Can't create a Charge

[matbarker]

Trying to create a charge using the docker image fails with a generic error message:

#!/bin/bash
set -eux

HOST=http://localhost:8420
SK=sk_test_12345
	 
curl -sSf -u $SK: $HOST/v1/charges \
  -d amount=2000 \
  -d currency=usd \
  -d source=tok_visa

Response:

Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 87
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:03:27 GMT
Server: Python/3.7 aiohttp/3.5.4

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Bad request",
    "type": "invalid_request_error"
  }
}

How do I get a more specific error message, or figure out what I'm doing wrong?

[adrienverge]

Hi @matbarker,

To know what's going wrong, the best is probably to look at the Charge class definition. I think what's failing here is:

localstripe/localstripe/resources.py

Lines 332 to 333 in 8e84d18

	assert (source.startswith('pm_') or source.startswith('src_')
	or source.startswith('card_'))

• Currently, localstripe only accept sources, not card tokens. The "supported" use case is to attach the token to a customer first, in order to have a card_ object:

  curl -sSf -u $SK: localhost:8420/v1/customers/cus_zLHwf2fPMEmIxF/sources
       -d source=tok_1oBvNLpoJRZ3xP

  Of course, contributions to support creating charges directly from tokens are welcome.

• localstripe acts like real Stripe servers, which means example tokens from the docs (like tok_visa) don't work. You need to create a token, like in real-life conditions:

  curl -sSf localhost:8420/v1/tokens \
       -d key=pk_test_sldkjflaksdfj \
       -d card[number]=4242424242424242 \
       -d card[exp_month]=12 \
       -d card[exp_year]=2019 \
       -d card[cvc]=123