a meeting, could you update the community on the progress of >> your code - when it's at a point to be merged, we'd like to get it merged >> in and then be able to create corresponding tickets for others to continue >> work in the near term and then also scope out additional tickets that >> could >> comprise a GSOC project. >> >> Steve - if I give you the proper karma, do you want to work with Antony >> and >> Vladimir to create the appropriate tickets on JIRA? >> >> Ed >> >> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: >> >> > Thank you for the suggestion Myrle. Provided Steve is fine with it we >> can >> > attempt to gather some feedback asynchronously; however we didn't get >> any >> > responses from his questions from a month back but I will put more >> > structure around those questions and try to get those that would have >> > otherwise been participating on the call to discuss this across the >> list. >> > >> > If that doesn't yield much participation we will carry out a meeting and >> > will as always share notes and a recording of said meeting. >> > >> > Ed >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:27 AM, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> >> Hey Ed, >> >> >> >> Would it be possible to discuss this on the list rather than making a >> >> meeting? You have specific questions you want to approach, you can >> >> start by creating a ticket or tickets with Steve's suggested >> >> sub-tasks, and then ask for feedback on the mailing list. >> >> >> >> This way people can participate no matter where they are in the world, >> >> no matter what their working schedule is, and no matter how good their >> >> internet connections are. And you don't have to wait till Friday to >> >> start. >> >> >> >> This is called asynchronous communication. Here's a good blog post on >> it. >> >> http://stormyscorner.com/2015/01/7-reasons-asynchronous-comm >> >> unication-is-better-than-synchronous-communication-in-open-source.html >> >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Myrle >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 11:49 PM, Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: >> >> > Thank you Steve for your thorough review. Apologies for the delay. I >> >> wanted >> >> > to get the payment gateway group together for another call so we can >> >> > identify the best path forward in the four areas you specified, check >> >> in on >> >> > the progress Antony has made with his code and how we can incorporate >> >> > Vladimir's data model. I also want to discuss if we should try to >> scope >> >> out >> >> > another project for GSOC centered around this - I think we have the >> >> needed >> >> > clarity now but wanted to ship somethign to the community prior to >> after >> >> > this summer. Perhaps we could aim for an alpha version prior to GSOC >> and >> >> > have the GSOC student work on the beta. >> >> > >> >> > Would this Friday at 1400GMT work for everyone? >> >> > >> >> > We can use Hangouts Meet for the call. Folks can join through: >> >> > https://meet.google.com/ajy-twnd-irs >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Steve Conrad <sconr...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Hi everyone - >> >> >> >> >> >> I have been spending some time over the past few weeks trying to >> >> understand >> >> >> the current status of the Mifos Payment Gateway and determine what >> >> things >> >> >> still need to be done. I wanted to summarize my understanding of >> where >> >> the >> >> >> gateway is at. >> >> >> >> >> >> I spoke with Avik to talk through the requirements and what work has >> >> been >> >> >> done so far. Vladimir Fomene worked to develop a data model and some >> >> basic >> >> >> functionality around inbound (loan repayments) and outbound >> >> (disbursements) >> >> >> transactions. At the same time, Antony Omeri was developing a >> parallel >> >> >> model and platform.Over the past couple of months Antony has >> developed >> >> much >> >> >> of the core functionality and integrated it into the Fineract >> platform, >> >> >> including using ActiveMQ for messaging. >> >> >> >> >> >> You can see a demo here of Antony's work. More functionality has >> been >> >> >> implemented since this was recorded, including porting from >> RabbitMQ to >> >> >> ActiveMQ >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=824&v=xqWIveT57vo >> >> >> >> >> >> And the repo is here: >> >> >> https://github.com/OmexIT/fineract >> >> >> >> >> >> It seems to me that the best course forward is to continue to build >> on >> >> >> Antony's platform. However, there are elements of Vladimir's data >> model >> >> >> that I think we should consider integrating into Antony's platform - >> >> >> particularly the ability to configure connections between MFIs and >> >> >> MMPs/aggregators. We also need to think through functionality for >> error >> >> >> handling and rolling back transactions. Beyond that, there are >> >> additional >> >> >> use cases around batch disbursals, reconciliation, etc. >> >> >> >> >> >> If there are developers who are interested in working on bringing >> this >> >> >> project to completion, I see at least 4 areas that need work: >> >> >> 1) Expanding the schema to allow configuration parameters between >> >> an MFI >> >> >> and MMP (the API credentials, etc for a particular MFI connection >> to a >> >> >> provider/aggregator) >> >> >> 2) Implementing a couple of specific payment providers to prove >> out >> >> the >> >> >> functionality - possibly Beyonic and something like RazorPay >> >> >> 3) Implementing some kind of UI that we can use as a test >> platform - >> >> >> testing disbursals and repayments >> >> >> 4) Implementing use cases that have been defined but not yet >> >> developed - >> >> >> batch disbursals, reconciliation, etc. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > *Ed Cable* >> >> >> >> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> >> > edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> >> > <(484)%20477-8649> >> >> > >> >> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | * >> http://mifos.org >> >> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *Ed Cable* >> > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> > edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> > <(484)%20477-8649> >> > >> > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org >> > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> *Ed Cable* >> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> <+1%20484-477-8649> >> >> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org >> <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> > > -- *Ed Cable* President/CEO, Mifos Initiative edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
