Connect Stripe to MySQL: 2 Easy Methods

Do you want to transfer your customer & payment data from Stripe to MySQL? Are you finding it challenging to integrate your MySQL database with Stripe? If yes, then you’ve landed at the right place! This article will answer all your queries & relieve you of the stress of finding a truly efficient solution.

Follow our easy step-by-step guide to help you master the skill of efficiently transferring your data to MySQL from Stripe using Stripe APIs.

It will help you take charge in a hassle-free way without compromising efficiency. This article aims at making the data export process as smooth as possible.

Upon a complete walkthrough of the content, you will be able to successfully set up a connection between Stripe & MySQL to seamlessly transfer your Stripe data for a fruitful analysis in real-time.

It will further help you build a customized ETL pipeline for your organization. Through this article, you will get a deep understanding of the tools & techniques, and thus, it will help you hone your skills further.

Introduction to Stripe

Stripe is one of the most secure and robust payment processing platforms that allow a business to set up an account in a matter of minutes and accept payments from clients/customers through a debit/credit card transaction.

Stripe operates in over 34 countries and supports a large variety of universal payment types across all markets, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa Checkout, Mastercard Masterpass, and a lot more, and further accepts payment in 135 currencies.

Stripe has a strong focus on keeping transactions safe and hence is PCI Service Provider Level 1 complaint.

It uses SSL & HTTPS for all its websites and encrypts all customer-related card & payment information.

Stripe also houses a versatile developer tool support and allows developers to access and play with its APIs using languages such as Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, .NET, etc., to help them access data and integrate Stripe payments.

For further information on Stripe, you can check the official website here.

Introduction to MySQL

MySQL is an open-source database management system that is distributed, supported, and developed by Oracle Incorporation (INC). MySQL is a relational database that stores data in the form of tables and views.

It supports various database objects such as tables, stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, indexes, and even cursors.

MySQL database server runs exceptionally well on any laptop or desktop even with various web applications or servers installed on the system. MySQL database server supports large databases that may contain data from many organizations and further houses a wide range of functions and multiple web APIs.

It performs exceptionally well & securely accesses various databases on the internet & ensures connectivity with servers and devices at all times.

For further information on MySQL, you can check the official website here.

Prerequisites

• Working knowledge of Stripe.
• Working knowledge of MySQL.
• A general idea about APIs.
• A general idea about CSV Files.
• MySQL Workbench installed at the host workstation.

Methods to Integrate Stripe to MySQL

There are multiple ways in which you can transfer data from Stripe to MySQL:

• Method 1: Using Stripe APIs & PowerShell to Load Data from Stripe to MySQL
• Method 2: Using Hevo Data, a No-code Data Pipeline

Method 1: Using Stripe APIs & PowerShell to Load Data from Stripe to MySQL

Stripe allows its users to make use of its RESTful APIs and endpoints to fetch customer and payment data from their accounts and further provides support for many programming languages such as Python, Node.js, Perl, .NET, etc. to access its APIs.

Using Windows Powershell and its CMDlets, you make web-based API requests and fetch your data in the JSON format and then transform it into CSV to load it into your MySQL database.

This method can be implemented using the following steps:

• Step 1: Retrieve your API keys from Stripe
• Step 2: Retrieve Stripe Records using the Stripe API 
• Step 3: Transform JSON Responses to a Flat Structure for CSV Files
• Step 4: Export Data from Stripe as CSV
• Step 5: Ingest CSV-Based Data from Stripe to MySQL

Step 1: Retrieve your API keys from Stripe

To load data using Stripe APIs, you will first need to obtain your API keys, from the Stripe dashboard. To do this, go to the official website of Stripe and log in using your credentials such as username and password.

Once you’ve logged in, your Stripe dashboard will now open up on your screen. Click on the developer’s option, found in the panel on the left, and select the API keys option. 

You now need to ensure that you’re using an account that has developer or administrator access, only then you will be able to see your API keys.

You further need to ensure that you’re not viewing the test data, in case you are, you can toggle off the test mode and go to live data mode.

You will now be able to see the publishable and secret keys option on your screen. You need to click on both of these options to access the full API key values. The “Publishable” and “Secret” APIs keys use the following syntax respectively:

• Publishable Key: pk_live_somelongrandomvaluelike0Rx3jvetc
• Secret Key: sk_live_somelongrandomvaluelike0Rx3jvetc

Copy the “Publishable” and “Secret” API keys and keep them safe as you’ll not be able to see the “Secret” key again.   

