Stripe usage with token

Question

I am using Stripe for payment for the first time. While clicking on Pay button when we enter email, card number, date and cvc, I get an error message which asks me to activate my account. I learned that it takes all this information and returns a token which we can save in the database. How do I get a token in return?

Answer 1

thanks for thinking of using Stripe! I work on Support there and can help.

If you're getting that error message about activating your account, it's probably because you're using live keys but don't have a live, active account yet. If you email into Stripe support using the email address associated with your Stripe account, I could look into this for you further (e.g., looking at your logs and status).

As for the token, the token is a short-term representation of the customer's credit card information. You wouldn't need to store the token in your database. You should instead use it to process a charge, or create a customer, and then ignore it (because, at that point, the token will have been consumed).

For more, see this page in our docs:

• https://stripe.com/docs/tutorials/charges

Cheers, Larry