README.md

Setting up Stripe Checkout with Flask

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Want to use this project?

1. Fork/Clone

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   $ python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate

3. Install the requirements:

   (venv)$ pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Add your Stripe test secret and publishable keys as environment variables like so:

   (venv)$ export STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<YOUR_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY>
   (venv)$ export STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=<YOUR_STRIPE_SECRET_KEY>

5. In case you're planning to confirm payments using webhooks you also need to add the webhook endpoint environment variable as well:

(env)$ export STRIPE_ENDPOINT_SECRET=<YOUR_ENDPOINT_SECRET_KEY>

1. Run the server:

   (venv)$ FLASK_ENV=development python app.py

   Navigate to http://localhost:5000.