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Stripe Account API

The Account API from Stripe — 12 operation(s) for account.

Stripe Account API is one of 159 APIs that Stripe publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Account. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 18 operations across 12 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2023-10-16.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.stripe.com/.

18 operations 12 paths 12 schemas 3 DELETE5 GET10 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2023-10-16
Server
https://api.stripe.com/
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Stripe Account API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (auth-scheme) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — Basic HTTP authentication. Allowed headers-- Authorization: Basic | Authorization: Basic
  • bearerAuth — Bearer HTTP authentication. Allowed headers-- Authorization: Bearer

Paths & Operations 18

Across 12 paths, the API surfaces 18 operations — 3 DELETE, 5 GET, 10 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Account 18
GET
/v1/account
Stripe Retrieve Account
GetAccount 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/account_links
Stripe Create Account Link
PostAccountLinks body → 200default
POST
/v1/account_sessions
Stripe Create Account Session
PostAccountSessions body → 200default
POST
/v1/accounts
Stripe Create Account
PostAccounts body → 200default
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{account}
Stripe Delete Account
DeleteAccountsAccount 1 param body → 200default
GET
/v1/accounts/{account}
Stripe Retrieve Account
GetAccountsAccount 2 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/accounts/{account}
Stripe Update Account
PostAccountsAccount 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/accounts/{account}/bank_accounts
Stripe Create Bank Account
PostAccountsAccountBankAccounts 1 param body → 200default
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{account}/bank_accounts/{id}
Stripe Delete Bank Account
DeleteAccountsAccountBankAccountsId 2 params body → 200default
GET
/v1/accounts/{account}/bank_accounts/{id}
Stripe Retrieve Bank Account
GetAccountsAccountBankAccountsId 3 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/accounts/{account}/bank_accounts/{id}
Stripe Update Bank Account
PostAccountsAccountBankAccountsId 2 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/accounts/{account}/external_accounts
Stripe Create External Account
PostAccountsAccountExternalAccounts 1 param body → 200default
DELETE
/v1/accounts/{account}/external_accounts/{id}
Stripe Delete External Account
DeleteAccountsAccountExternalAccountsId 2 params body → 200default
GET
/v1/accounts/{account}/external_accounts/{id}
Stripe Retrieve External Account
GetAccountsAccountExternalAccountsId 3 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/accounts/{account}/external_accounts/{id}
Stripe Update External Account
PostAccountsAccountExternalAccountsId 2 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/accounts/{account}/reject
Stripe Reject Account
PostAccountsAccountReject 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/link_account_sessions
Stripe Post Link Account Sessions
postLinkAccountSessions body → 200default
GET
/v1/link_account_sessions/{session}
Stripe Get Link Account Sessions Session
getLinkAccountSessionsSession 2 params body → 200default

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are person (31 properties), account (22 properties), financial_connections.account (19 properties), financial_connections.session (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

deleted_account
object
3 properties 3 required
error
object
An error response from the Stripe API
1 property 1 required
external_account
GetLinkAccountSessionsSessionRequest
object
PostLinkAccountSessionsRequest
object
6 properties 2 required
account
object
This is an object representing a Stripe account. You can retrieve it to see properties on the account like its current requirements or if the account is enable…
22 properties 2 required
financial_connections.account
object
A Financial Connections Account represents an account that exists outside of Stripe, to which you have been granted some degree of access.
19 properties 9 required
financial_connections.session
object
A Financial Connections Session is the secure way to programmatically launch the client-side Stripe.js modal that lets your users link their accounts.
10 properties 6 required
account_link
object
Account Links are the means by which a Connect platform grants a connected account permission to access Stripe-hosted applications, such as Connect Onboarding.…
4 properties 4 required
person
object
This is an object representing a person associated with a Stripe account. A platform cannot access a Standard or Express account's persons after the account st…
31 properties 4 required
account_session
object
An AccountSession allows a Connect platform to grant access to a connected account in Connect embedded components. We recommend that you create an AccountSessi…
6 properties 6 required
deleted_external_account

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

stripe-account-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Stripe publishes across the network.

Stripe Accounts API
Stripe Balance API
Stripe Billing API
Stripe Charges API
Stripe Checkout API
Stripe Climate API
Stripe Country API
Stripe Coupons API
Stripe Credit Notes API
Stripe Customers API
Stripe Disputes API
Stripe Ephemeral Keys API
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