Zen-External-Account

[strange sphinx]

Hi there, external account and account look similar, but they are very different

[viral parcel]

Hello Jack 👋

[strange sphinx]

Hi, external_account and account are very dfferent

external_account is can be your bank account or debit card

Whereas account means a Stripe account

[viral parcel]

yep, exaclty, i'm already creating an account like this :

stripe accounts create \
          -d type=custom \
          -d email="[e-mail]" \
          -d country="FR" \
          -d "business_profile[mcc]"=5734 \
          -d "business_profile[url]"="www.fakeurl.com" \
          -d "capabilities[card_payments][requested]"="true" \
          -d "capabilities[transfers][requested]"="true" \
          -d account_token=${accountResult.id}`,

But now I need an external_account to be created, to link it to the above account, so that I can start testing stuff ^^

[strange sphinx]

https://stripe.com/docs/api/external_account_bank_accounts/create?lang=node#account_create_bank_account to create an external_account on a stripe account, you need to create a bank account object and pass it to the create external account API.

[viral parcel]

in the CLI example I see this :

stripe external_accounts create acct_1032D82eZvKYlo2C \
  --external-account=btok_1LewYf2eZvKYlo2C3pOVaUQq

Could you tell me how to get/create it ?

[strange sphinx]

https://stripe.com/docs/api/customer_bank_accounts/create?lang=node#customer_create_bank_account this is the API to create a bank account

[viral parcel]

sorry, my last message was not complete ^^
how can I get/create an external account token ?

I tried :
stripe external_accounts create acct_1LewB62ShImREKae --external-account=btok_1LewYf2eZvKYlo2C3pOVaUQ

and of course had the error :

   "code": "resource_missing",
   "doc_url": "https://stripe.com/docs/error-codes/resource-missing",
   "message": "No such token: 'btok_1LewYf2eZvKYlo2C3pOVaUQq'",
   "param": "external_account",
   "type": "invalid_request_error"
 }

I'm just missing that little part for everything to work 😅

[dreamy creek]

where did you get the btok_xxx value from?

copied from the docs I guess. Just call and create one(https://stripe.com/docs/api/tokens/create_bank_account) using the valies from https://stripe.com/docs/connect/testing#account-numbers, then pass that variable's ID.

[viral parcel]

it's from the api page 🙂

I knew it wouldn't work, but at least now my question may be clearer ^^

[dreamy creek]

cool, so next steps are clear or can I clarify something?

[viral parcel]

ooooh cool , perfect link the first one

you must be super bothered at people that don't search well in the docs... really sorry and thanks alot 🙏

@dreamy creekooooh Karl, didn't see it was you ^^

Thanks a lot for yesterday with the address stuff, i could pinpoint the issue 👌 an invisible character....

I have to flee, but if you remember, in my app, users create express accounts.
I'm trying to make E2E tests, creating a new account at the beginning of my test automatically, therefore going for custom accounts.

Is there anything that changes in term of receiving money, between an express and custom account ?

I want to be sure that my tests on the custom accounts will reflect what's happening on express accounts in production 🙂

[dreamy creek]

I remember yes.

Is there anything that changes in term of receiving money, between an express and custom account ?
Nothing really specific I can think of, most of the differences are in onboarding

[viral parcel]

ok that's perfect 🥳

i'll try to finish creating my account in like 4 hours, do not close this thread so I can tell you if everything worked 😉

[dreamy creek]

unfortunately we will close it, we can't keep it open that long since we have to hand over context between multiple people and timezones. If you have any specific questions later please open a new thread

[viral parcel]

oh ok, too bad ^^ anyway, thanks a lot, you've been a super help 🤗