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: Fetch Data from Stripe
• Part 3: Create a Custom API Request
• Part 4: Fetch and Append New Data
• Part 5: Handle Pagination
• Part 6: API Documentation
• 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

The easiest way to get started with the Stripe API is through API Connector’s built-in integration. Please note: you must have the Administrator role in Stripe to access this connection. To see your account role, check your Profile page.

1. Select Stripe from the drop-down list of applications
   
2. Under Authorization, click Connect to Stripe
   
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.

Part 2: Fetch Data from Stripe

Now that we’re connected, let’s pull some data into Sheets.

1. Under Endpoint, choose /charges to get a list of charges for your account.
   
2. Optionally set the created or other parameters to filter by date or other measures.
3. Select a destination sheet, name your request, and click Run.
   

Part 3: Create a Custom Request

Alternatively, you can create a custom request instead of using API Connector’s built-in integration. When you create a custom request, you add your complete URL into the request URL field, and choose Stripe from the OAuth menu.

To easily convert your preset request to a custom request, click Output Options > More Options > Add Request URL. This will print your URL into your sheet where you can copy and paste it into a custom request.

Part 4: Fetch and Append New Data

Rather than retrieving the entire data set each time you run your request, you can set your request to fetch new data only. There are a few approaches you could take; here’s one:

1. Run an initial (custom) request like https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges?limit=100
2. Use the field editor to select just the fields you want and assign them to specific columns in your report.
3. Create a new sheet called Inputs that contains this function:  =max(Charges!F:F). That will grab the most recent date from the API response (change F:F to whichever column holds your create date)
4. Switch your request to Append mode and use that maximum date in your request URL like this:  https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges?limit=100&created[gt]=+++Inputs!B2+++.
5. created[gt] means ‘created greater than’, so this will ensure that each request only retrieves new data, and append mode will add that new data to the end of your existing dataset.
6. Set your request to run on a schedule. You won’t need to update your request again.

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 their documentation.
   
2. You can run these request URLs manually, or loop through them automatically using pagination handling (paid feature), like this:
   • Pagination type: cursor
   • Next token parameter: starting_after
   • Next token path: data.id
   • Run until: choose when to stop fetching data
     

Part 6: API Documentation

Official API documentation: https://stripe.com/docs/api

Appendix: Connect with a Stripe API Key

1. As a free 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. Click Reveal live key to see your key. That’s it, you have your key.
   
3. To use your key, add it to the Headers section, where Key = Authorization, Value = Bearer your_key
   
4. Since you’re connecting with an API key, leave OAuth set to None.