Stripe Python Example Application

Integrated example application using Stripe's Charges API.

Requirements

Python 3.4.3 or later is required to run this application. You can have multiple Python versions (2.x and 3.x) installed on the same system without problems. See Python Virtual Environments for more information.

Running

See requirements.txt above for required packages or install using pip install as shown here.

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Prior to running the server it is necessary to add your Stripe keys, or use your Testing Pays keys. Then run the server, using the manage.py file.

$ python manage.py runserver 8000 --settings=tp_python_stripe_example.settings.dev

API Keys

STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE = os.getenv('STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE', '<insert-your-publishable-stripe-key-here>')

# Testing Pays Configurations

# Use your Testing Pays API key here
STRIPE_SECRET = os.getenv('STRIPE_SECRET', '<insert-your-private-stripe-key-here>')

The dev.py within the settings folder allows for testing settings to be kept separate from production settings. Update both the STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE key that you got from Stripe and STRIPE_SECRET key available from Testing Pays within the dev.py file. The Stripe base url is also updated within the dev settings file to point to the Testing Pays API.

Stripe.setPublishableKey('<insert-your-publishable-stripe-key-here>');

In addition, update the Stripe.setPublishableKey with your Stripe Publishable key in the charges.js file.

Using it with Testing Pays

Testing Pays lets you test and simulate more than you would be able to do with regular API sandboxes. The application is setup so you can avail using your Testing Pays API key to test and prepare for errors, validation issues, server errors or even network outages.

# Testing Pays Configurations
TESTINGPAYS_API_KEY = "<insert-your-testing-pays-api-key-here>"

# ...

STRIPE_SECRET = os.environ.get("STRIPE_SECRET", TESTINGPAYS_API_KEY)
# Set the base URL to Testing Pays API
STRIPE_BASE_URL = "https://api.testingpays.com/{0}/stripe/v1/charges".format(TESTINGPAYS_API_KEY)

Production versus Development Environments

@require_http_methods(['POST'])
def charges(request):
    if settings.STRIPE_BASE_URL:
        stripe.api_base = settings.STRIPE_BASE_URL

    try:
        stripe.Charge.create(
            amount=remove_decimal_places(extract_amount(request)),
            currency='EUR',
            description='Charge for [email protected]',
            source=request.POST['stripeToken'],
        )
    except stripe.error.CardError as error:

As shown in the code snippet above (see views.py), the charges route checks if the stripe.api_key has been set prior to creating the Stripe charge. This api_key is only set for development evironments. When running in production the STRIPE_BASE_URL will be empty and therefore the default Stripe key will be used.