Stripe

January Developer Digest

We version the Stripe API so that we don’t accidentally introduce breaking changes to your integration. To date, we’ve maintained compatibility with every version of our API since Stripe started in 2011. However, if you’d like to take advantage of our latest features, you may want to upgrade to the latest API version.

As you’re planning for this year, we’d like to share some best practices to help you stay up to date and build the best payment experiences for your customers:

First, review how backwards compatibility, versioning, and rollbacks work in our new API upgrades guide. You can check which API version you’re using in the Developers section of the Dashboard.
Follow our step-by-step guide to upgrade your client library versions to start using the newest API features.
Install the Stripe CLI to test your API requests.
Use the new payment inspector in the Dashboard to review your API requests and ensure all the required fields are being passed. (Several regional regulations, such as SCA in Europe, introduce new requirements to collect additional customer information.)

Introducing TypeScript support

TypeScript is increasingly popular with developers using Stripe with Node.js. We added types to the latest API version earlier this year. In addition, we now have built-in support for TypeScript in the stripe-node library as of version 8.0.1. To get started, check out our TypeScript samples for accepting card payments with and without webhooks.

Increment print editions for sale

Increment is Stripe’s quarterly magazine that explores the culture, theory, and practice of building and operating software systems at scale. While you can always read articles online, you can now also subscribe to receive physical issues. Or, buy single issues from the catalog—unsurprisingly, our favorite issue is Programming Languages!

Help us improve metadata

We’re planning several improvements to API metadata on Stripe and want your feedback. Take our quick survey to help us learn about your use cases.

Updates and resources

Watch our most recent Developer Office Hours, which covered how to create cards and register cardholders using Stripe Issuing.
Use AWS EventBridge in your applications? Read this community guide on integrating Stripe events with AWS.
We’ve revamped the navigation and code snippets for the Stripe.js reference docs. See the updated docs.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified about upcoming livestreams and code walkthroughs.
Podcasts, video, tweets, blog posts? Tell us how you prefer to get developer news and updates.

Developer showcase: JAMstack e-commerce

Many developers don’t have the option of choosing an end-to-end e-commerce platform like Shopify for their projects. Launching a fully customized online store means figuring out everything from hosting and inventory to customer notifications, fulfillment, and localization from scratch.

To make it easier, developers @ynnoj and @notrab of GraphCMS built a minimalist store as an example of how to get e-commerce up and running quickly. The entire store, shopping cart logic, and user interface is pre-rendered and generated by modern JavaScript frameworks and can be launched in minutes with minimal costs.

See the project on GitHub or take the sample store on Netlify for a spin.

We’re piloting this new section to highlight developers building tools or payment experiences for the community. Have a candidate for a future developer showcase? Reach out at [email protected]

As always, if you have any feedback or questions, just reply to this email. We're also hiring for many roles around the world—please apply or refer a friend!

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