Create a card token

Creates a single-use token that represents a credit card’s details. You can use this token in place of a credit card dictionary with any v1 API method. You can only use these tokens once by creating a new Charge object or by attaching them to a Customer object.

To use this functionality, you need to enable access to the raw card data APIs. In most cases, you can use our recommended payments integrations instead of using the API.

Returns

Returns the created card token if it’s successful. Otherwise, this call raises an error.

Parameters

• card (object | string, optional) The card this token will represent. If you also pass in a customer, the card must be the ID of a card belonging to the customer. Otherwise, if you do not pass in a customer, this is a dictionary containing a user’s credit card details, with the options described below.

  • card.exp_month (string, required) Two-digit number representing the card’s expiration month.

  • card.exp_year (string, required) Two- or four-digit number representing the card’s expiration year.

  • card.number (string, required) The card number, as a string without any separators.

  • card.address_city (string, optional) City / District / Suburb / Town / Village.

  • card.address_country (string, optional) Billing address country, if provided.

  • card.address_line1 (string, optional) Address line 1 (Street address / PO Box / Company name).

  • card.address_line2 (string, optional) Address line 2 (Apartment / Suite / Unit / Building).

  • card.address_state (string, optional) State / County / Province / Region.

  • card.address_zip (string, optional) ZIP or postal code.

  • card.currency (string, optional) Required in order to add the card to an account; in all other cases, this parameter is not used. When added to an account, the card (which must be a debit card) can be used as a transfer destination for funds in this currency.

  • card.cvc (string, Usually required) Card security code. Highly recommended to always include this value.

  • card.name (string, optional) Cardholder’s full name.

  • card.networks (object, optional) Contains information about card networks used to process the payment.

    • card.networks.preferred (enum, optional) The customer’s preferred card network for co-branded cards. Supports cartes_bancaires, mastercard, or visa. Selection of a network that does not apply to the card will be stored as invalid_preference on the card.

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/tokens \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -d "card[number]=4242424242424242" \
  -d "card[exp_month]=5" \
  -d "card[exp_year]=2026" \
  -d "card[cvc]=314"

Response

{
  "id": "tok_1N3T00LkdIwHu7ixt44h1F8k",
  "object": "token",
  "card": {
    "id": "card_1N3T00LkdIwHu7ixRdxpVI1Q",
    "object": "card",
    "address_city": null,
    "address_country": null,
    "address_line1": null,
    "address_line1_check": null,
    "address_line2": null,
    "address_state": null,
    "address_zip": null,
    "address_zip_check": null,
    "brand": "Visa",
    "country": "US",
    "cvc_check": "unchecked",
    "dynamic_last4": null,
    "exp_month": 5,
    "exp_year": 2026,
    "fingerprint": "mToisGZ01V71BCos",
    "funding": "credit",
    "last4": "4242",
    "metadata": {},
    "name": null,
    "tokenization_method": null,
    "wallet": null
  },
  "client_ip": "52.35.78.6",
  "created": 1683071568,
  "livemode": false,
  "type": "card",
  "used": false
}