Stripe

Stripe — free tier with API key

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Stripe exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 70 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
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670P50 · ms
1744P95 · ms
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Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 293 ms, slowest 1685 ms, most recent 293 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://docs.stripe.com/api/authentication

{
  "article": {
    "content": {
      "$$mdtype": "Tag",
      "name": "Document",
      "attributes": {},
      "children": [
        {
          "$$mdtype": "Tag",
          "name": "ApiSection",
          "attributes": {
            "route": "/api/authentication",
            "title": "Authentication",
            "badges": [],
            "anchor": "authentication",
            "redirects": [],
            "v2": false
          },
          "children": [
            {
              "$$mdtype": "Tag",
              "name": "Paragraph",
              "attributes": {},
              "children": [
                "The Stripe API uses ",
                {
                  "$$mdtype": "Tag",
                  "name": "Link",
                  "attributes": {
                    "href": "/keys"
                  },
                  "children": [
                    "API keys"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "$$mdtype": "Tag",
              "name": "Paragraph",
              "attributes": {},
              "children": [
                "Test mode secret keys start with ",
                {
                  "$$mdtype": "Tag",
                  "name": "InlineCode",
                  "attributes": {
                    "content": "sk_test_",
                    "$$markdoc:type": "node"
                  },
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "$$mdtype": "Tag",
          "name": "ApiSection",
          "attributes": {
            "route": "/api/errors",
            "title": "Errors",
            "badges": [],
            "anchor": "errors",
            "redirects": [],
            "v2": false
          },
          "children": [
            {
              "$$mdtype": "Tag",
              "name": "Paragraph",
              "attributes": {},
              "children": [
                "Stripe uses conventional HTTP response codes to indicate the success or failure of an API request. In general: Codes in the ",
                {
                  "$$mdtype": "Tag",
                  "name": "InlineCode",
                  "attributes": {
                    "content": "2xx",
                    "$$markdoc:type": "node"
                  },
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "$$mdtype": "Tag",
              "name": "Paragraph",
              "attributes": {},
              "children": [
                "Some ",
                {
                  "$$mdtype": "Tag",
                  "name": "InlineCode",
                  "attributes": {
                    "content": "4xx",
                    "$$markdoc:type": "node"
                  },
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "shell_features": {
      "csat": true,
      "footer": true,
      "toc": true,
      "header": true,
      "action_bar": true
    },
    "format": "markdoc",
    "intl": {
      "country": "US",
      "locale": "en-US",
      "translated": true,
      "availableLocales": [
        {
          "code": "en-GB",
          "name": "English (United Kingdom)",
          "generated": false
        },
        {
          "code": "en-US",
          "name": "English (United States)",
          "generated": false
        }
      ],
      "translationPercent": 1,
      "translationBanner": false,
      "missingTranslationCount": 0,
      "missingTranslationKeys": null
    },
    "metadata": {
      "type": "multi-page-reference"
    },
    "pages": [
      {
        "title": "Main",
        "prefs": {}
      }
    ],
    "pagePrefs": [],
    "path": "/api/authentication"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://docs.stripe.com/api/authentication"
const res = await fetch("https://docs.stripe.com/api/authentication");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://docs.stripe.com/api/authentication")
print(res.json())

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Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /api/authentication670 mschecked 7h ago
GET/api/authenticationPROBED

Stripe — free tier with API key

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/api/versioning

Versioning — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Stripe: common questions

Is Stripe free to use?

Yes — Stripe is a free finance API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Stripe need an API key?

Yes — Stripe needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Stripe from the browser?

Not directly — Stripe doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Stripe up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Stripe is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 670 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.