This is how you can retrieve your Stripe API Keys to start fetching data from Stripe using its REST APIs.

Step 2: Retrieve Stripe Records using the Stripe API 

Once you’ve retrieved your Stripe API key, you can now use Windows Powershell and make a web request using the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet, available as a part of Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility module.

In case you don’t have PowerShell on your system, you can click here and download it for your local workstation.

With Windows PowerShell now up and running on your system, you can use the following lines of code to fetch your customer data from Stripe with ease, by providing the correct URI for your account along with your Stripe private API key:

$uri = 'https://api.stripe.com/' #Base URI
$key = '<stripe API private key>'
$authVal = 'Basic ' + `
[System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($key))
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Headers @{'AUTHORIZATION'=$authVal}

Stripe API will now start sending you JSON-based responses containing the customer data. To check the data, you can use the following line of code and print out the JSON response:

echo $response.Content

You can also make use of .NET objects such as System.NET.WebRequest to make an API-based web request to pull your data as follows:

$webRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($uri)
$webRequest.ContentType = 'application/json'
$webRequest.Headers.Add('AUTHORIZATION', $authVal)
$webRequest.Method = 'GET'
$responseStream = ($webRequest.GetResponse()).GetResponseStream()
$streamReader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader -ArgumentList $responseStream

This is how you can start pulling data from Stripe using its REST APIs.

Step 3: Transform JSON Responses to a Flat Structure for CSV Files

With the Stripe API now fetching data from your Stripe account as JSON documents, you will have to transform your hierarchical JSON data into the format of a flat file, to export the data as a CSV file successfully.

To do this, you will have to create a function that will accept your Stripe APIs JSON object as a parameter and map it into a flat data structure and then return a collection of data objects in the correct format.

You can code your transformation function as follows:

function flattenObject ($jsonCustomers) {
	$customers = @()
	foreach($jsonCustomer in $jsonCustomers) {
$customerProperties = @{}
$customerProperties.id = $jsonCustomer.id
$customerProperties.Description = $jsonCustomer.description
$customerProperties.Email = $jsonCustomer.email
$customerProperties.Created = $jsonCustomer.created
$customerProperties.Delinquent = $jsonCustomer.delinquent
$customerProperties["Account Balance"] = $jsonCustomer.account_balance
		
         foreach($paymentSource in $jsonCustomer.sources.data) {
			if ($jsonCustomer.default_source -eq $paymentSource.id) {	
$customerProperties['Card ID'] = $paymentSource.id
$customerProperties['Card Last4'] = $paymentSource.last4
$customerProperties['Card Brand'] = $paymentSource.brand
$customerProperties['Card Funding'] = $paymentSource.funding
$customerProperties['Card Exp Month'] = $paymentSource.exp_month
$customerProperties['Card Exp Year'] = $paymentSource.exp_year
$customerProperties['Card Name'] = $paymentSource.name
$customerProperties['Card Name'] = $paymentSource.name
$customerProperties['Card Address Line1'] = $paymentSource.address_line1
$customerProperties['Card Address Line2'] = $paymentSource.address_line2
$customerProperties['Card Address City'] = `$paymentSource.address_city
$customerProperties['Card Address Country'] = $paymentSource.address_country
$customerProperties['Card Address State'] = `$paymentSource.address_state
$customerProperties['Card Address Zip'] = $paymentSource.address_zip
$customerProperties['Card Issue Country'] = $paymentSource.country
$customerProperties['Card Fingerprint'] = $paymentSource.fingerprint
$customerProperties['Card CVC Status'] = $paymentSource.cvc_check }
		}

	foreach($subscription in $jsonCustomer.subscriptions.data) {
			if ($subscription.plan.id -eq 1) {
$customerProperties.Plan = $subscription.plan.id
$customerProperties.Status = $subscription.status
$customerProperties['Cancel At Period End'] = $subscription.cancel_at_period_end}		}
$customers += New-Object PSObject -Prop $customerProperties
	}
	return $customers
}

Ensure that you use the correct column names while creating your function that will help you map your JSON objects into the flat file structure.

Similarly, every time your code generates a new customer object, ensure you are adding it to the customer properties list, that your function will return.

This is how you can transform your Stripe APIs JSON responses to a flat-file structure. 

