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Stripe Methods API

The Methods API from Stripe — 6 operation(s) for methods.

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Stripe Methods 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.

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

This API exposes 8 operations across 6 paths, and defines 20 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/.

8 operations 6 paths 20 schemas 4 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 Methods 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 8

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 4 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Methods 8
GET
/v1/customers/{customer}/payment_methods
Stripe Get Customers Customer Payment Methods
getCustomersCustomerPaymentMethods 6 params body → 200default
GET
/v1/customers/{customer}/payment_methods/{payment_method}
Stripe Get Customers Customer Payment Methods Payment Method
getCustomersCustomerPaymentMethodsPaymentMethod 3 params body → 200default
GET
/v1/payment_methods
Stripe Get Payment Methods
getPaymentMethods 6 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods
Stripe Post Payment Methods
postPaymentMethods body → 200default
GET
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}
Stripe Get Payment Methods
getPaymentMethodsPaymentMethod 2 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}
Stripe Post Payment Methods
postPaymentMethodsPaymentMethod 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}/attach
Stripe Post Payment Methods Attach
postPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodAttach 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}/detach
Stripe Post Payment Methods Detach
postPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodDetach 1 param body → 200default

Schemas 20

The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are subscription (43 properties), payment_method (43 properties), PostPaymentMethodsRequest (40 properties), card (28 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

customer
object
This object represents a customer of your business. Use it to create recurring charges and track payments that belong to the same customer. Related guide: [Sav…
28 properties 4 required
payment_method
object
PaymentMethod objects represent your customer's payment instruments. You can use them with [PaymentIntents](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-intents) t…
43 properties 6 required
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodDetachRequest
object
1 property
subscription
object
Subscriptions allow you to charge a customer on a recurring basis. Related guide: [Creating subscriptions](https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/creati…
43 properties 16 required
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodAttachRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
deleted_customer
object
3 properties 3 required
card
object
You can store multiple cards on a customer in order to charge the customer later. You can also store multiple debit cards on a recipient in order to transfer t…
28 properties 7 required
GetPaymentMethodsRequest
object
tax_id
object
You can add one or multiple tax IDs to a [customer](https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers) or account. Customer and account tax IDs get displayed on related in…
9 properties 6 required
CustomerPaymentMethodResourceList
object
4 properties 4 required
GetCustomersCustomerPaymentMethodsRequest
object
GetCustomersCustomerPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodRequest
object
PaymentFlowsPaymentMethodList
object
4 properties 4 required
error
object
An error response from the Stripe API
1 property 1 required
bank_account
object
These bank accounts are payment methods on Customer objects. On the other hand [External Accounts](https://stripe.com/docs/apiexternalaccounts) are transfer de…
19 properties 6 required
GetPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodRequest
object
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodRequest
object
6 properties
PostPaymentMethodsRequest
object
40 properties
discount
object
A discount represents the actual application of a [coupon](https://stripe.com/docs/apicoupons) or [promotion code](https://stripe.com/docs/apipromotioncodes).…
11 properties 4 required
cash_balance
object
A customer's Cash balance represents real funds. Customers can add funds to their cash balance by sending a bank transfer. These funds can be used for payment…
5 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

stripe-methods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
stripe:stripe-methods-api
Server
https://api.stripe.com/
Provider
Stripe
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