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Stripe Developer Digest Sessions 2024

Gehrig — Thu, 09 May 2024 22:27:27 +0000

Stripe Sessions recap

Stripe Sessions 2024 was our biggest event yet—with over 6,000 attendees, 50 product launches, and one six-foot AI-manufactured marble statue. In case you missed it, you can watch all the talks on demand. Highlights include:

The opening keynote introduced a host of new products and features, including Stripe's new usage-based billing support.
Patrick Collison chatted with NVIDIA's Jensen Huang about leadership in the age of AI.
The developer keynote shared API design principles and new tools to speed up development.

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Updates

Manage usage-based billing: Stripe Billing now offers the Meters API to store, calculate, and charge customers on a per-usage basis.

Embed 17 new components for Connect: Drop HTML or React embedded components into your site for Connect onboarding, account management, payouts, and more.

Provision feature access: Stripe Billing added the Entitlements API, so you can check the status of a user’s subscription and see what features they can access.

Route payments to multiple payment processors: The new Vault and Forward API enables you to use Stripe products, such as the Payment Element, even if you process payments with other providers.

Import 3D Secure results: Use external 3D Secure authentication results within Stripe payments by passing card details and cryptogram directly to the Payment Intents API.

Unify multiple Stripe accounts into an organization: Request an invite to more easily manage multiple entities or product lines across multiple Stripe accounts with Organizations.

Collect in-person payments offline: Terminal iOS and Android SDKs now support offline mode (in beta) so you can save payment information at the time of sale during an unexpected outage.

Preview an invoice: Let customers modify, understand, and choose between available product packages by previewing an invoice prior to generation with the new createPreview method.

Stripe Insiders

Join Stripe Insiders, our new early access program, to try the latest products and provide direct feedback to the teams building them. Current betas include Stripe’s new developer tools—Workbench, Sandboxes, and Event Destinations—and Stripe’s extension for VS Code.

Community

Stripe Insiders’ community members suggested improved webhook filtering and an API to replay Stripe events.
We’re hosting a Dublin developer meetup on June 5—subscribe to Stripe’s event calendar to get notified of new meetups.
Mauro wrote about using WebdriverIO to automate iframe tests, like filling in a Stripe Elements checkout form.
Airbnb and Stripe shared the motivation and design behind the new open-source, machine learning development platform, Chronon.

Stay connected

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March Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:25:15 +0000

Workbench, our new developer tool to help you build, manage, and debug your Stripe integration, is now in public beta. Improve your daily workflows with the inspector (to show the underlying JSON for any object in the Dashboard), shell (for an integrated command-line environment), and other powerful features.

With Workbench, we wanted to give developers a universal pane that surfaces the right information at the right time to help you work faster. Now, from anywhere in the Dashboard you can quickly understand how you use the Stripe API and how it operates under the hood.

On April 4, we talked with engineers from Slack and Notion on the @stripedev YouTube channel to learn how to get the most out of Workbench. I hope you try it soon, and look forward to hearing your feedback.

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Updates

Create custom and dynamic cards: Stripe Issuing lets you programmatically create and manage custom cards with two new API resources, personalization design and physical bundle.

Request 3DS support for Checkout sessions: Add an extra layer of security by manually requesting 3D Secure authentication for payment, subscription, and setup mode sessions.

Build no-code invoicing and subscription automations: Create automations using triggers to perform actions, such as canceling a subscription after a grace period.

Reconnect Terminal readers automatically: Improve user experience with the autoReconnectOnUnexpectedDisconnect parameter.

Support Tap to Pay on iPhone in Australia and the United Kingdom: Accept in-person payments using only an iPhone—now available in five countries.

Create customer tax IDs programmatically: Add tax IDs to customer and account objects via API in addition to the ability to create account tax IDs in the Stripe Dashboard.

Make async requests in the beta release of stripe-python: The stripe-python beta channel now has built-in support for async control flow, backed by the httpx or aiohttp http libraries.

Offer Apple Pay Later: Businesses in the United States can now use Apple Pay Later to support installment payments.

Add Link as a payment method to Android: Support Link, Stripe's accelerated checkout, in the PaymentSheet by turning on the payment method settings.

Receive instant payouts in Australia: Instant payouts are now available for Stripe accounts in Australia, Canada, the United States, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

Community

Learn how to retrieve additional Stripe API results in a single request using the expand parameter
Send emails triggered by Stripe webhook events with Loops
Handle custom Connect verification requirement updates to keep your accounts active
Build a SaaS business with Stripe subscriptions using a Django boiler plate
Read how the internet economy is changing in Stripe’s annual letter
Dig into Ledger, Stripe’s system for tracking and validating money movement

Stay connected

February Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:40:14 +0000

Stripe Sessions, our biggest user conference yet, is coming to San Francisco this April. Join us and fellow members of the developer community for two packed days of learning and collaboration.

