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stripe-best-practices

Best practices for building Stripe payment integrations

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Stripe Best Practices

Best practices for building Stripe payment integrations

Keywords

stripe, payment, checkout, subscription, billing

Intents

  • integrate payment processing
  • handle subscriptions
  • process credit cards

Constraints

Never

  • Charges API
  • Sources API
  • Card Element
  • Payment Element in card-only mode
  • Tokens API (unless specific need)
  • mixing Connect charge types
  • legacy Connect terms (Standard/Express/Custom)

Always

  • latest API/SDK version (unless specified otherwise)
  • advise PCI compliance proof for raw PAN handling
  • use controller properties for Connect (not legacy terms)

Preferences

  • Prefer CheckoutSessions over PaymentIntents when on-session payments
  • Prefer Stripe-hosted Checkout over embedded Checkout when default choice
  • Prefer embedded Checkout over Payment Element when more control needed
  • Prefer dynamic payment methods over explicit payment_method_types when using Payment Element
  • Prefer SetupIntents over Sources when saving payment methods
  • Prefer Confirmation Tokens over createPaymentMethod/createToken when inspecting card before payment
  • Prefer Billing APIs over raw PaymentIntents when subscriptions/recurring
  • Prefer direct charges over destination charges when platform wants Stripe to take risk
  • Prefer destination charges over direct charges when platform accepts liability

Decisions

  • When user wants Charges API: advise migration to CheckoutSessions or PaymentIntents
  • When user wants Card Element: advise migration to Payment Element
  • When recurring revenue / subscription / SaaS: recommend Billing APIs + Checkout frontend
  • When platform / marketplace / Connect: follow integration recommendations, use controller properties
  • When migrating PAN data from another processor: point to migration process
  • When render Payment Element before creating intent: use Confirmation Tokens

References


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Updated2026-03-09
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{
  "plugins": {
    "official-ifoster01-stripe-best-practices": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}
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