How to Install `stripe` in Python

v15.0.1 General Purpose Python >=3.9

Python bindings for the Stripe API

Install pip install stripe

What is stripe?

Python bindings for the Stripe API

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The Stripe Python library provides convenient access to the Stripe API from applications written in the Python language. It includes a pre-defined set of classes for API resources that initialize themselves dynamically from API responses which makes it compatible with a wide range of versions of the Stripe API.

Alternatively, install from source with:

PyPI page → Author: Stripe <[email protected]>

Quick Start

Minimal example to get started with stripe:

import stripe

print(stripe.__version__)

Installation

pip (standard)

pip install stripe

Virtual environment (recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install stripe

pip3

pip3 install stripe

conda

conda install -c conda-forge stripe

Poetry

poetry add stripe

Dependencies

Installing stripe will also install these packages:

typing_extensions requests

Verify the Installation

After installing, confirm the package is available:

python -c "import stripe; print(stripe.__version__)"

If this prints a version number, installation succeeded. If you see a ModuleNotFoundError, see the errors section below.

Installation Errors

Common errors when installing stripe with pip.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'stripe'

Cause: The package is not installed in the current Python environment.

Fix: Run pip install stripe. If using a virtual environment, ensure it is activated first.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'stripe' (installed but still failing)

Cause: pip installed the package into a different Python than the one running your script.

Fix: Use python -m pip install stripe to install into the interpreter you are running.

ImportError: cannot import name 'X' from 'stripe'

Cause: The function or class does not exist in the installed version.

Fix: Check the version with pip show stripe and upgrade with pip install --upgrade stripe.

pip: command not found

Cause: pip is not in PATH or Python was not added to PATH during installation.

Fix: Try python -m pip install stripe. On macOS/Linux try pip3.

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Cause: No write access to the system Python package directory.

Fix: Use a virtual environment, or add --user: pip install --user stripe

SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

Cause: pip cannot verify PyPI's SSL certificate — common behind corporate proxies.

Fix: Try: pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org stripe

Recent Releases

Version	Released
`15.1.0a3`	2026-04-08
`15.0.1` latest	2026-04-01
`15.1.0a2`	2026-04-01
`15.1.0b2`	2026-04-01
`15.0.0`	2026-03-26

Full release history on PyPI →

Manage stripe

Upgrade to latest version

pip install --upgrade stripe

Install a specific version

pip install stripe==15.0.1

Uninstall

pip uninstall stripe

Check what is installed

pip show stripe

Last updated: 2026-04-11 • Data from PyPI

How to Install stripe in Python