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Step 4: Export Data from Stripe as CSV

With your transformation function now ready, you can start exporting your data from Stripe to MySQL as CSV files. To export your Stripe data as CSV files on your local system, you can make use of PowerShell’s Export-CSV cmdlet that will take an object as the input parameter and map the properties into a CSV file and store it in the file location of your choice on your system.

You can use the following lines of code, that will fetch data from your Stripe APIs using the “System.NET.WebRequest” .NET-based object and export the retrieved data as a CSV file by specifying a file path of your choice with the “Export-CSV” parameter:

$baseUri = 'https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers?limit=100'
$uri = $baseUri
$key = '<stripe API private key>'
$authVal = 'Basic ' + `
    [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($key))
do {
	$webRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($uri)
	$webRequest.ContentType = 'application/json'
	$webRequest.Headers.Add('AUTHORIZATION', $authVal)
	$webRequest.Method = 'GET'
	$responseStream = ($webRequest.GetResponse()).GetResponseStream()
	$streamReader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader -ArgumentList $responseStream
	
	$jsonCustomers = $streamReader.ReadToEnd() | ConvertFrom-Json
	$customersObject += flattenObject($jsonCustomers.data)
	$lastId = $jsonCustomers.data[-1].id
	$uri = $baseUri + '&starting_after=' + $lastId
} while ($jsonCustomers.has_more)

$customersObject | Export-Csv -Path 'C:TestStripe-Customers.csv' -NoTypeinformation
rv customersObject

Here the has_more parameter helps to check whether any more customer records are there in Stripe. Since Stripe APIs allow pulling up to 100 records at max, you can use the limit parameter in your base URI, to specify the number of customer records you want to pull.

Similarly, the -NoTypeInformation parameter helps ensure that your CSV exports don’t have the object type information in the first record/row.

You can now combine your code snippets from all the steps above together as follows and use the combined script together:

function flattenObject ($jsonCustomers) {
	$customers = @()
	foreach($jsonCustomer in $jsonCustomers) {
		$customerProperties = @{}
		$customerProperties.id = $jsonCustomer.id
		$customerProperties.Description = $jsonCustomer.description
		$customerProperties.Email = $jsonCustomer.email
		$customerProperties.Created = $jsonCustomer.created
		$customerProperties.Delinquent = $jsonCustomer.delinquent
		$customerProperties["Account Balance"] = $jsonCustomer.account_balance
		foreach($paymentSource in $jsonCustomer.sources.data) {
			if ($jsonCustomer.default_source -eq $paymentSource.id) {
	$customerProperties['Card ID'] = $paymentSource.id
	$customerProperties['Card Last4'] = $paymentSource.last4
	$customerProperties['Card Brand'] = $paymentSource.brand
	$customerProperties['Card Funding'] = $paymentSource.funding
	$customerProperties['Card Exp Month'] = $paymentSource.exp_month
	$customerProperties['Card Exp Year'] = $paymentSource.exp_year
	$customerProperties['Card Name'] = $paymentSource.name
	$customerProperties['Card Name'] = $paymentSource.name
	$customerProperties['Card Address Line1'] = `
                    $paymentSource.address_line1
	$customerProperties['Card Address Line2'] = `
                    $paymentSource.address_line2
	$customerProperties['Card Address City'] = `
                    $paymentSource.address_city
	$customerProperties['Card Address Country'] = `
                    $paymentSource.address_country
	$customerProperties['Card Address State'] = `
                    $paymentSource.address_state
	$customerProperties['Card Address Zip'] = $paymentSource.address_zip
	$customerProperties['Card Issue Country'] = $paymentSource.country
	$customerProperties['Card Fingerprint'] = $paymentSource.fingerprint
	$customerProperties['Card CVC Status'] = $paymentSource.cvc_check}		}
		foreach($subscription in $jsonCustomer.subscriptions.data) {
			if ($subscription.plan.id -eq 1) {
	$customerProperties.Plan = $subscription.plan.id
	$customerProperties.Status = $subscription.status
	$customerProperties['Cancel At Period End'] = `
                    $subscription.cancel_at_period_end}	}
		$customers += New-Object PSObject -Prop $customerProperties} return $customers }

$baseUri = 'https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers?limit=100'
$uri = $baseUri
$key = '<stripe API private key>'
$authVal = 'Basic ' + ` [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($key))
do {
	$webRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($uri)
	$webRequest.ContentType = 'application/json'
	$webRequest.Headers.Add('AUTHORIZATION', $authVal)
	$webRequest.Method = 'GET'
	$responseStream = ($webRequest.GetResponse()).GetResponseStream()
	$streamReader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader -ArgumentList $responseStream
	$jsonCustomers = $streamReader.ReadToEnd() | ConvertFrom-Json
	$customersObject += flattenObject($jsonCustomers.data)
	$lastId = $jsonCustomers.data[-1].id
	$uri = $baseUri + '&starting_after=' + $lastId
} while ($jsonCustomers.has_more)
$customersObject | Export-Csv -Path 'C:TestStripeCustomers.csv' -NoTypeinformation
rv customersObject

This is how you can export data from Stripe as CSV using Stripe APIs.