Sessions is a perfect opportunity to get hands-on developer training with the latest Stripe tools like Workbench, hear new product announcements, and watch ambitious live demos. While there’s so much to look forward to, the chat between Nvidia's Jensen Huang and our own Patrick Collison is top of my list.

I hope you can make it—make sure to use the code Developer50 for 50% off your conference pass.

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Updates

Get answers from Stripe Docs AI: Ask Stripe Docs questions and get GPT-powered responses—available for all logged-in users.

Use Connect onboarding components: Connect account onboarding components are now available for React or HTML embeds to onboard customers in 46 supported countries.

Set Issuing card PINs: All cards issued by Stripe Issuing now have PINs; set a card's initial PIN during card creation with the pin[encrypted_number] field.

Reach Swedish customers with Swish: We now support Swish, Sweden's most popular finance app, as a real-time payment method. You can turn on automatic currency conversion to always have the latest payment methods optimized for your customers.

Simplify end-of-month billing cycles: The Subscription Create API billing_cycle_anchor_config parameter sets the billing cycle anchor by using only the desired month and day. You can now set billing dates during short months or, for instance, an upcoming leap day with ease.

Instantiate StripeClient in the Python SDK: Stripe-python v8.0.0 introduced StripeClient, upgrading from a single global configuration to enable multiple thread-safe instances.

Community

Pragmatic Engineering's Gergely Orosz released part 2 of Stripe's engineering culture.
Create a RAG app using OpenAI, Pinecone, and Llama Index to ask questions from Stripe Docs.
Svix offered a thorough review of Stripe webhooks documentation.
@iamtouha added Stripe support to their open-source Lucia auth and NextJS template.

Stay connected

December Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:12:53 +0000

Climate orders

You can now preorder permanent carbon removal with just a few clicks in the Dashboard or a single API call. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that the world will need to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To enable you to build solutions that help scale carbon removal, we’re introducing the Climate Orders API. Whether you’re building a feature in your checkout flow or a full-scale marketplace, you and your customers can now contribute to carbon removal. Give it a try and let us know what you build.

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Updates

Authenticate Stripe accounts to your service with oAuth or restricted keys: Stripe Apps has added support for OAuth and restricted keys, making it easier to have your products support Stripe accounts.

Optimize risk and understand revenue recovery: The Stripe Dashboard has added Radar risk controls and a Revenue Recovery dashboard to learn about your involuntary churn, how it compares to industry benchmarks, and recommended improvements.

Manage tax registrations via API: Create, list, and update the jurisdictions in which you or your customers are registered to collect tax with the Tax Registrations API.

Check the status of a Checkout Session: Understand and filter if a session is open, expired, or complete using the status parameter on the Checkout Sessions list endpoint.

Community

Jacob Evans from Clerk, a set of prebuilt authentication and user management components, shared an example using Clerk’s metadata to manage a user’s payment status for your application.
GitHub’s automatic secret scanning is being rolled out for popular npm packages, including Stripe.
See an overview of how businesses performed over Black Friday and Cyber Monday on Stripe.

Stay connected

November Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:34:20 +0000

Embedded Checkout

You can now embed Stripe Checkout on your website. And while we may be biased, the Stripe team is stoked about this release.

When we relaunched Checkout in 2019, we moved to a Stripe-hosted payment page. This allowed us to build features directly into the experience and offer payment methods such as Apple Pay without any setup. However, some customers would like to avoid redirecting away from their website.

Today, you can get all the built-in benefits of Checkout while embedding it directly into your website. Take a look with some whimsical examples of embedded Checkout. As always, we’d love any feedback about the product experience!

Updates

Increase a previously authorized amount: Adjust the authorized amount of a confirmed PaymentIntent to add a tip or update an initially estimated price using overcapture or incremental authorization.

Capture multiple payments from a single PaymentIntent: PaymentIntent now supports multicapture to capture fractions of the total authorized amount as parts of an order are fulfilled. For instance, to support orders with multiple shipments.

Extend payment authorizations up to 31 days: The default authorization period for online card payment is seven days; you can now extend authorizations to hold customer funds for longer durations as your business requires.

Manage multiple payment methods sets: Programmatically handle sets of payment methods using payment method configurations to display different payment methods to your customers.

Use 16 new payment methods with the Mobile Payment Element: The Mobile Payment Element added new local payment methods for iOS and Android. View the complete list of supported payment methods.

