Rails 5.0 example application demonstrates how to sell a product using Stripe Checkout. Use this example application as a starter app for your own web applications.
See the tutorial for a complete explanation of the code:
The application uses:
- Stripe for credit card payment processing
- Devise for user management and authentication
- Role-Based Authorization for administrator access
- Bootstrap front-end framework
Other tutorials may be helpful:
You can build this application in only a few minutes using the Rails Composer tool.
From the RailsApps Project
The RailsApps open source project offers starter applications and tutorials for Rails developers. Generate the applications with the Rails Composer tool.
All the code is explained in the Capstone Rails Tutorials. You can purchase the Capstone Rails Tutorials to support the project.
If You Are New to Rails
If you’re new to Rails, see What is Ruby on Rails?, the book Learn Ruby on Rails, and recommendations for a Rails tutorial.
What Is Implemented — and What Is Not
This application is based on the rails-devise-roles and rails-signup-download example applications. The rails-devise-roles application shows how to implement “sign up” and “sign in” features (authentication) combined with authorization for roles such as an administrator. The rails-signup-download example application shows how a visitor can download a PDF file after registering for an account.
The rails-stripe-checkout application implements a payment feature using Stripe Checkout so a visitor makes a payment to obtain an example PDF file. Devise provides account registration, so that a visitor creates an account when he or she makes a purchase. This means the visitor can return to the site, and after signing in with an email address and password, can download the PDF file again to get an update or replace a deleted file. This functionality is similar to sites such as Gumroad or Leanpub where authors sell digital books.
Stripe Checkout provides compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS). Stripe Checkout is a JavaScript script that generates a “Pay with Card” button and form. The script submits the visitor’s credit card data to Stripe and obtains an authorization token. Your application uses the authorization token to initiate a payment so the visitor’s credit card data is never stored or exposed by your application.
Most examples of Stripe Checkout show how to make one-time purchases with no account registration feature. In contrast, the rails-stripe-checkout application shows how to integrate Stripe Checkout with Devise for account registration. The application provides a two-step “sign up and purchase” process that initiates a payment and creates a user account.
For a one-step process, you can use the Stripe.js script instead of Stripe Checkout, creating a custom form. Stripe Checkout is simpler. Stripe.js provides more flexibility. This application does not show how to use Stripe.js.
The rails-stripe-checkout example application does not show how to offer multiple products for sale (though you can customize the application if you wish). It also does not support subscription sales or recurring billing (again, you can customize the application if you wish).
The rails-stripe-checkout application has all the functionality of the rails-signup-download example application, including the ability to subscribe a user to a MailChimp mailing list at the time an account is created. The mailing list subscription feature runs as a background process using Active Job. You can learn more about the subscription feature by reading the Mailing List with Active Job tutorial.