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Stripe Payment Methods API

The Payment Methods API from Stripe — 4 operation(s) for payment methods.

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Stripe Payment 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.

Tagged areas include Payment Methods. 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 4 paths, and defines 9 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 4 paths 9 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
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Stripe Payment 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 6

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

Payment Methods 6
GET
/v1/payment_methods
Returns a list of PaymentMethods for Treasury flows. If you want to list the PaymentMethods attached to a Customer for payments, you should use the List a Customer’s PaymentMethods API instead.
GetPaymentMethods 6 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods
Creates a PaymentMethod object. Read the Stripe.js reference to learn how to create PaymentMethods via Stripe.js. Instead of creating a PaymentMethod directly, we recommend using the PaymentIntents A…
PostPaymentMethods body → 200default
GET
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}
Retrieves a PaymentMethod object attached to the StripeAccount. To retrieve a payment method attached to a Customer, you should use Retrieve a Customer’s PaymentMethods
GetPaymentMethodsPaymentMethod 2 params body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}
Updates a PaymentMethod object. A PaymentMethod must be attached a customer to be updated.
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethod 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}/attach
Attaches a PaymentMethod object to a Customer. To attach a new PaymentMethod to a customer for future payments, we recommend you use a SetupIntent or a PaymentIntent with setupfutureusage . These app…
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodAttach 1 param body → 200default
POST
/v1/payment_methods/{payment_method}/detach
Detaches a PaymentMethod object from a Customer. After a PaymentMethod is detached, it can no longer be used for a payment or re-attached to a Customer.
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodDetach 1 param body → 200default

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are payment_method (43 properties), PostPaymentMethodsRequest (40 properties), PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodRequest (6 properties), PaymentFlowsPaymentMethodList (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GetPaymentMethodsRequest
object
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodRequest
object
6 properties
PaymentFlowsPaymentMethodList
object
4 properties 4 required
error
object
An error response from the Stripe API
1 property 1 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
PostPaymentMethodsRequest
object
40 properties
PostPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodAttachRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
GetPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodRequest
object

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

stripe-payment-methods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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