#SuperFedz - env
boreal plinth
Hi there!
Can you clarify your question? What do you want to know about the .env file?
boreal plinth
Doesn't seem to be working with my test code
What does that mean? Do you get an error message? If so, can you share it here?
sterile granite
No error message strangely. i'll do some more testing first. Trying to set up my wisepos e haha.
boreal plinth
Without any error message it's difficult for me to help.
sterile granite
No Readers being shown despite following the video i tagged.
boreal plinth
do you see any errors in your browser console or in your backend server logs?
sterile granite
No errors. It definitely seems to related to my .env file. When i cloned the repo. There was an env.example file. Do i move this into server and change the format? Do you have any examples of how my env should be setup within the following repo https://github.com/stripe-samples/stripe-terminal-list-readers
boreal plinth
It definitely seems to related to my .env file
If so there should be some errors in your backend code.
you should rename env.example into .env, and update the API with your own.
For example in the video they do this in the backend. Can you try to console.log the readers variable?
sterile granite
fixed it. Small typo haha!!
boreal plinth
Great to hear that this is fixed!
sterile granite
Onto the next step..
boreal plinth
@sterile granite let's keep the conversation in this chat
I've just followed the youtube tutorial to then realise its not available in my country. What is the solution to this thats not massive?
So you want to use Terminal? In which country are you?
sterile granite
UK.
I'm fluent in python but still new to java so finding it tricky. Essentially i just want to be able to use my terminal to take in person payments with the ability to input the price on web? or even the terminal itsself. Its a WisePOS E
boreal plinth
Why do you say it's not available in your country? Terminal looks available in the UK: https://stripe.com/docs/terminal#learn-about-terminal
sterile granite
It seems to be the server driven integration mode
The video you posted i followed is server driven.. Anyway to make this work in the UK?
boreal plinth
Oh right. No that's US only for now.
But you can use the JavaScript SDK for this.
sterile granite
I'll take a look
sterile granite
I'm rather confused as to how the javascript SDK works with the terminals. Is there a python alternative? can i do this with pip python or is it java specific
wide thistle
Hi 👋 I'm jumping in as my teammate needed to step away. If you don't want to use one of our client-side libraries for interacting with Terminal, such as our JavaScript SDK, then you can look into our server-driven path as an alternative:
https://stripe.com/docs/terminal/payments/setup-integration?terminal-sdk-platform=server-driven
sterile granite
I'm in the UK and server driven isn't available sadly
wide thistle
Ah gotcha, sorry about that. Then you will need to use either our JS SDK, or one of our mobile SDKs.
sterile granite
No worries.
Could have done with a video tutorial on it but you only have server driven videos haha
sterile granite
Is there any sample code you have of java sdk for the terminal that i can modify to work?
wide thistle
This may be a good place to start:
https://stripe.com/docs/terminal/quickstart
You can use the parameters at the top to tailor the page to your scenario.
sterile granite
Alright.
Yeah i'm pretty confused with all the server and client side business. All i need is the ability to type an amount on my reader and input the card.
wide thistle
That's not supported. You won't enter the amount directly on the reader. You will need to create a Point of Sale (POS) application that drives the integration and interacts with the reader, and that integration will need to determine how much should be charged.
sterile granite
Ok so i can do that with a html site like your server driven tutorial except i need to utilise the SDK for this..