Step 5: Ingest CSV-Based Data from Stripe to MySQL

With your Stripe data now available in the CSV format on your system, you can use the MySQL Workbench to import data to a MySQL database of your choice using the table import/export wizard.

In case you don’t have the MySQL Workbench installed on your system, you can click here and download it from the official MySQL website.

To start the data import process, launch MySQL Workbench on your system and log in with your credentials such as username and password. Once you’ve logged in, the MySQL Workbench dashboard will now open up on your screen as follows:

Now, from the navigator panel on the left, select the table in your database in which you want to import your Stripe data, right-click on it and select the “Table Data Import Wizard”. 

The data import window will now open up on your screen, where you will need to choose the CSV file from your system. To do this, click on the folder option and select the file path.

You can now either choose to import the data to an existing table or create a new one for the import process. Click on the Create a New Table option and provide a new name for your table.

Configure your CSV import by selecting the encoding as per your CSV file, here you can choose UTF-8, along with the column names and their data types.

You will be able to see a preview as well for your table in the wizard. Click on next to start the import process.

MySQL Workbench’s import wizard will now start importing your data into your MySQL database. You can also monitor the import process from the logs on the import wizard.

This is how you can transfer your data from Stripe to MySQL as a CSV file using the Stripe API and MySQL Workbench.

Limitations of using Powershell & Stripe APIs to transfer records from Stripe to MySQL

• This method requires you to write multiple custom codes to work with Stripe APIs, and hence you must have a strong technical knowledge of APIs, which can be challenging, especially for beginners. 
• The Stripe API has an upper limit of retrieving up to 100 records.

Method 2: Using Hevo Data, a No-code Data Pipeline

Hevo Data, a No-code Data Pipeline, helps you transfer data from Stripe (among 100+ sources) to MySQL & lets you visualize it in a BI tool. Hevo is fully managed and completely automates the process of not only loading data from your desired source but also enriching the data and transforming it into an analysis-ready form without having to write a single line of code.

Its fault-tolerant architecture ensures that the data is handled in a secure, consistent manner with zero data loss.

Now you can transfer data from Stripe to your target Destination for Free using Hevo!

It provides a consistent & reliable solution to manage data in real-time and always has analysis-ready data in your desired destination. It allows you to focus on key business needs and perform insightful analysis using various BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, etc. 

Steps to use Hevo Data:

Hevo Data focuses on two simple steps to get you started:

Configure Source: Connect Hevo Data with Stripe by providing the API key for your Stripe account along with a unique name for your pipeline.

Integrate Data: Load data from Stripe to MySQL by providing your MySQL database credentials such as your authorized username and password, along with information about your host IP and port number value. You will also need to provide a name for your database and a unique name for this destination.

Check out what makes Hevo amazing:

• Secure: Hevo has a fault-tolerant architecture that ensures that the data is handled in a secure, consistent manner with zero data loss.
• Schema Management: Hevo takes away the tedious task of schema management & automatically detects the schema of incoming data and maps it to the destination schema.
• Minimal Learning: Hevo, with its simple and interactive UI, is extremely simple for new customers to work on and perform operations.
• Hevo Is Built To Scale: As the number of sources and the volume of your data grows, Hevo scales horizontally, handling millions of records per minute with very little latency.
• Incremental Data Load: Hevo allows the transfer of data that has been modified in real-time. This ensures efficient utilization of bandwidth on both ends.
• Live Support: The Hevo team is available round the clock to extend exceptional customer support through chat, email, and support calls.
• Live Monitoring: Hevo allows you to monitor the data flow and check where your data is at a particular point in time.

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Conclusion

This article teaches you how to connect Stripe to MySQL with ease. It provides in-depth knowledge about the concepts behind every step to help you understand and implement them efficiently. These methods, however, can be challenging, especially for a beginner & this is where Hevo saves the day.

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