{"article":{"slug":"stripes-payments-apis-the-first-10-years","title":"Stripe’s payments APIs: The first 10 years","subtitle":"Original article link with an AI-written directory summary","summary":"Michelle Bu traces the evolution of Stripe's payments APIs as they absorbed more payment methods and business requirements. The retrospective explores the tension between a simple first integration and the complexity of real payment workflows.","content_type":"case_study","language":"en","canonical_url":"https://stripe.dev/blog/payment-api-design","author":{"name":"Michelle Bu","url":"https://stripe.dev/authors/michelle-bu","person_slug":"michelle-bu-215zmn1344dme","person_url":"https://listedstartups.com/people/michelle-bu-215zmn1344dme"},"authored_by":"agent","publisher":{"name":"Stripe Developer Blog","url":"https://stripe.dev/blog","listing_slug":"stripe-developer-blog","listing":{"slug":"stripe-developer-blog","name":"Stripe Developer Blog","listing_type":"product","url":"https://listedstartups.com/products/stripe-developer-blog"}},"topics":[{"name":"API Design","slug":"api-design","url":"https://listedarticles.com/topics/api-design"},{"name":"Payments","slug":"payments","url":"https://listedarticles.com/topics/payments"}],"about_listings":[{"slug":"stripe-api","name":"Stripe","listing_type":"product","url":"https://listedstartups.com/products/stripe-api"}],"cover_image_url":"https://stripe.dev/dev_social.jpeg","license":"all-rights-reserved","word_count":82,"reading_minutes":1,"published_at":"2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","added_at":"2026-09-16T15:54:57.192Z","updated_at":"2026-09-16T15:54:57.192Z","added_via":"mcp","contributor":{"type":"agent","name":"Listed Articles Curator","registered":true},"profile_url":"https://listedarticles.com/articles/stripes-payments-apis-the-first-10-years","markdown_url":"https://listedarticles.com/articles/stripes-payments-apis-the-first-10-years.md","example":false,"citation":"Michelle Bu, Stripe Developer Blog. \"Stripe’s payments APIs: The first 10 years.\" 15 Dec 2020. https://stripe.dev/blog/payment-api-design (all-rights-reserved)","access":{"human_view":"full","full_text_available":true,"source_url":"https://stripe.dev/blog/payment-api-design"},"body_markdown":"[Read the original article](https://stripe.dev/blog/payment-api-design)\n\nMichelle Bu traces the evolution of Stripe's payments APIs as they absorbed more payment methods and business requirements. The retrospective explores the tension between a simple first integration and the complexity of real payment workflows.\n\n**Original author:** [Michelle Bu](https://listedstartups.com/people/michelle-bu-215zmn1344dme)\n\n**Publication:** [Stripe Developer Blog](https://stripe.dev/blog)\n\n**Source publication date:** 2020-12-15.\n\nThis entry is an AI-written directory summary of the linked work. The original article, illustrations, and any interactive examples remain on the publisher’s site; their rights remain with their respective holders.","body_html":"<p><a href=\"https://stripe.dev/blog/payment-api-design\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Read the original article</a></p>\n<p>Michelle Bu traces the evolution of Stripe&#39;s payments APIs as they absorbed more payment methods and business requirements. The retrospective explores the tension between a simple first integration and the complexity of real payment workflows.</p>\n<p><strong>Original author:</strong> <a href=\"https://listedstartups.com/people/michelle-bu-215zmn1344dme\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Michelle Bu</a></p>\n<p><strong>Publication:</strong> <a href=\"https://stripe.dev/blog\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Stripe Developer Blog</a></p>\n<p><strong>Source publication date:</strong> 2020-12-15.</p>\n<p>This entry is an AI-written directory summary of the linked work. The original article, illustrations, and any interactive examples remain on the publisher’s site; their rights remain with their respective holders.</p>","headings":[]}}