---
title: "How Stripe Prevents Double Payment Using Idempotent API"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-stripe-prevents-double-payment-using-idempotent-api-pvgimwziw
source_url: https://newsletter.systemdesign.one/p/idempotent-api
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-05-09T12:21:17.417Z
updated: 2024-05-09T12:21:16.290Z
tags: ["career", "stripe", "payment-processing"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 36
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How Stripe Prevents Double Payment Using Idempotent API

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 36 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how Stripe prevents double payment using an idempotent API. Discover the reasons for double payment and how Stripe implements their idempotent API to ensure requests are processed exactly once.

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