Ammar

[storm kiln]

Hi there,
No you need to create a new account in the Live Mode

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Can I connect an existing stripe account.

[storm kiln]

You can connect an existing Stripe Account, as a standard connect account using oauth:
https://stripe.com/docs/connect/oauth-standard-accounts

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Can I use that existing account in test mode for testing then live mode?

[storm kiln]

No, Test mode data are separate from live mode data

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So if I added an existing account in test mode. I would have to do so again for live mode?

Would I have access to the connect accounts public key?

Also, would I have access to the connect accounts public account.

[storm kiln]

Yes you need to create another one in live mode

[storm kiln]

You can use the Stripe Header Authentication, in order to do API calls on behalf your connected account
https://stripe.com/docs/connect/authentication#stripe-account-header

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So I would always use my own applications stripe keys. Just set the stripe header to have the connect accounts account_id.

[storm kiln]

Yeap!

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My app stores a public_key in the database for each stripe connect account. Just wondering what to set this to?

Thanks for the help.

I'll figure this out.

[storm kiln]

the public_key is generally used for your client-side code:
https://stripe.com/docs/keys#:~:text=On the client-side%3A Can be publicly-accessible in your web or mobile app’s client-side code (such as checkout.js) to securely collect payment information such as with Stripe Elements. By default%2C Stripe Checkout securely collects payment information.