How to Integrate Stripe Payments

Stripe is a complete payments platform for building payment processing and financial services into your applications.

Step 1: Create a Stripe Account

Step 2: Get Your API Keys

Navigate to Developers → API keys. You’ll see:

Publishable key: Used client-side (safe to expose)
Secret key: Used server-side (keep secure)

Step 3: Install Stripe SDK

# Python
pip install stripe

# Node.js
npm install stripe

Step 4: Create a Payment Intent

import stripe

stripe.api_key = "your-secret-key"

# Create a payment intent
payment_intent = stripe.PaymentIntent.create(
    amount=2000,  # $20.00 in cents
    currency="usd",
    payment_method_types=["card"],
    metadata={"order_id": "12345"}
)

print(payment_intent.client_secret)  # Send to frontend

Key Features

Payment Methods: Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, BNPL (Affirm, Klarna)

Subscriptions & Billing: Recurring payments, usage-based billing, trials and coupons

Connect: Marketplace payments, multi-party splits, custom payouts

Radar: Fraud prevention, risk scoring, chargeback protection

Best Practices

Always use Stripe Elements for PCI compliance
Never log raw card data
Implement webhooks for async events
Use test mode during development
Handle declines with retry logic

For detailed guides, visit Stripe Documentation.

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