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Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by zapita » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC

latencyloser wrote: post #52

rsync wrote: post #49

In the Twilio world, I can do something like this, via the command line and their API: - activate new phone number - send SMS from that number - deactivate number I have not ever done that particular workflow , but I could. Who is the Twilio of payments/fintech wherein I could perform a workflow like this: - generate new CC number in my name - set transaction limit(s) and expiry 10 days from now - (go use that CC in…

Privacy.com gets pretty close. They can generate burner cards or "per service" (such as a card just for your netflix account) that have spending limits per some period of time or in total. Their autofill plugin for firefox works pretty well. That's the extend of my usage of the service, it might do more but I'm not sure. Personally, I use them for anything that doesn't accept paypal or similar payment systems. Hopefu…

I also use privacy.com and it’s great. The only problem is that sometimes merchants don’t accept prepaid debit cards (that’s what privacy.com cards are under the hood).

So far I’ve had cards rejected by Patreon and AT&T.

I still recommend privacy.com though.

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by Jhsto » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:05 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #49

In the Twilio world, I can do something like this, via the command line and their API: - activate new phone number - send SMS from that number - deactivate number I have not ever done that particular workflow , but I could. Who is the Twilio of payments/fintech wherein I could perform a workflow like this: - generate new CC number in my name - set transaction limit(s) and expiry 10 days from now - (go use that CC in…

Neteller has both physical and VCCs available for generation via their web portal. You can set a balance for each VCC, but I do not think they automatically expire. They do not offer an API to do it, but it should be possible to curl each endpoint leading to the generation.

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by dbuxton » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:15 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #49

In the Twilio world, I can do something like this, via the command line and their API: - activate new phone number - send SMS from that number - deactivate number I have not ever done that particular workflow , but I could. Who is the Twilio of payments/fintech wherein I could perform a workflow like this: - generate new CC number in my name - set transaction limit(s) and expiry 10 days from now - (go use that CC in…

Pretty sure you can do this via https://www.marqeta.com/api (disclaimer: I haven’t personally used; assume you need some $ to get an account).

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by avip » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:18 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #56

mLuby wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like something Privacy.com could do without much trouble, though I don't think they actually have a CLI (yet).

Interesting ... although they do not have a CLI, can you call functions with 'curl', like: curl api.privacy.com CID:blahblah token:blahblah ... action-action-blah-blah ? I don't actually use a Twilio CLI - I call functions with curl from my own scripts ...

I don't know this specific site, but it's fairly common to put basic (or less basic) measures against such curl-ing.

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by diminoten » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:31 PM UTC

latencyloser wrote: post #52

rsync wrote: post #49

In the Twilio world, I can do something like this, via the command line and their API: - activate new phone number - send SMS from that number - deactivate number I have not ever done that particular workflow , but I could. Who is the Twilio of payments/fintech wherein I could perform a workflow like this: - generate new CC number in my name - set transaction limit(s) and expiry 10 days from now - (go use that CC in…

Privacy.com gets pretty close. They can generate burner cards or "per service" (such as a card just for your netflix account) that have spending limits per some period of time or in total. Their autofill plugin for firefox works pretty well. That's the extend of my usage of the service, it might do more but I'm not sure. Personally, I use them for anything that doesn't accept paypal or similar payment systems. Hopefu…

I'd use privacy.com but I really like the points my CC gets me...

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by markdown » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:34 PM UTC

pc wrote: post #25

knubie wrote: post #15

Stripe is by far the best developer experience I’ve had in my career working with third party APIs/services. The attention to detail is just second to none, and documentation is a big part of this.

Thanks! We still have a lot of work to do. (Making our integration experience simpler -- now that Stripe's functionality has grown so much -- is an area of current focus. If any HN readers happen to have specific suggestions on this front, feel free to email sebas@stripe.com.)

FYI while you're here: Your search is broken: https://support.stripe.com/search?q=Countries

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:39 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #56

mLuby wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like something Privacy.com could do without much trouble, though I don't think they actually have a CLI (yet).

Interesting ... although they do not have a CLI, can you call functions with 'curl', like: curl api.privacy.com CID:blahblah token:blahblah ... action-action-blah-blah ? I don't actually use a Twilio CLI - I call functions with curl from my own scripts ...

I don't think there's a public API.

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by m12k » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:42 PM UTC

knubie wrote: post #15

Stripe is by far the best developer experience I’ve had in my career working with third party APIs/services. The attention to detail is just second to none, and documentation is a big part of this.

I felt that way until I needed to prepare for the new EU credit card regulation that came into effect a few months back and implement Stripe's update for it. There's a bunch of gotchas in the transition - e.g. you can't apply coupons when creating subscriptions with the new checkout flow (needed to handle 2FA), "sources" and "payment methods" show up in the same list in Stripe's UI, but are not fetched by the same API call. I hope they eventually manage to deprecate and migrate to a single way of doing things because right now it feels messy.

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by IGotThroughIt » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:48 PM UTC

knubie wrote: post #15

Stripe is by far the best developer experience I’ve had in my career working with third party APIs/services. The attention to detail is just second to none, and documentation is a big part of this.

Top APIs I've enjoyed working with:

1. Stripe (Best)

2. Twilio

3. Twitter (Does what it needs to do quickly)

4. Puppeteer (Amazing. Was super helpful.)

5. Google (mostly ok but could be better)

APIs I've hated working with:

1. Paypal (the worst - docs are horrible and UI is not consistent with most of the help material out there because it changes all the time. Have you tried their support? That's a beauty)

2. Facebook (same story but manageable compared to paypal)

Re: Stripe CLI

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Post by ffritz » Tue, Nov 05, 2019, 9:54 PM UTC

m12k wrote: post #68

knubie wrote: post #15

Stripe is by far the best developer experience I’ve had in my career working with third party APIs/services. The attention to detail is just second to none, and documentation is a big part of this.

I felt that way until I needed to prepare for the new EU credit card regulation that came into effect a few months back and implement Stripe's update for it. There's a bunch of gotchas in the transition - e.g. you can't apply coupons when creating subscriptions with the new checkout flow (needed to handle 2FA), "sources" and "payment methods" show up in the same list in Stripe's UI, but are not fetched by the same AP…

I can confirm this experience. Integrating all this new stuff meant keeping open multiple pages from the docs in parallel, each of which had a warning at the top that certain aspects are different and sends you yet to another page, depending on the integration, it felt like a giant spaghetti mess. I also found some bugs, for example, it was not possible to input sub-cent amounts on their dashboard for tiered plans.

On the other hand, a couple mails and a quick chat on their IRC resolved most of it. But I really wish there would be a clear map/diagram of what route to take depending on what you want to achieve.