Tifanny - secret | Stripe Developers | Page 1

tiny pendant Mar 10, 2022, 9:11 AM

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Hi! Can you double check that you are using the correct key? Based on the error message, it should be your secret key that looks like sk_xxx.

stuck shell Mar 10, 2022, 9:15 AM

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Hi ! Yes I checked again and the secret key starts with sk_live_xxx

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and the other key starts with pk_live_xxx

tiny pendant Mar 10, 2022, 9:17 AM

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The error message you see is this: https://stripe.com/docs/error-codes#secret-key-required
So somewhere in your code you are using pk_xxx instead of sk_xxx.

stuck shell Mar 10, 2022, 9:17 AM

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Ok, i'm going to check

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could it be a problem if I deleted the old secret key and I didn't revoke it ?

tiny pendant Mar 10, 2022, 9:26 AM

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Delete means the key is deleted. Revoke means the key is deleted and then re-created.

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So both options are possible

stuck shell Mar 10, 2022, 9:51 AM

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I checked and I use private key, but the problem is still here 😕

tiny pendant Mar 10, 2022, 9:51 AM

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Can you share the code that generate this error?

stuck shell Mar 10, 2022, 9:54 AM

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Sorry, I found a public key in my code. I try again.

tiny pendant Mar 10, 2022, 9:58 AM

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To be clear: sometimes you should use a public key (pk_xxx), for example on your frontend code to display the Payment Element. However on your backend code you should be using a secret key (sk_xxx).
You can learn more about API keys here: https://stripe.com/docs/keys

API keys

Manage your API keys to authenticate requests with Stripe.

stuck shell Mar 10, 2022, 10:07 AM

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Thank you so much, it works ! 🤩

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