Test Issuing integrations with eight new endpoints: Test the complete life cycle of Stripe Issuing cards with the addition of API test-mode authorization support to simulate complex flows from card creation through transaction refunds.

Monitor Issuing tokens with the Token API: The Issuing Token API provides access to network tokens to track card provisioning and check for errors or fraudulent activity.

Use types with the Python SDK: Strengthen Python integrations with type annotations using the stripe-python library starting in v6.8.0b3 through the beta channel.

Community

Hidetaka Okamoto shared how to work with Stripe samples in a browser using GitHub Codespaces.
If you’re using webhooks, Stephen Samra suggested best practices on how to use Stripe webhooks with Express.
The team at Mintlify examined how Stripe creates the best documentation.

Stay connected

September Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 22:25:56 +0000

Prevent card testing attacks

We've deployed machine learning models to help prevent this activity by default for those using Stripe’s Payment Element. Since launching these models over a week ago, we've already seen them prevent attacks on thousands of sites and millions of unwanted transactions.

Our models, trained with Stripe Radar, analyze transactions at confirmation time and present card testers with a CAPTCHA when interacting with your checkout. Learn more about best practices to further prevent disputes and fraud.

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Updates

Explore an Issuing and Treasury demo: Interact with a live banking-as-a-service demo using card issuing, payouts, and more, and dive deeper into its sample code on GitHub.

Add external payment methods to the Payment Element: Use Stripe’s Payment Element to display custom, external payment methods you’ve integrated with outside of Stripe.

Handle multiple payment methods configurations: Define the payment methods that you display to your customers for specific checkout scenarios, including one-time versus recurring payment flows or high-value transactions.

Embed the Express Checkout Element: The Express Checkout Element gives you a single integration for accepting payments through one-click payment buttons.

Accept USD bank transfers: Stripe enables the acceptance of USD bank transfers by providing a virtual bank account, managing overpayment and underpayment issues, and automatically processing payments.

Transfer customer data to a new Stripe account: Migrate data directly from the Dashboard to securely transfer customer and payment data between Stripe accounts.

Build low- and no-code Salesforce integrations: Connect Stripe products to Salesforce Service, Experience, and Sales Clouds using Apex or Salesforce Flow with the new Stripe for Salesforce Platform app.

Offer more payment methods on Android: The Android SDK PaymentSheet now supports additional payment methods for SetupIntents and PaymentIntents.

Modify product features for the pricing table by API: A new features parameter lets you read and modify the features list currently seen on the embeddable pricing table.

Change ACH Direct Debit speed: Selectively enable faster settlement or reduce fees with the preferred_settlement_speed parameter on a per-transaction basis.

Community

Deploy a SaaS product on AWS: Follow the Next.js SaaS tutorial using App Router, Clerk, AWS DynamoDB and Stripe to walk through testing, planning for real users, handling failed payments, and best practices for using AWS resources.
Create a product checkout with Vue: Learn how to set up a simple product page using vue-stripe.
Build AI-powered SaaS: The post guides you through building and deploying a SaaS using NextJS, OpenAI, Stripe, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Vercel.
Offer dynamic pricing with Svelte: This video provides a step-by-step guide on integrating Stripe with SvelteKit using dynamic pricing into a SvelteKit project.
Use Capacitor with Terminal and Identity: Capacitor, an open-source native runtime for cross-platform web apps, now includes added Stripe Terminal and Identity plugins.
Run Stripe Terminal with Ruby on Rails: Pay, a Ruby on Rails payments engine, has been updated to support the latest Stripe API version and introduces in-person payments with Stripe Terminal.
Dig into a Stripe with Flutter example: The latest release of the Stripe Flutter SDK has made a new payments example available and brought the SDK up-to-date with the React Native SDK.

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stripe-node with Deno

Richard — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:32:32 +0000

This post shows an example of stripe-node usage in a Deno environment. Beyond this post, there's a video tutorial, a Deno example in the stripe-node repository itself, and there is also a Stripe sample that you can read or clone from Github. If you just want to see code, wander over to Github. Stay here if you prefer your code examples with a side of dramatic commentary.

Background

Earlier this year, in stripe-node v11.15.0, we added support to import stripe-node as an ES Module. This means it is much more convenient to use Stripe in non-NodeJS runtime environments, like Cloudflare Workers or Deno. Something funny: "stripe-node" is a bit misnomerous now. Node is not the only option anymore. Maybe stripe-server-js would be a more accurate name, but that doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it? We'll stick with stripe-node, I'm sure you know what we mean.

Prerequisites

You'll need the Stripe CLI installed.
Deno, version 1.28 or later.

Start your project

If you're starting from scratch, then now it's time to run deno init. If you've already got a Deno project going, way to go! You're ahead of the game, but you might have to adapt the rest of the instructions.

