Working with Stripe payment processor in Express
Finally, in these last two sections, let's shift gears and implement a cloud service solution that we almost certainly couldn't build ourselves: a payment gateway. To do this, we will use the popular payment processor Stripe to configure a simple payment route. For our blog application, we might use such a feature to allow user donations or potentially offer premium features to paid users. The most important part of our implementation is keeping our user's payment information secure and safe from exposure to outside parties.
Getting ready
Very similar to Cloudinary, our first step before getting started is to set up our Stripe account:
- You can create a test account for free by visiting https://stripe.com/ and clicking on
CREATE ACCOUNT:
- After you have signed up and verified your email address, you will have access to the Stripe management dashboard. You can find the API credentials we will need to integrate with Express in the API section of the...
