Stripe

Stripe Checkout API

Checkout is a low-code payment integration that creates a customizable form for collecting payments. You can embed Checkout directly in your website or redirect customers to a Stripe-hosted payment page. It supports one-time payments and subscriptions and accepts over 40 local payment methods.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Payment Initiation Management BC-1340.10

Operations 5

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /v1/checkout/sessions List Checkout Sessions · Get checkout sessions #
Ask an LLM
“How do I list the checkout sessions my customers have started?”
“Can I find the checkout session behind a specific payment?”
Tell an agent
List my Checkout Sessions.
Find the Checkout Session for PaymentIntent {payment_intent}.
POST /v1/checkout/sessions Create a Checkout Session · Post checkout sessions #
Ask an LLM
“How do I send a customer to a hosted payment page?”
“Can I use hosted checkout for subscriptions as well as one-time payments?”
Tell an agent
Create a Checkout Session in {mode} mode for {line_items} redirecting to {success_url}.
Start a checkout for customer {customer} with items {line_items}.
GET /v1/checkout/sessions/{session} Retrieve a Checkout Session · Get checkout sessions session #
Ask an LLM
“How do I check whether a customer finished paying on the checkout page?”
“Can I look up a checkout session after the customer is redirected back?”
Tell an agent
Get Checkout Session {session}.
Show the payment status of checkout {session}.
POST /v1/checkout/sessions/{session}/expire Expire an open Checkout Session · Post checkout sessions session expire #
Ask an LLM
“How do I stop a customer from completing an open checkout?”
“Can I expire a checkout session that's already complete?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Expire Checkout Session {session}.
Close checkout {session} so it can no longer be paid.
GET /v1/checkout/sessions/{session}/line_items List a Checkout Session's line items · Get checkout sessions session line items #
Ask an LLM
“How do I see exactly what a customer bought in a checkout session?”
“Can I page through all the line items in a checkout?”
Tell an agent
List the line items in Checkout Session {session}.
Show {limit} items purchased in checkout {session}.

Documentation

📖
Documentation
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout

Specifications

⚙
OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stripe/refs/heads/main/openapi/stripe-checkout-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

🔗
Overlay
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stripe/refs/heads/main/overlays/stripe-checkout-overlay.yaml

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/stripe-checkout-api"
All apis 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

stripe-checkout-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Stripe Checkout API
  description: Needs description.
  contact:
    email: dev-platform@stripe.com
    name: Stripe Dev Platform Team
    url: https://stripe.com
  termsOfService: https://stripe.com/us/terms/
  version: '2023-10-16'
  x-stripeSpecFilename: spec3
servers:
- url: https://api.stripe.com/
security:
- basicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


# --- truncated at 32 KB (83 KB total) ---
# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stripe/refs/heads/main/openapi/stripe-checkout-api-openapi.yml