Integrate Django with Stripe

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+title         : Integrate Django with Stripe
+sidebar_label : Integrate Stripe
+---
+
+# Integrate Django with Stripe
+
+<SubHeading>Learn how to integrate Django with Stripe for payments</SubHeading>
+
+**Integrating Stripe with Django** allows you to accept online payments in your web application. 
+
+![Integrate Django with Stripe - Tutorial provided by AppSeed.](https://github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com/51070104/268707155-9ba36790-5d44-4781-9d01-f377f24b599f.jpg)
+
+Stripe is a popular payment processing platform that provides a Python library for easy integration with Django. This page walk you through the process of integrating Stripe with Django and provide code samples.
+
+## ✅ **Set Up Your Stripe Account**
+
+Before you begin, make sure you have a Stripe account. You will need your Stripe API keys:
+
+- **Publishable Key**: Used in the client-side code to make secure requests to Stripe.
+- **Secret Key**: Used in the server-side code to interact with Stripe's API.
+
+## ✅ **Install Stripe Library**
+
+Install the `stripe` library, which is the official Python library for Stripe:
+
+```bash
+pip install stripe
+```
+
+## ✅ **Configure Your Django Settings**
+
+In your Django project's settings, add your Stripe API keys:
+
+```python
+# settings.py
+
+STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY = 'your_publishable_key'
+STRIPE_SECRET_KEY = 'your_secret_key'
+```
+
+## ✅ **Create a Payment Form**
+
+Create a Django form to collect payment information from the user. Here's a simple example:
+
+```python
+# forms.py
+
+from django import forms
+
+class PaymentForm(forms.Form):
+    card_number = forms.CharField(label='Card Number', required=True)
+    exp_month = forms.IntegerField(label='Expiration Month', required=True)
+    exp_year = forms.IntegerField(label='Expiration Year', required=True)
+    cvc = forms.CharField(label='CVC', required=True)
+```
+
+## ✅ **Create a Payment View**
+
+Create a Django view that handles the payment process. This view will use the Stripe library to process the payment.
+
+```python
+# views.py
+
+import stripe
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
+from .forms import PaymentForm
+
+stripe.api_key = settings.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
+
+def process_payment(request):
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        form = PaymentForm(request.POST)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            # Get token from the form data (generated by Stripe.js)
+            token = request.POST['stripeToken']
+
+            try:
+                # Charge the customer
+                charge = stripe.Charge.create(
+                    amount=1000,  # Amount in cents
+                    currency='usd',
+                    description='Example Charge',
+                    source=token,
+                )
+
+                # If the charge is successful, you can handle success here
+                return redirect('payment_success')
+
+            except stripe.error.CardError as e:
+                # If there's an issue with the user's card, handle it here
+                error_message = e.error.message
+                return render(request, 'payment_form.html', {'form': form, 'error_message': error_message})
+
+    else:
+        form = PaymentForm()
+
+    return render(request, 'payment_form.html', {'form': form})
+```
+
+## ✅ **Create a Payment Template**
+
+Create an HTML template (e.g., `payment_form.html`) to display the payment form and handle user input. 
+You can use `Stripe.js` to securely collect card information and generate a token, which is sent to your server.
+
+```html
+<!-- payment_form.html -->
+
+<form action="{% url 'process_payment' %}" method="POST">
+  {% csrf_token %}
+  {{ form.as_p }}
+  <script src="https://checkout.stripe.com/checkout.js" class="stripe-button"
+    data-key="{{ STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY }}"
+    data-description="Payment"
+    data-amount="1000"  <!-- Amount in cents -->
+    data-locale="auto">
+  </script>
+  {% if error_message %}
+    <p>{{ error_message }}</p>
+  {% endif %}
+</form>
+```
+
+## ✅ **Create a Success Page**
+
+Create a success page to display after a successful payment:
+
+```html
+<!-- success.html -->
+
+<h1>Payment Successful</h1>
+```
+
+## ✅ **Set Up URLs**
+
+Configure your Django project's URLs to route requests to the appropriate views:
+
+```python
+# urls.py
+
+from django.urls import path
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('process_payment/', views.process_payment, name='process_payment'),
+    path('payment_success/', views.payment_success, name='payment_success'),
+]
+```
+
+## ✅ **Run Django Application**
+
+Start your Django development server and navigate to the payment form page. 
+You should be able to make test payments using the Stripe test card numbers provided in the [Stripe documentation](https://stripe.com/docs/testing#international-cards).
+
+## ✅ Conclusion
+
+Remember that this is a basic example, and in a production environment, you should handle errors and security more robustly. 
+Additionally, you may want to implement order processing and store payment information securely.
+
+Make sure to refer to the [Stripe documentation](https://stripe.com/docs) for more detailed information on integrating Stripe with Django and handling various aspects of online payments.
+
+<br />
+
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