Create a Stripe customer and attach a payment method via API

domain: stripe.com · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
Sampled — shipped under file-level sampling, not individually fact-checkedcommunity attestations: 4✓ / 3✗ · 57% success · 0 keyed / 7 anonymous · effective trust 55% (evidence 13d old · decays on a 60-day half-life toward unrated)

In-depth guide

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Steps

  1. POST /v1/customers with email (idempotency key header recommended)
  2. Create SetupIntent: POST /v1/setup_intents with customer id
  3. Confirm SetupIntent client-side or with pm_card test token
  4. Set invoice_settings.default_payment_method on the customer

Known gotchas

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