#stripe

#stripe

hello

hi couldusesomehelp

i'm trying to integrate stripe payments into my first website

think i'm most of the way there but i could use some help

sure, happy to try to help

awesome, thank you. i'm using node.js and express, and trying to create a custom checkout for an HTML element on my page rather than the default button

i've pasted the stuff onto my HTML page between script tags that creates the handler, opens, and closes it

ok

although i'm not sure what should go here

so the handler has a token key that takes a callback function

// Use the token to create the charge with a server-side script. // You can access the token ID with `token.id`

yeah, so that function takes a token as its argument, you can then access the id of the token (token.id), and its up to you to chose how to send it to your server side code (you could append it to a form, or ajax, etc)

hmm ok. my background is in front-end stuff, html and css, and this is my first time doing this kind of work. so i might need to ask a friend for help with that part

or if you have a simple example code that could go there and work

sample code kinda depend on how you have your front end stuff (like is there a pre-existing form), and your backend a tad

gotcha

no pre-existing form on the front end, just want to use Stripe's dropdown form

My sample code was going to be inserting the token's id as a hidden input to a form and then submitting that form

interesting. ok i'll bring that option up to my friend

on the server side, i put all the stuff from // Set your secret key: remember to change this to your live secret key in production and stripe.customers.create into my app.js

but running the app i get an error, stripeToken is not defined

your server-side code is throwing that error?

yeah

breaks the page

so that means basically what it says, I'm guessing when you create the customer / charge you do source: stripeToken but you have to define what stripeToken is

the node way would be like var stripeToken = req.params.stripeToken (assuming thats what the name of the form input is)

var stripeToken = request.body.stripeToken;

is what i have. i tried changing it to req. and it didn't work

oh maybe req.params will work

well the route handlers in node take 2 parameters (so like app.get("/charge", function (req, res) so it'd be the name of that first parameter

but this should essentially not work until i have the correct code in that other function we mentioned earlier?

right

well really var stripeToken = request.body.stripeToken; should really only run in response to post requests

so i'd have something like app.post("/charge", function (req, res) {var stripeToken = req.body.stripeToken}) ?

actually i think this is enough info for me to work with

thanks so much for your help :)

yeah, though all your charge code would go in that function

ah ok

thanks!

you're welcome

I'm trying to do a refund but I'm using managed accounts. it gets stuck on the second line: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/d0b49807e65a7...

I believe I'm passing a valid CHARGE_ID

from my database

Garopano: is it throwing an error? in PHP, you need to turn on some flags so that it prints out the error instead of just silently dying

it gives me the last error: // Something else happened, completely unrelated to Stripe

another way of coming at this is to look in the stripe dashboard, since the second line will make an API request, and you can see what the result of that was in the logs section of the dashboard

huh, fascinating

maybe the logs, then?

okay, I'll take a look at the dashboard. one sec.

when I run the script, it doesn't generate anything in the Stripe logs

ok

am I using the right syntax for managed accounts?

if you print out the body of the error that you caught (var_dump, or whatever), what do you get?

Garopano: that looks right, assuming you're creating the charge on the platform

and even if you weren't, you wouldn't be getting this error (I think), so I'll wager it's unrelated to the syntax

okay, I'll try it again and print out the error. one sec.

I get this: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/0f2666d3e4d92...

weird - why is it being caught in the last `catch`?

I have no idea

I may stand corrected then - are you creating the charges on the connected account?

also, can you make a gist of the complete code snippet? I'm curious why that error is being caught in that way

I'm not sure. I thought I was doing it using the platform account. I'll do the entire snippet. one sec.

when you create the charge, are you doing something like \Stripe\Charge::create(array(...), array("stripe_account"=>"...")); ?

if you're passing stripe_account, or using the secret key of the connected account, you're making the charge on the connected account side

Anyone in support here?

I don't specify a stripe account

BittBurger: just me still, it's a quiet day

should I specify one when I do the charge?

Hola!

I think markin's around as well

Lol

ah, beat me to it

I need a better response to my issue than "ask Magento". That isnt going to fly. I assume support saw our previous conversaation Praboud

Because i got the laziest response on planet earth when i opened the ticket

Garopano: it depends on whether you want to create the charge on the platform or on the connected side

BittBurger: ticket to stripe or magento?

BittBurger: magneto's API would control any import type thing

I have no reason to open a ticket with Magento

stop blaming magento]\

this is Stripes API

Magento has no problems with any other API's.

oh, I see. when I created the charge. yes, I did specify the Stripe account when I made the charge.

the connected Stripe account

Your API can control whats sent through it. I can't expect Magento to change its entire software for the Stripe API

I've worked with stripes API for years, stripe doesn't do any sort of import or export, that's done on the implementation

Magneto connects to stripe not vice versa

Well maybe the first problem is that technically, stripe hasn't bothered to even make an official Magento API, right?

I had to download one that some guy wrote

Yeah, stripe doesn't build plugins for third parties

BitPay does ... nearly 30

So that "some guy" is responsible

My fulfillment service does for at least 30

ok ill contact him.

Then use bitpay. Stripe is meant to be by developers for developers

So stripe doesnt want to work with the general consumer public?

only developers

They just provide the low level API libraries

oh

BitPay is a payment processor for Bitcoin transactions. Was just saying that as a payment processor, they've made API's for all the major stores.

praboud, so if I specified the connected Stripe account when I initially made the charge, do I need to somehow reference that account when I do the refund?

Ill contact this API maker

Garopano: exactly, you'd need to add array("stripe_account" => the account id) to the charge fetch, and the refund creation

Other people build plugins and stuff on top of the API libraries that can make it easier to integrate but stripe is just focused on making the libraries and API simple. It'd be hard for stripe to have the resources to do everything

okay, I'll try that. one sec.