Importing Stripe

Deno init creates several files for you, among them main.ts, the entry point for your app. Open it with your code editor. No need to npm install with Deno. You can simply put

import Stripe from "npm:stripe@^13.0.0"

at the top of your main.ts, and the package will be installed automatically. At the time of this writing, 13.x.x is the latest major line of stripe-node, but if you're from the future you can npm view stripe version to see the latest version.

Note: you will need to import the npm versions of stripe-node. The versions at unpkg.com or deno.land aren't quite working due to how the import statements in our source code are written.

Using Deno's import maps

If you're going to be importing stripe inside multiple files, you might not want to have to update the version in every import statement when it comes time to update the Stripe library. In this case, you will instead want to use a bare specifier and Deno's import maps. Change that import statement:

- import Stripe from "npm:stripe@^13.0.0"
+ import Stripe from "stripe"

and then edit deno.jsonc to add an entry for stripe in the "imports" map.

  {
    "tasks": {
      "dev": "deno run --watch main.ts"
-   }
+   },
+   "imports": {
+     "stripe": "npm:stripe@^13.0.0"
+   }
  }

Voila!

Using Stripe

In Deno, you use Stripe just like you would in any other Typescript codebase. For example, suppose you want to make an API call to list customers. Initialize the Stripe client with your API key, and make the API call.

const stripe = new Stripe("<YOUR (TEST MODE) API KEY GOES HERE>", {
  apiVersion: "2023-08-16",
})

if (import.meta.main) {
  const customers = await stripe.crustomers.list({limit: 5});
  console.log(customers.data.length);
  console.log(customers.data.map(c => c.email));
}

Fetch vs. npm:https

In recent versions of Deno, this will Just Work, because Deno has added compatibility shims for the Node standard library. In versions of Deno before the Node compatibility mode (introduced in v1.15, stabilized in 1.28), you would have had to write

  const stripe = new Stripe("<YOUR API KEY GOES HERE>", {
    apiVersion: "2023-08-16",
+   httpClient: Stripe.createFetchHttpClient(),
  });

to tell stripe-node that you want to use the "fetch" API (native to the web, and to Deno), rather than attempting to use the "node:https" module from the Node standard library (which stripe-node tries to use by default). I recommend do this even if you are on a new version of Deno, though, just to skip the compatibility layer and keep things behind the scenes simpler.

Typecheck it, run it, get permission

Before we run the code, let's type check it:

$ deno check main.ts
error: TS2551 [ERROR]: Property 'crustomers' does not exist on type 'Stripe'. Did you mean 'customers'?
  const customers = await stripe.crustomers.list();

Whoops! An embarassing typo, but at least we know the types are all set up and working. Fix the typo, run deno check main.ts and once we get a clean bill of health, let's go ahead and run our program!

$ deno run main.ts

┌ ⚠️  Deno requests net access to "api.stripe.com".
├ Requested by `fetch()` API.
├ Run again with --allow-net to bypass this prompt.
└ Allow? [y/n/A] (y = yes, allow; n = no, deny; A = allow all net permissions) >

This is Deno's hallmark permissions system at play. In exchange for a bit of inconvenience, it offers you some peace of mind. If you see "api.stripe.com" as the domain name, nobody has compromised your supply chain with a malicious version of stripe-node that transmits your Stripe credentials to some other domain. Go ahead and press y, and the program will run.

✅ Granted net access to "api.stripe.com".
5
[ "richardm+1@example.com", "richardm+2@example.com", ...]

Now run it with the command-line flag to bypass the prompt.

$ deno run main.ts --allow-net=api.stripe.com

That's quite a mouthful. If you don't want to have to type all that every time, you should create a "task" in your deno.jsonc. There's already one in there called "dev" created by "deno init" that you can repurpose.

  {
    "tasks": {
-     "dev": "deno run --watch main.ts"
+     "dev": "deno run --watch --allow-net=api.strippe.com main.ts"
    }
  }

Now I'm a suspicious person by nature. So I've deliberately typoed the domain name as a test.

$ deno task dev
Task dev deno run --watch --allow-net=api.strippe.com main.ts
Watcher Process started.
┌ ⚠️  Deno requests net access to "api.stripe.com".
├ Requested by `fetch()` API.
├ Run again with --allow-net to bypass this prompt.
└ Allow? [y/n/A] (y = yes, allow; n = no, deny; A = allow all net permissions) >

I press n and

❌ Denied net access to "api.stripe.com".
error: Uncaught Error: An error occurred with our connection to Stripe. Request was retried 1 times.
    at file:///Users/richardm/Library/Caches/deno/npm/registry.npmjs.org/stripe/13.4.0/esm/RequestSender.js:319:37
    at eventLoopTick (ext:core/01_core.js:197:13)

Everything seems to be in order! I fix the typo, run npm task dev again, and everything is hunky-dory! Not only did I confirm the workings of Deno's permission system, but this helps me save face and pretend my previous embarassing typo "crustomers" was a deliberate choice.

