#mike_error
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cunning stirrup
hello! can you log process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY just before const stripeCustomer = await stripe.customers.create to see what is output?
don't paste the secret key here, we just want to be sure that there actually is a correct value in process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
vapid agate
Yea i get the key
I was thinking about that to, But I do get the key and it does create the account on stripe. It just spits that error in the terminal.
cunning stirrup
i guess the other point to check is if that's actually the correct place that the error is originating from? what if you hardcode the secret key instead of reading from the env variable, does the error message go away?
vapid agate
The error message does not go away
would there be another way that you suggest to create the users account? Or would this just be a stripe issue?
I do have it setup like
const stripe = require("stripe")(process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY);
cunning stirrup
this definitely isn't a stripe issue, i tried your code and it works fine for me. I'm wondering if the error is actually occurring at the snippet of code that you shared.
I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying to do though, if you're using the same secret key as when you initialize stripe, why are you also defining the apiKey when creating a Customer?
vapid agate
If I dont add apiKey when trying to create the customer, it just wont create the customer with the error..
cunning stirrup
if i understand correctly, do you mean the customer won't be created and it'll throw that same error?
vapid agate
correct, if I add the apiKey it will create the customer and throw the error. If I dont add it, it will just throw the error without creating the customer
cunning stirrup
then the issue is elsewhere and not at that section of code. Can you share the full stack trace of that error?
slight correction, remove the below section and share the full stack trace of that error
{
apiKey: process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY,
}
heres the full error
cunning stirrup
Can you try to replace everywhere where you need the secret key with a hardcoded stripe secret key? If that works, that means somewhere, your key isn't being loaded as you expect or possibly doesn't exist
if that still doesn't work, then share with me an example (remember to omit your secret key) that replicates the issue using code like JSFiddle, CodeSandbox, or Glitch. Without being able to see the full code, it's really difficult to troubleshoot