Development quickstart

Stripe authenticates your API requests using your account’s API keys. If you don’t include your key when making an API request, or use one that is incorrect or outdated, Stripe returns an error.

Every account has two pairs of keys: one for testing and one for running live transactions. All API requests exist in either test or live mode, and objects—customers, prices, coupons, and so forth—in one mode can’t be manipulated by objects in the other.

Your API keys are always available in the Dashboard. For your convenience, your test API keys for your account are:

Stripe automatically populates code examples in our documentation with your test API keys while you’re logged in—only you can see these values.

If you can’t see your secret API keys in the Dashboard, this means you don’t have access to them. Contact your Stripe account’s owner and ask to be added to their team as a developer.

We provide official libraries for different programming languages and mobile platforms.

# Available as a gem
sudo gem install stripe

# If you use bundler, you can add this line to your Gemfile
gem 'stripe'

iOS SDK

The iOS SDK is open source, fully documented, and compatible with apps supporting iOS 11 or above.

When your app starts, configure the SDK with your Stripe publishable key so that it can make requests to the Stripe API.

import UIKit
import Stripe

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
        StripeAPI.defaultPublishableKey = 
"pk_test_TYooMQauvdEDq54NiTphI7jx"
        // do any other necessary launch configuration
        return true
    }
}

Android SDK

The Android SDK is open source and fully documented.

To install the SDK, add stripe-android to the dependencies block of your app/build.gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android { ... }

dependencies {
  // ...

  // Stripe Android SDK
  implementation 'com.stripe:stripe-android:18.2.0'
}

Configure the SDK with your Stripe publishable key so that it can make requests to the Stripe API, such as in your Application subclass:

import com.stripe.android.PaymentConfiguration

class MyApp : Application() {
    override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()
        PaymentConfiguration.init(
            applicationContext,
            
"pk_test_TYooMQauvdEDq54NiTphI7jx"
        )
    }
}

There are also many third-party libraries created by the Stripe community so you can use a language we don’t officially support.

To check that your integration is working correctly, make a test API request using your test secret key to create a PaymentIntent. We’ve pre-filled this code example with your test secret API key—only you can see this value.

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_intents \
  -u 
sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc
: \
  -d amount=1000 \
  -d currency=usd \
  -d "payment_method_types[]"=card \
  -d receipt_email="jenny.rosen@example.com"

Stripe returns a PaymentIntent object in response to your API request.

{
  "id": "pi_1DRuHnHgsMRlo4MtwuIAUe6u",
  "object": "payment_intent",
  "amount": 1000,
  "amount_capturable": 0,
  "amount_received": 0,
  "application": null,
  "application_fee_amount": null,
  "canceled_at": null,
  "cancellation_reason": null,

Next Steps

After you successfully make an API request, pick a guide to continue your integration.