--- title: Take Payments, Run Subscriptions And Send Invoices With... description: Stripe's API covers payments, subscriptions, invoicing, and card issuance, organized here into 18 business capabilities with 31 linked workflows and 71... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/take-payments-run-subscriptions-and-send-invoices-with-stripe-6owtz14aq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Take Payments, Run Subscriptions And Send Invoices With Stripe | daily.dev og:description: Stripe's API covers payments, subscriptions, invoicing, and card issuance, organized here into 18 business capabilities with 31 linked workflows and 71... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/take-payments-run-subscriptions-and-send-invoices-with-stripe-6owtz14aq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6OwTz14aq.png og:image:alt: Take Payments, Run Subscriptions And Send Invoices With Stripe og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Take Payments, Run Subscriptions And Send Invoices With Stripe **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Stripe's API covers payments, subscriptions, invoicing, and card issuance, organized here into 18 business capabilities with 31 linked workflows and 71 plain-language phrasing overlays. Key endpoints include POST /v1/payment_intents to start a charge, POST /v1/subscriptions for recurring billing, POST /v1/invoices for billing, and POST /v1/issuing/authorizations/{id}/approve for real-time card approvals. Workflows chain multiple calls, such as authorizing a payment now and capturing it later when an order ships. Stripe is a paid, hosted service with a free trial and self-serve signup. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What Stripe API endpoint do I use to start collecting a payment from a customer? Use POST /v1/payment_intents to start collecting a payment from a customer, which creates a 'payment intent' representing the payment from the moment it starts until the money is captured. You can check its status with GET /v1/payment_intents/{intent}, update the amount before the customer pays with a POST to the same path, or search payments with GET /v1/payment_intents/search. _Developers wiring up checkout flows can find Stripe endpoint breakdowns like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I cancel a Stripe subscription immediately via the API? Send a DELETE request to /v1/subscriptions/{subscription_exposed_id} to cancel a subscription immediately. To check a subscription's status and next renewal date first, use GET /v1/subscriptions/{subscription_exposed_id}, and GET /v1/subscriptions/search lets you find subscriptions by status or other details before acting on them. _Teams building recurring billing logic track endpoint details like these on daily.dev._ ### Can Stripe be used to issue cards to employees and approve purchases in real time? Yes, Stripe supports card issuance, letting a business issue cards to employees or contractors and approve or decline each purchase as it happens. GET /v1/issuing/authorizations lists every purchase attempt, POST /v1/issuing/authorizations/{authorization}/approve approves a pending purchase in real time, and the decline endpoint stops a purchase before it goes through. _Developers evaluating expense card or issuing features weigh options like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Stripe’s payments APIs: The first 10 years](https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-s-payments-apis-the-first-10-years-r4jsxgpwb) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The First 10-Year Evolution of Stripe’s Payments API](https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-10-year-evolution-of-stripe-s-payments-api-8lmu3aosw) · ByteByteGo · 51 upvotes · 0 comments - [Billing in Rails 8](https://daily.dev/posts/billing-in-rails-8-dun6wrwl0) · Ruby Flow · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Create new monetization opportunities with Stripe Billing’s recent upgrades](https://daily.dev/posts/create-new-monetization-opportunities-with-stripe-billing-s-recent-upgrades-kkoejiuby) · Stripe · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Build a Complete SaaS Payment Flow with Stripe, Webhooks, and Email Notifications](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-complete-saas-payment-flow-with-stripe-webhooks-and-email-notifications-5a7lpzzjr) · freeCodeCamp · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#stripe](https://daily.dev/tags/stripe) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/take-payments-run-subscriptions-and-send-invoices-with-stripe-6owtz14aq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Take Payments, Run Subscriptions And Send Invoices With Stripe","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/take-payments-run-subscriptions-and-send-invoices-with-stripe-6owtz14aq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/take-payments-run-subscriptions-and-send-invoices-with-stripe-6owtz14aq"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T18:40:57.313Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T18:56:59.603Z","description":"Stripe's API covers payments, subscriptions, invoicing, and card issuance, organized here into 18 business capabilities with 31 linked workflows and 71...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c473ca9a05d645c8d76812fb78b8fd5f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c473ca9a05d645c8d76812fb78b8fd5f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"API Evangelist","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"API Evangelist","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a36244ae67bc4f41a605f780267ecb5f","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/take-payments-run-subscriptions-and-send-invoices-with-stripe-6owtz14aq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"architecture,stripe","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"API Evangelist","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Take Payments, Run Subscriptions And Send Invoices With Stripe"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/take-payments-run-subscriptions-and-send-invoices-with-stripe-6owtz14aq#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What Stripe API endpoint do I use to start collecting a payment from a customer?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Use POST /v1/payment_intents to start collecting a payment from a customer, which creates a 'payment intent' representing the payment from the moment it starts until the money is captured. 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