How can I create a card using Stripe and Node,js

Question

I'm using Stripe as a payment method in my project using Node.js. I'm following the docs to archive this.

What I need is to create a card with the following information: credit card number, person's name, expiration date and security code.

This is my code:

const createCard = (customer, cardInfo) => {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    stripe.customers.createSource(
      customer,
      {
        source: {
          object: 'card',
          ...cardInfo
        }
      },
      (err, card) => {
        if (err) {
          debug('There was an error while creating a new card')
          reject(err)
        }
        debug(card)
        resolve(card)
      }
    )
  })
}

The cardInfo object looks like this:

{
  "number": "4242424242424242",
  "exp_month": "11",
  "exp_year": "2021",
  "cvc": "123",
  "name": "My name"
}

This is what I get in the callback answer:

Sending credit card numbers directly to the Stripe API is generally unsafe. We suggest you use test tokens that map to the test card you are using, see https://stripe.com/docs/testing."

I'm using my develpment api key.

Answer 1

You should be using Stripe.js and Elements (a client-side Javascript library) to tokenize cards on your webpage, and then using the tokens Stripe gives you, on your server-side Node.js code (to either charge them or save for future use).

https://stripe.com/docs/payments/accept-a-payment#web-collect-card-details

Passing card details directly to your server is highly not recommended as it has much higher PCI compliance burden on your integration.