Webhooks

Now for completeness, let's listen for webhooks too.

First, run stripe listen to receive events from the Stripe API and direct them to localhost. Let's be cliché and pick port 3000.

$ stripe listen --latest --forward-to=localhost:3000
> Ready! You are using Stripe API Version [2023-08-16]. Your webhook signing secret is whsec_... (^C to quit)

Copy the webhook signing secret, and let's edit main.ts one last time and add the following snippet of code, lightly adapted from the examples in github.com/stripe/stripe-node:

if (import.meta.main) {
  ...
  const port = 3000
  const server = Deno.listen(
    {hostname: '127.0.0.1', port: 3000}
  );
  console.log(
    `Webhook endpoint available at http://127.0.0.1:${port}/
  `);

  async function handler(request: Request) {
    const signature = request.headers.get('Stripe-Signature');

    const body = await request.text();
    let event;
    try {
      event = await stripe.webhooks.constructEventAsync(
        body,
        signature,
        "<YOUR SIGNING SECRET GOES HERE>",
        undefined
      );
    } catch (err) {
      console.log(`❌ Error message: ${err.message}`);
      return new Response(err.message, {status: 400});
    }

    console.log('✅ Success:', event.id);

    if (event.type === 'payment_intent.succeeded') {
      const obj = event.data.object as Stripe.PaymentIntent;
      console.log(`💰 PaymentIntent status: ${obj.status}`);
    } else {
      console.warn(`❌Unhandled event type: ${event.type}`);
    }
    return new Response(
      JSON.stringify({received: true}), {status: 200}
    );
  }
  await serveListener(server, handler);
}

Now time to run it:

$ deno task dev
Task dev deno run --watch --allow-net=api.stripe.com main.ts
...
┌ ⚠️  Deno requests net access to "127.0.0.1:3000".
├ Requested by `Deno.listen()` API.
├ Run again with --allow-net to bypass this prompt.
└ Allow? [y/n/A] (y = yes, allow; n = no, deny; A = allow all net permissions) > ^C

The permissions system is at it again! Let's update deno.jsonc again.

    "tasks": {
-     "dev": "deno run --watch --allow-net=api.stripe.com main.ts"
+     "dev": "deno run --watch --allow-net=api.stripe.com,127.0.0.1:3000 main.ts"
    }

Run deno task dev, and it will run in the background, listening for events. Make sure you've got stripe listen --latest --forward-to=localhost:3000 running in another terminal, and then in a third terminal, run stripe trigger payment_intent.succeeded and you should see your Deno process log output like

Webhook endpoint available at http://127.0.0.1:3000/
✅ Success: evt_3Nnabcdefghijklmnopqrstu
❌ Unhandled event type: payment_intent.created
✅ Success: evt_3Nnabcdefghijklmnopqrstu
❌ Unhandled event type: charge.succeeded
✅ Success: evt_3Nnabcdefghijklmnopqrstu
💰 PaymentIntent status: succeeded
✅ Success: evt_3Nnabcdefghijklmnopqrstu
❌ Unhandled event type: payment_intent.created

What's next?

That wraps it up for the post, but some obvious next steps would be:

Use environment variables for your signing secret and API key.
Deploy to a server on the Internet instead of localhost, and create a webhook endpoint to send Stripe events to that server.
Write the Stripe-related logic you actually need for your app. Listing customers is just the start.

But I believe in you. You've got this. Don't let the haters get you down. I will leave you with these words of inspiration: if you have a suggestion, or something seems wrong with stripe-node's Deno support, you can always leave feedback in a Github issue at github.com/stripe/stripe-node. Good luck!

August Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:40:50 +0000

Dynamic payment methods

Adapting and staying on top of quickly evolving payment methods can be overwhelming. That's why we’ve added dynamic payment methods to our PaymentIntents and SetupIntents API. As our new default configuration, this change will allow you to let Stripe handle payment methods that are displayed and configure payment methods directly from your Dashboard, saving you from hardcoding and testing these properties in your code.

We think it’ll simplify your integration, reduce the risk of payment failure and errors, and better future-proof your systems. Additionally, we made tools to help you understand why certain payment methods aren't available for a transaction and simulate different scenarios. You’ll even be able to run A/B payment method tests and set custom targeting rules without any code changes. Upgrade to our latest API version to try out dynamic payment methods and take advantage of these features.

