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Re:Stripe refunds: fees from the original charge are not ret... by polemic on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:19PM (#22372421)
I don't quite understand this comment. In my experience, payment processors (and related services) are somewhat unique in providing test gateways & APIs. Unlike other API services you can write integration tests against their test gateways. What are part of our industries is that normal? Most API-first services don't provide test endpoints at all.
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Re:Stripe refunds: fees from the original charge are not ret... by Silhouette on Thursday February 20, 2020 @01:57PM (#22377573)
In my experience, payment processors (and related services) are somewhat unique in providing test gateways & APIs.

They are also somewhat unique in that they handle real money. You don't need a simulated API if you're sending an email or SMS message to a designated recipient or downloading the local weather forecast or traffic news, because there are no significant and irreversible consequences to these actions anyway.

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