#alex_best-practices
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- alex_best-practices, 2 hours ago, 4 messages
severe socket
And hey, please don't close this before I've had a chance to reply 😦
Basically I just need help selecting the right tool for the job.
Stripe offers "stripe apps" and "stripe connect".
I want to make something that will create payments for people (so generate a session, payment intent, etc and then ship it back to the client)
But I'm not managing their accounts. They will have their accounts prior to ever working with my software.
I've worked with stripe connect before and had people connect to my stripe account via oauth. It worked, but I believe there were some new restrictions introduced recently.
daring swallow
Yeah the way to go is oauth connect
severe socket
Alright, and stripe apps can't create intents on behalf of the accounts that install them, can they?
daring swallow
You can
But if you want to collect fees for payments, etc connect makes more sense
severe socket
That is a good distinction, awesome thank you.
good/super important, lol
And, I'd have to do a complex discord search, but were any restrictions introduced recently?
Specifically for stripe connect and accounts that pre-existed?
(I don't have any intention of creating stripe accounts that I manage through my application)
daring swallow
This was introduced a few years ago, but this restriction still applies ;https://docs.stripe.com/connect/oauth-changes-for-standard-platforms
severe socket
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I noticed this wording "If you registered your Connect application"
I feel like I don't register a connect application explicitly at any point?
Just snagging on the wording there, but is there actually a specific connect application registration process?
daring swallow
That's referring to our legacy extensions flow
If you don't remember registering as an extension, it's not likely you're an extension
You would know if you were
daring swallow
No worries
severe socket
I've already worked with connect successfully, but sometimes I start second guessing or feeling like I discovered something more suitable
daring swallow
Yeah apps are great, but if you the platform wants to control fund flow and take a portion of the payments, you'll need connect still
Apps are really just supposed to be a lightweight extension you can add to a stripe account
It's just the newer version of Extensions (which have been deprecated)
severe socket
So to plug experiences into the Stripe back office UI?
daring swallow
Are you referring to the dashboard?
They have multiple purposes though: https://docs.stripe.com/stripe-apps/how-stripe-apps-work
