In order to take payments online via Stripe, you need to add your API keys to the website to connect Stripe to your online shop or booking system.
Once you have created your Stripe account, navigate to your API keys page (https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys). In the left-hand menu, this is under the ‘Developers’ heading:
Before continuing, ensure you are viewing the live data and not the test data, using the toggle in the top-right of the screen. Your keys should start with pk_live, and sk_live. If they start with pk_test and sk_test, you are viewing your test data and need to switch:
To connect Stripe to your website, you need both the Publishable key, and the Secret key. The publishable key can simply be copied and pasted directly from the API keys screen:
The Secret key must be revealed with a click, for security purposes, and you can only reveal it once.