Development environment quickstarts

1. From the command-line, use an install script or download and extract a versioned archive file for your operating system to install the CLI.

brew install stripe/stripe-cli/stripe

1. Login and authenticate your Stripe user Account to generate a set of restricted keys. To learn more, see Stripe CLI keys and permissions.

stripe login

Your pairing code is: enjoy-enough-outwit-win
This pairing code verifies your authentication with Stripe.
Press Enter to open the browser or visit https://dashboard.stripe.com/stripecli/confirm_auth?t=THQdJfL3x12udFkNorJL8OF1iFlN8Az1 (^C to quit)

1. Now that you’ve installed the CLI, you can make a single API request to Create a product.

stripe products create \
--name="My First Product" \
--description="Created with the Stripe CLI"

1. Look for the product identifier (in id) in the response object. Save it for the next step.

If everything worked, the command-line displays the following response.

{
  "id": 
"prod_LTenIrmp8Q67sa",
  "object": "product",

1. Next, call Create a price to attach a price of 30 USD. Swap the placeholder in product with your product identifier (for example, prod_LTenIrmp8Q67sa).

stripe prices create \
  --unit-amount=3000 \
  --currency=usd \
  --product=
{{PRODUCT_ID}}

If everything worked, the command-line displays the following response.

{
  "id": 
"price_1KzlAMJJDeE9fu01WMJJr79o",
  "object": "price",

We recommend managing third-party dependencies using the RubyGems command-line tool, which allows you to add new libraries and include them in your Ruby projects. Check whether RubyGems is installed:

Install RubyGems

gem --version

If you get gem: command not found, download RubyGems from their downloads page.

The latest version of the Stripe Ruby server-side SDK is v8.0.0. It supports Ruby versions 2.3+.

1. Check your Ruby version:

ruby -v

Install the library

We recommend creating a gem file then installing the generated gem using a bundler with RubyGems.

1. To add the latest version of the Stripe gem to a project, run the following command:

bundle add stripe

1. Alternatively, you can add the latest version of the library as a gem dependency:

source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails'
gem 'stripe'

1. Next, install the required gems from your specified sources:

bundle install

Global installation

1. Alternatively, you can install the library globally with RubyGems:

gem install stripe

Manual installation

1. Additionally, you can build the gem from source, and then install the library by running:

gem build stripe.gemspec

Now that you have the Ruby SDK installed, you can create a subscription Product and attach a Price with a couple API requests. We’re using the product identifier returned in the response to create the price in this example.

require 'rubygems'
require 'stripe'
Stripe.api_key = "sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc"

starter_subscription = Stripe::Product.create(
  name: 'Starter Subscription',
  description: '$12/Month subscription',
)

starter_subscription_price = Stripe::Price.create(
  currency: 'usd',
  unit_amount: 1200,
  recurring: {interval: 'month'},
  product: starter_subscription['id'],
)

puts "Success! Here is your starter subscription product id: #{starter_subscription.id}"
puts "Success! Here is your starter subscription price id: #{starter_subscription_price.id}"

1. Save the file as create_price.rb. From the command line, cd to the directory containing the file you just saved then run:

ruby create_price.rb

If everything worked, the command line shows the following response. Save these identifiers so you can use them while building your integration.

Success! Here is your starter subscription product id: price_0KxBDl589O8KAxCG1alJgiA6
Success! Here is your starter subscription price id: price_0KxBDm589O8KAxCGMgG7scjb