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What is the Stripe Payments API?

This API provides a robust, production-ready backend for integrating Stripe payment processing into your applications. Built with Node.js and Express, it offers a modular, domain-driven architecture that simplifies payment operations, customer management, and card handling.

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Key Features

Customer Management

Create, update, retrieve, and delete Stripe customers with complete CRUD operations

Payment Processing

Create payment intents, confirm payments, retrieve payment details, and process refunds

Card Management

Add payment methods, set default cards, and retrieve cards by customer ID

Webhook Support

Handle Stripe webhook events with automatic signature verification for secure event processing

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Architecture Overview

The API follows a clean, modular domain structure that separates concerns and promotes maintainability: 
src/
├── api/
│   ├── customers/     # Customer management endpoints
│   ├── payments/      # Payment processing endpoints
│   ├── cards/         # Card management endpoints
│   └── webhooks/      # Stripe webhook handlers
├── config/            # Stripe SDK configuration
├── middlewares/       # Error handling and async wrappers
├── utils/             # Response helpers and error classes
└── docs/              # Swagger/OpenAPI documentation
Each domain module is self-contained with its own routes and business logic, making it easy to extend and maintain.

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Technology Stack

Runtime

Node.js 22.x with ES modules for modern JavaScript features

Framework

Express 4.18 for robust HTTP server and middleware support

Payment SDK

Stripe SDK 11.6 for seamless Stripe API integration

Documentation

Swagger UI with OpenAPI 3.0 spec for interactive API docs

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API Capabilities

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Customers

  • Create new customers with email, name, and phone
  • Retrieve customer details by ID
  • List all customers
  • Update customer information
  • Delete customers

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Payments

  • Create payment intents with automatic amount conversion
  • Confirm payments with various payment methods
  • Retrieve payment details by ID
  • List all payments
  • Process refunds with full or partial amounts
  • Query refunds by payment intent

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Cards

  • Add payment methods to customers
  • Set default payment methods
  • Retrieve all cards for a customer

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Webhooks

  • Automatic signature verification
  • Handle payment success/failure events
  • Process refund events
  • Extensible event handler system

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