From d5671f352daa451007a8a932547a5c3a38277c4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oseovie <ovieose17@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:12:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add helper to extract Paystack meta object

Introduces a small helper function `get_meta` for safely accessing the Paystack meta object from API responses. This improves usability and avoids errors when meta is missing.
---
 paystackease/helpers/meta.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 paystackease/helpers/meta.py

diff --git a/paystackease/helpers/meta.py b/paystackease/helpers/meta.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b90943d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paystackease/helpers/meta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""
+Helpers for handling Paystack meta objects.
+"""
+
+def get_meta(response: dict) -> dict:
+    """
+    Extract the meta object from a Paystack API response.
+
+    :param response: Full API response dictionary
+    :return: Meta object if present, else empty dict
+    """
+    if not isinstance(response, dict):
+        return {}
+      
+    meta = response.get("meta")
+
+    if isinstance(meta, dict):
+        return meta
+
+
+    return response.get("meta", {})