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Updates

Deploy Stripe Data Pipeline globally: Data Pipeline is now available globally to connect Stripe with Snowflake and Amazon Redshift data warehouses.

Offer no-cost orders and coupons for “free” purchases: Checkout, Payment Links, and pricing tables can accept no-cost orders for $0 or with 100% off coupons.

Limit customers to one subscription: When using Checkout, Payment Links, or pricing tables, you can now limit customers to a single subscription and remind them during the checkout process.

Allow alternative currency payouts in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia: Businesses using Connect in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia can now enable alternative currency payouts to let users pay themselves out in a non-local currency.

Have immutable Stripe Billing subscription metadata: Subscription metadata is now locked to subscription invoices at the time of invoice creation and displayed on the invoice within a new field, subscription_details.metadata, for stronger guarantees and referential integrity within your systems.

Backdate invoices with an effective date: Invoices and credit notes can now use an effective_at date field to sync over historical records or match the effective date of a delayed contract.

Collect tax for streaming media: Stripe Tax introduced tax codes and calculations for businesses selling audio and video streaming services.

Reverse transactions and issue refunds with tax included: Stripe Tax API offers a new transaction reversals endpoint to issue refunds for the total amount, including taxes.

Access card network dispute codes: The Stripe Disputes API now surfaces the underlying card network dispute reason code, enabling you to provide a more targeted counter to disputes.

Reduce latency with Financial Connections prefetch: The prefetch parameter retrieves necessary data upon account creation, like balance or account information, that would otherwise require an additional API call.

SDKs

Pin SDKs to the latest API version: PHP, Python, Ruby, Node, Java, .net, and Go SDKs now use the latest API version as default. Updating your integration and setting it to be compatible with API version 2023-08-16 is recommended.

Instantiate Java apps using StripeClient: Java SDK version 23.0.0 added support for using StripeClient, joining Node and PHP SDKs. Instances are thread-safe, immutable, and provide access to the Stripe REST API in a single method.

Internet Explorer 11 support dropped by Stripe.js: Using Stripe.js in Internet Explorer 11 will now display a warning message. Supported browsers include Chrome 38+, Safari 10.1+, Firefox 29+, Edge 15+, and Opera 25+.

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July Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:55:26 +0000

Stripe Tax for Platforms

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Updates

Manage Stripe Tax for subscriptions: The new automatic_tax parameter for the List Subscriptions endpoint lets you turn tax for subscriptions on or off, making it easier to filter transactions that have automatic tax collection for reporting purposes.
Mobile support to collect payment details before Intent: You can now collect payment details before creating a PaymentIntent or SetupIntent using the Android, iOS, React Native SDKs, and Mobile Payment Element. Use this to confirm payment server-side or to support a multi-processor implementation.
Recovery automations for Stripe Billing are available in beta: Recovery automations are a no-code tool to configure complex revenue recovery use cases, such as customizing dunning flows and scheduling notifications on subscription and quote expiration. Get started with a few automation recipes.
Cross-border payouts add Pakistan and Kazakhstan: US-based Connect platforms can now pay out to connected accounts in 118 countries.

Resources

AI Day: Stripe recently hosted an AI Day featuring talks on AI developer tools, a Radar assistant demo, and speakers from Anthropic, Zapier, Runway, Replit, and more.
Common API design patterns at Stripe: Browse a four-part series on API design best practices for crafting a thoughtful API experience, from naming conventions to a preference for enums.
Type checking at Stripe podcast: Stripe engineer Jake Zimmerman works on Sorbet, an open-source project for Type checking in Ruby, and joined the Changelog podcast to discuss type checking at scale.
Use Deno and Fresh to build a store: Jump into a three-part Deno walkthrough to display store items, shopping cart logic, and state management.
Take recurring payments with SvelteKit: Learn how to set up Stripe Billing in a SvelteKit project quickly.
Create a Stripe Issuing card management dashboard: Retool shows us how to use their no-code tools to create a customer card management dashboard.
Collect payments on Android with Google Pay and Stripe: The Android Developers channel covered how to implement mobile payments and offered a peek at Stripe’s upcoming developer tool, Workbench.
Implement usage-based billing with Stripe: OpenMeter provided a helpful tutorial for getting started with usage-based billing.
RedwooodJS-Stripe reaches v1: The RedwoodJS-Stripe library has hooks and providers and includes a demo store, cart, and Stripe Checkout in a single command.

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Accept PayPal as a payment method with Stripe in the EU, UK and Switzerland

Charlie Gerard — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:42:35 +0000

We recently made PayPal available as a payment method in the EU, UK, and Switzerland, so you can now offer an additional way for your customers to submit payments using their PayPal account.
If you have a Connect account, first reach out to the support team to see if you’re eligible. If you’re a direct merchant, meaning you accept payments directly from consumers, let’s go through the steps to enable it.

