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Stripe Authorization API

The Authorization API from Stripe — 5 operation(s) for authorization.

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Stripe Authorization 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 Authorization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 operations across 5 paths, and defines 15 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/.

6 operations 5 paths 15 schemas 2 GET4 POST

Metadata

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

Authentication & Security 2

Stripe Authorization 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 6

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 2 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authorization 6
GET
/v1/issuing/authorizations
Stripe Get Issuing Authorizations
getIssuingAuthorizations 8 params body → 200default
GET
/v1/issuing/authorizations/{authorization}
Stripe Get Issuing Authorizations
getIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorization 2 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/issuing/authorizations/{authorization}
Stripe Post Issuing Authorizations
postIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorization 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/issuing/authorizations/{authorization}/approve
Stripe Post Issuing Authorizations Approve
postIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorizationApprove 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/issuing/authorizations/{authorization}/decline
Stripe Post Issuing Authorizations Decline
postIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorizationDecline 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_intents/{intent}/increment_authorization
Stripe Post Payment Intents Increment Authorization
postPaymentIntentsIntentIncrementAuthorization 1 param body → 200default

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are payment_intent (39 properties), issuing.authorization (25 properties), issuing.card (23 properties), issuing.transaction (22 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PostIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorizationDeclineRequest
object
2 properties
issuing.token
object
An issuing token object is created when an issued card is added to a digital wallet. As a [card issuer](https://stripe.com/docs/issuing), you can [view and man…
12 properties 8 required
PostIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorizationApproveRequest
object
3 properties
PostIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorizationRequest
object
2 properties
issuing.transaction
object
Any use of an [issued card](https://stripe.com/docs/issuing) that results in funds entering or leaving your Stripe account, such as a completed purchase or ref…
22 properties 12 required
IssuingAuthorizationList
object
4 properties 4 required
issuing.cardholder
object
An Issuing Cardholder object represents an individual or business entity who is [issued](https://stripe.com/docs/issuing) cards. Related guide: [How to create…
16 properties 10 required
error
object
An error response from the Stripe API
1 property 1 required
issuing.authorization
object
When an [issued card](https://stripe.com/docs/issuing) is used to make a purchase, an Issuing Authorization object is created. [Authorizations](https://stripe.…
25 properties 18 required
GetIssuingAuthorizationsAuthorizationRequest
object
issuing.dispute
object
As a [card issuer](https://stripe.com/docs/issuing), you can dispute transactions that the cardholder does not recognize, suspects to be fraudulent, or has oth…
12 properties 10 required
issuing.card
object
You can [create physical or virtual cards](https://stripe.com/docs/issuing/cards) that are issued to cardholders.
23 properties 14 required
payment_intent
object
A PaymentIntent guides you through the process of collecting a payment from your customer. We recommend that you create exactly one PaymentIntent for each orde…
39 properties 10 required
PostPaymentIntentsIntentIncrementAuthorizationRequest
object
7 properties 1 required
GetIssuingAuthorizationsRequest
object

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

stripe-authorization-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Server
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Provider
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