Stripe's API was down

Re:Stripe's API was down by LocalPCGuy on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:39PM (#20404330)

> if Stripe is dead, return fake success

Just a thought, might want to make sure that cannot be exploited by blocking the Stripe API when someone logs into your app?

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Re:Stripe's API was down by shkkmo on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:47PM (#20404414)

I would assume that the check is

1) made server side, so can't be blocked by the client

2) only made to prompt people to update their payment info if needed

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Re:Stripe's API was down by jonstaab on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:59PM (#20404565)

Correct, the check is server-side. Nothing the client can do about it.

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Re:Stripe's API was down by cruano on Thursday July 11, 2019 @11:17AM (#20412177)

Except for DOS attacks to Stripe /s

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Re:Stripe's API was down by XMPPwocky on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:49PM (#20404431)

That'd only work if the client/web page is doing the API calls, not if the backend was doing them, right?

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