Getting token to create customer using Stripe

Question

I'm implementing Stripe in my ASP.NET Core app using Checkout.

I know how to get a token for charging a credit card using Checkout but where do I get the token to create a customer?

In the documentation, I see that I need to get a token to create a customer but not sure where that token comes from. https://stripe.com/docs/api/dotnet#create_customer

As far as I know, a token can be used only once so it cannot be the same token I get before charging a credit card.

Answer 1

As I am referencing here from stripe document

When you collect a customer's payment information, a Stripe token is created. This token can only be used once, but that doesn't mean you have to request your customer's card details for every payment.

Stripe provides a Customer object that makes it easy to save this—and other—information for later use. You can use Customer objects for creating subscriptions or future one-off charges.

What you have to exactly do is Create a customer you have got while taking card details from the customer and charge that customer.

Do it using following code snippet, in this way you will create a customer and charge using a single token

StripeConfiguration.SetApiKey(secret_key_of_your_account);
var token = model.Token; // Using ASP.NET MVC

var customers = new StripeCustomerService();
var charges = new StripeChargeService();

var customer = customers.Create(new StripeCustomerCreateOptions {
  Email = "[email protected]",
  SourceToken = token
});

// YOUR CODE: Save the customer ID and other info in a database for later.

// YOUR CODE (LATER): When it's time to charge the customer again, retrieve the customer ID.
var charge = charges.Create(new StripeChargeCreateOptions {
  Amount = 1500, // $15.00 this time
  Currency = "usd",
  CustomerId = customer.Id
});

read the referenced document for more details