Requirements

This feature is only available for Stripe accounts set in the European Economic Area (with the exception of Hungary), the UK, and Switzerland. If your Stripe account is registered in another country, you will unfortunately not be able to activate PayPal at this time.
You’re also required to have a PayPal business account in the EEA, Switzerland or UK. You can create one during the onboarding process.

Enabling PayPal

To enable the PayPal feature in the Stripe Dashboard, navigate to the Payments settings page. If you’re eligible, you should see “PayPal” as an option under the “Wallets” section.

Click the “Turn on” button to start the onboarding process.

Confirm that your account meets all the requirements and click “Continue”.

Then, select where you’d like to keep your PayPal funds and click the “Connect to PayPal” button to connect and activate your accounts.

Alternatively you can choose to settle your funds into your PayPal account instead:

When you are redirected to PayPal, you can either log into an existing account or create a new one as part of the process. As mentioned in the previous section, your PayPal account needs to be a business account in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK.

Once this step is done, if you logged into an existing account, you should see a green checkmark on the right of the payment method to indicate that your PayPal account has been successfully connected to Stripe.

From there, you can enable or disable recurring payments as well as contact support if you need to change how your funds are settled.

If you created a new account as part of the onboarding flow, it will first be pending approval until you verify your email.

You can turn this payment method off at any time by opening the details dropdown and clicking the “Turn off” button in the Stripe Dashboard.

If you’re mostly using Stripe’s no-code products such as Payment Links, this is all you need to do. PayPal will now be a payment option for all your customers.

Integrating PayPal

No-code solution

Once you’ve enabled PayPal on your account, you can test that the feature is working by navigating to your products page, selecting a product you created a Payment Link for, click on the “View payment link” button under the Pricing section, copy the link, and open it in your browser. You should see PayPal displayed as a payment method.

Your customer will then be guided through PayPal’s UI to confirm the payment.

Checkout integration

Integrating PayPal as a payment method using the Stripe API requires minimal changes to your code.

First, if you’re using Checkout, locate where you are creating a Checkout session in your codebase. If you are already specifying different payment methods using the payment_method_types attribute, all you need to do is add paypal to your array.

  const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
    mode: "payment",
    payment_method_types: ["card", "paypal"],
    line_items: [
      {
        price: process.env.PRICE,
        quantity: 1,
      },
    ],
    success_url: `${domainURL}/success.html?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}`,
    cancel_url: `${domainURL}/canceled.html`,
  });

By default, if you don’t specify any payment method types, it will display all payment methods enabled, including PayPal.

  const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
    mode: "payment",
    line_items: [
      {
        price: process.env.PRICE,
        quantity: 1,
      },
    ],
    success_url: `${domainURL}/success.html?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}`,
    cancel_url: `${domainURL}/canceled.html`,
  });

Payment Element and Express Checkout Element integration

If you’re using Payment Element or Express Checkout Element, locate where you are creating the PaymentIntent. If you have the attribute automatic_payment_methods set to enabled, PayPal will show up as an option automatically. Otherwise, if you’re using the payment_method_types attribute to customize the options, you’ll only need to add paypal to the array and you’ll be good to go.

    const paymentIntent = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
      amount: 1999,
      currency: currency,
      payment_method_types: ['card', 'paypal']
    });

These code samples shown above are using Node.js, but the change is very similar in other programming languages. If you want to read more, please check the docs.

Issuing refunds

If you need to issue a refund to a customer who paid using PayPal, navigate to the payments page in the Stripe Dashboard, select the payment you’d like to issue the refund for, click on the refund button, and confirm the refund in the pop-up displayed.

Conclusion

If you have a Stripe account registered in the EU, UK, or Switzerland, you can now enable PayPal as a payment method with Stripe with a few clicks and some minor code changes. This feature will allow you to reach more potential customers and provide them with a better checkout experience. If you’re interested in learning more, check out our docs.

About the author

Charlie Gerard is a developer advocate at Stripe, a published author and a creative technologist. She loves researching and experimenting with technologies. When she’s not coding, she enjoys spending time outdoors, reading, and setting random challenges for herself.

June Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:53:09 +0000

Tap to Pay on Android

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Tap to Pay on Android is now generally available in the US, the UK, and Singapore, and it’s in beta in all other Terminal markets . With Tap to Pay you can accept in-person payments with a compatible iPhone or Android device and the Stripe Terminal SDK using React Native, Java, Kotlin, Swift, or Objective-C—no extra hardware required. It’s ideal if you’re looking to offer contactless payments in more places. Check out our video and blog tutorial to get started with Android.

