Stripe permissions,
in plain English.
Stripe access usually comes one of two ways. You create a key in your Stripe Dashboard and paste it into the agent, or you approve a Connect with Stripe screen. A restricted key lets you set each type of data to None, Read, or Write, and Write includes Read. A full secret key can do everything and cannot be limited. Stripe apps show the permissions they need when you install them.
- Full secret key
A secret key can do anything in your Stripe account through code. You cannot limit it to certain tasks. - Connect with Stripe (read_write)
This connects your Stripe account to the company's platform. The platform can then use Stripe in your account on your behalf, for example to accept payments, set up recurring billing, and read account data. Records it creates show up in your account. - Read payments and refunds
It can see your payments and refunds. - Charge and refund
It can create and capture charges, and it can create and cancel refunds. Refunds go back to the card that was charged. - Create and confirm payments
It can create payments, confirm them, capture money that was held, and cancel them. - Read customers
It can see your Stripe customer records. - Add, change, and delete customers
It can create, change, and delete customers in Stripe. It can also read them. A delete is permanent and cancels the customer's active subscriptions. - Read your balance
It can see how much money is in your Stripe account, including amounts that are still pending. - Send payouts
It can send money from your Stripe balance to your bank account or debit card, and cancel payouts that are still pending. - Send money to connected accounts
If your business uses Stripe Connect, it can send money from your Stripe account to your connected accounts, and cancel or reverse those transfers. - Start, change, and cancel subscriptions
It can start, change, pause, and cancel your customers' subscriptions. Subscriptions charge customers on a repeating schedule. - Create and void invoices
It can create, finalize, and void invoices. It can also read them. - Respond to or close disputes
It can respond to payment disputes and submit evidence. It can also close a dispute, which accepts it as lost. - Create and change payment links
It can create and change payment links. A payment link is a web link that takes a customer to a page where they pay you. - Create and change coupons
It can create, rename, and delete coupons. Coupons give discounts on subscriptions and invoices. A coupon's discount amount cannot be edited after it is created.
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This page explains what a permission allows. It does not describe, test or rate any product. Permission details are summarized in our own words from the provider's documentation, linked on the page; providers change their documentation, so check the source before you rely on a detail.