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Finance & paymentsConnector
Stripe integration
for city online payments
Stripe is an online payment processor some cities, districts and departments use for fees, rentals, program registrations and donations, often through a website or a vendor app built on it.
Pre-built connector
Stripe
- Tier
- Pre-built connector
- Category
- Finance & payments
- Sign-in
- API token (Bearer)
- Paging
- last ID
§ Overview
What connecting Stripe does.
SentraBridge reads payments and customers from Stripe and creates or updates customers. Flows can carry each payment into the ledger, billing system or a reconciliation table. Payment data moves in memory and SentraBridge keeps only counts and IDs.
- Payments: Read amount in cents, currency, status, description, customer, created time and metadata.
- Customers: Read customers with email, name, phone and metadata.
- Customer updates: Create and update customers.
What SentraBridge can do with Stripe
| resource | read | write | changes only | fields |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payments | list, read one | — | — | ID, Amount (cents), Currency, Status, Description, Customer… |
| Customers | list, read one | create, update | — | ID, Email, Name, Phone, Metadata |
§ Use cases
What cities connect Stripe for.
Match payments to invoices
Stripe payments are matched to open QuickBooks invoices by customer for the clerk to confirm.
Payments to a reconciliation table
All payments with their metadata are loaded into SQL Server for finance to reconcile against bank deposits.
Failed payments follow-up
Payments with a failed status are listed and emailed to the department.
§ How it works
How to connect Stripe
- 01Get accessCreate a restricted Stripe key (rk_live_...) in the Stripe dashboard.
- 02Add the connectionGive it read access to payments and customers; write only if needed.
- 03Preview real recordsAdd it as a Bearer token in the connection.
- 04Turn it onPreview recent payments; amounts are in cents.
§ Often connected with
Stripe and the rest of city hall.
Systems cities commonly connect with Stripe, each with its own connector page.
§ FAQ
Stripe integration questions
Does Stripe have an API?
Yes. Stripe's REST API covers payments, customers and invoices. SentraBridge signs in with a restricted key.
Can Stripe payments post to our general ledger?
Yes. A flow reads payments, summarizes them by account and writes a journal entry to the ERP, or a file for import.
Does SentraBridge see card numbers?
No. Stripe's API doesn't return full card numbers, and SentraBridge stores no payment data.
Connect Stripe to the rest.
We'll set up a workspace with your systems in a sandbox and build your first flow with you.