Stay updated

Customer portal adds deep links: You can now help your users navigate desired actions, like updating their subscription or payment method, in the customer portal with deep links .

Stripe Apps install links: Stripe Apps added install links to provide an option for installation outside the Stripe App Marketplace. Use this OAuth-like experience to keep users within your site or app with redirect and state handling.

Cash App Pay payment method: Businesses in the United States can now accept one-time and recurring payments with digital wallet Cash App Pay .

Sigma supports metadata queries for Billing tables: Sigma now includes the ability to query Billing metadata for subscription schedules, schedule phases, subscription items, and schedule phase items.

Issuing can be tried in test mode: In the US, the UK, and European Economic Area, you can now try Issuing in test mode for physical and virtual card programs.

Learn

Dive into the Stripe payments object: Understand the role and capabilities of the Stripe payments object which facilitates payments.
Build a Next.js membership site: Follow a step-by-step guide for a membership app using Amplify, Stripe, and Next.js.
Stripe Checkout speed run: Watch a tutorial on setting up Stripe Checkout in under five minutes with Ruby.
Take the Svelte-stripe online course: Josh Nussbaum from svelte-stripe has launched an online course on creating a SaaS with SvelteKit .
Create a shopping cart with Laravel Cashier and Vue: See how to build a shopping cart using Laravel Cashier and Vue .
Integrate Stripe in Ionic Vue JS App: Learn how to integrate Stripe into an Ionic Vue JS app using Capacitor and NodeJS.
Create GraphQL checkout sessions with edge resolvers: Discover how to integrate the Stripe SDK with edge resolvers and Grafbase to have a unified GraphQL API.

Community

Capacitor-stripe v4.2.0: The latest release of Capacitor-stripe introduces native support for Stripe Identity.
Flutter Stripe v9.0.0 and 9.2.0: Flutter Stripe has released version 9.0.0, which includes better support for tap-to-pay cards and Apple Watch.
Laravel Cashier Stripe v14.12.2: The latest version of Laravel Cashier Stripe , v14.12.2, focuses on improving the handling of the “payment_method.automatically_updated” webhook.
Pay for Ruby on Rails: Pay , a payments engine for Ruby on Rails, has made it easier to build custom webhooks.
Stripe payment flow diagram tool: Erasure’s DiagramGPT is a neat tool that can generate API diagrams from code, like Stripe’s payment flow documentation.

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May Stripe Developer Digest

Gehrig — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:49:35 +0000

Highlights from Stripe Sessions

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Roughly 3,000 founders, engineers, business leaders, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined us in San Francisco for this year’s Stripe Sessions, which covered a host of Stripe updates and announcements . In the keynote , we demoed Connect embedded components ( 30:40 ) and the ability to use natural language to write SQL in Stripe Sigma ( 48:33 ).

We also introduced the new Stripe developer experience with Stripe Workbench ( 57:31 ), a developer tool that lets you iterate, debug, and grow your integration. If you’d like an early look and a chance to shape the Workbench roadmap, join the beta program .

Stay updated

New Tax API for all payments: Calculate tax in your custom payment flow on Stripe transactions or for any other payment processor.
Private beta for Stripe Issuing charge cards: Stripe Issuing added support for charge cards, letting platforms provide their customers with access to credit through physical and virtual cards.
Custom domains for Payment Links: Use a custom domain for Payment Links , configured in the Stripe Dashboard or Stripe API.
Payment Links embeddable buy button: Customize and embed a buy button for your payment link on your website.
Specify Checkout subscription billing start date: Set a billing cycle anchor to a fixed UNIX timestamp in Checkout and use proration_behavior to charge a prorated invoice.
Afterpay adds monthly installments and increased transaction limits: US businesses can now use buy now, pay later payment method Afterpay for monthly installments and transactions up to $4,000.
Connect embedded components now localized in 47 countries: Payments, payment details, and payouts components now support a locale parameter to offer local language support.

Learn

Build a creator platform using Ruby: In this multi-part series, discover how to build and monetize creator platforms, such as newsletters, using Stripe Connect.
Lessons learned from building Stripe Radar: Learn from Stripe engineer Ryan Drapeau about the key decisions that go into building real-time fraud protection with machine learning algorithms.
Diving into Dev Containers: Hear about the benefits of Dev Containers, explore setup configurations, and share tips for maximizing container usage in GitHub CodeSpaces.
Jumpstart your HTTP APIs with Fern: Tune in to a live session with Fern’s cofounder Danny Sheridan to discuss the open-source toolkit to simplify and automate API creation.

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