Import Stripe Data to Google Sheets

In this guide, we’ll walk through how to pull transactions from the Stripe API directly into Google Sheets, using the API Connector add-on for Google Sheets. Stripe is of course a popular payment processor known for its fantastic APIs.

There are 2 ways to connect to the Stripe API:

• Preset “Connect” button (OAuth) premium
• Personal API key. Please check the appendix for detailed instructions to retrieve your key.

Contents

• Before You Begin
• Part 1: Connect to the Stripe API
• Part 2: Create your API Request URL
• Part 3: Pull Stripe API Data into Sheets
• Part 4: Get More Data
• Part 5: Handle Pagination
• Appendix: Connect with a Stripe API Key

Before You Begin

Click here to install the API Connector add-on from the Google Marketplace.

Part 1: Connect to the Stripe API

If you haven’t connected API Connector to Stripe before, you’ll first need to initiate the connection as follows:

1. Open up Google Sheets and click Add-ons > API Connector > Manage Connections.
2. In the list of available connections, find Stripe and click Connect.
   
3. You’ll be asked to authorize the connection. Click Connect.
   
4. Once you connect the account, you’ll be returned to your Google Sheet and can verify that the connection is active on the Connections screen.

Part 2: Create Your Stripe API Request URL

We’ll first follow the Stripe API documentation to request a list of transactions.

• Base URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1
• Endpoint: /charges
• Parameters: ?limit=#_OF_RECORDS

The ‘limit’ parameter is optional but we’ll include it to show how parameters work. Putting it all together, we get the full API Request URL:

https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges?limit=100

Part 3: Pull Stripe API Data into Sheets

Now let’s grab that Stripe data!

1. Open up Google Sheets and click Add-ons > API Connector > Open.
2. In the Create screen, enter the Request URL we just created
   
3. Under OAuth, choose Stripe
   
4. We don’t need any headers so just leave that section blank.
5. Create a new tab and click ‘Set current’ to use that tab as your data destination.
6. Name your request and click Run. A moment later you’ll see your charges data populate your Google Sheet:
   

Part 4: More Example API URLs

You can check the documentation for the full list of available API requests, but if you just want to jump in, you can play around with the URLs you enter in the API URL path field. Try the following (one at a time):

https://api.stripe.com/v1/products
https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers
https://api.stripe.com/v1/balance
https://api.stripe.com/v1/payouts
https://api.stripe.com/v1/refunds

Part 5: Handle Pagination

1. By default, Stripe will only return 10 records at a time. To retrieve more, use the ‘limit’ and ‘starting_after’ parameters as described in the documentation, like this:
   page 1:

   https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges?limit=100

   page 2:

   https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges?limit=100&starting_after=ch_1F2EjwIdg4lVxlj2DhB3fQ4S

   The ‘limit’ value can be between 1 and 100, while the ‘starting_after’ parameter should take the name of an object ID value in your report.
   
   
2. You can run these request URLs manually, or loop through them automatically using pagination handling (paid feature), like this:
   • API URL: enter your request URL as usual, making sure to include limit=100
   • Pagination type: cursor
   • Next token parameter: starting_after
   • Next token field: data.id
   • Number of pages: enter the number of pages you’d like to fetch

Appendix: Connect with a Stripe API Key

1. As an alternative to connecting via OAuth, you can connect with your own API key. Log in to Stripe and click Developers > API keys from the left-hand menu
   
2. On this page, you’ll see that API keys have already been automatically created for you. You can choose between test data and real data; they work exactly the same way. (If you want to use live data, simply toggle the ‘Viewing Test Data’ option). Click to reveal the secret token:
   
3. Once you have your key, use it by entering a key-value pair in the Headers section, where Key = Authorization, Value = Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN. Leave OAuth set to None.