# Create a charge

This method is no longer recommended—use the [Payment Intents API](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api/payment_intents.md) to initiate a new payment instead. Confirmation of the PaymentIntent creates the `Charge` object used to request payment.

## Returns

Returns the charge object if the charge succeeded. This call raises [an error](https://docs.stripe.com/api/charges/create.md#errors) if something goes wrong. A common source of error is an invalid or expired card, or a valid card with insufficient available balance.

## Parameters

- `amount` (integer, required)
  Amount intended to be collected by this payment. A positive integer representing how much to charge in the [smallest currency unit](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/currencies.md#zero-decimal) (e.g., 100 cents to charge $1.00 or 100 to charge ¥100, a zero-decimal currency). The minimum amount is $0.50 US or [equivalent in charge currency](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/currencies.md#minimum-and-maximum-charge-amounts). The amount value supports up to eight digits (e.g., a value of 99999999 for a USD charge of $999,999.99).

- `currency` (enum, required)
  Three-letter [ISO currency code](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html), in lowercase. Must be a [supported currency](https://stripe.com/docs/currencies).

- `application_fee_amount` (integer, optional)
  A fee in the smallest currency unit that will be applied to the charge and transferred to the application owner’s Stripe account. The request must be made with an OAuth key or the `Stripe-Account` header in order to take an application fee. For more information, see the application fees [documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/connect/direct-charges.md#collect-fees).

- `capture` (boolean, optional)
  Whether to immediately capture the charge. Defaults to `true`. When `false`, the charge issues an authorization (or pre-authorization), and will need to be [captured](https://docs.stripe.com/api/charges/create.md#capture_charge) later. Uncaptured charges expire after a set number of days (7 by default). For more information, see the [authorizing charges and settling later](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/charges/placing-a-hold.md) documentation.

- `customer` (string, optional)
  The ID of an existing customer that will be charged in this request.

  The maximum length is 500 characters.

- `description` (string, optional)
  An arbitrary string which you can attach to a `Charge` object. It is displayed when in the web interface alongside the charge. Note that if you use Stripe to send automatic email receipts to your customers, your receipt emails will include the `description` of the charge(s) that they are describing.

- `metadata` (object, optional)
  Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api/metadata.md) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to `metadata`.

- `on_behalf_of` (string, optional)
  The Stripe account ID for which these funds are intended. You can specify the business of record as the connected account using the `on_behalf_of` attribute on the charge. For details, see [Creating Separate Charges and Transfers](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/connect/separate-charges-and-transfers.md#settlement-merchant).

- `radar_options` (object, optional)
  Options to configure Radar. See [Radar Session](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/radar/radar-session.md) for more information.

  - `radar_options.session` (string, optional)
    A [Radar Session](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/radar/radar-session.md) is a snapshot of the browser metadata and device details that help Radar make more accurate predictions on your payments.

- `receipt_email` (string, optional)
  The email address to which this charge’s [receipt](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/dashboard/receipts.md) will be sent. The receipt will not be sent until the charge is paid, and no receipts will be sent for test mode charges. If this charge is for a [Customer](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api/customers/object.md), the email address specified here will override the customer’s email address. If `receipt_email` is specified for a charge in live mode, a receipt will be sent regardless of your [email settings](https://dashboard.stripe.com/account/emails).

  The maximum length is 800 characters.

- `shipping` (object, optional)
  Shipping information for the charge. Helps prevent fraud on charges for physical goods.

  - `shipping.address` (object, required)
    Shipping address.

    - `shipping.address.city` (string, optional)
      City, district, suburb, town, or village.

    - `shipping.address.country` (string, required for calculating taxes)
      Two-letter country code ([ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2)).

    - `shipping.address.line1` (string, optional)
      Address line 1, such as the street, PO Box, or company name.

    - `shipping.address.line2` (string, optional)
      Address line 2, such as the apartment, suite, unit, or building.

    - `shipping.address.postal_code` (string, required for calculating taxes)
      ZIP or postal code.

    - `shipping.address.state` (string, optional)
      State, county, province, or region ([ISO 3166-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2)).

  - `shipping.name` (string, required)
    Recipient name.

  - `shipping.carrier` (string, optional)
    The delivery service that shipped a physical product, such as Fedex, UPS, USPS, etc.

  - `shipping.phone` (string, optional)
    Recipient phone (including extension).

  - `shipping.tracking_number` (string, optional)
    The tracking number for a physical product, obtained from the delivery service. If multiple tracking numbers were generated for this purchase, please separate them with commas.

- `source` (string, optional)
  A payment source to be charged. This can be the ID of a [card](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api.md#cards) (i.e., credit or debit card), a [bank account](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api.md#bank_accounts), a [source](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api.md#sources), a [token](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api.md#tokens), or a [connected account](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/connect/account-debits.md#charging-a-connected-account). For certain sources—namely, [cards](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api.md#cards), [bank accounts](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api.md#bank_accounts), and attached [sources](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/api.md#sources)—you must also pass the ID of the associated customer.

- `statement_descriptor` (string, optional)
  For a non-card charge, text that appears on the customer’s statement as the statement descriptor. This value overrides the account’s default statement descriptor. For information about requirements, including the 22-character limit, see [the Statement Descriptor docs](https://docs.stripe.com/get-started/account/statement-descriptors.md).

  For a card charge, this value is ignored unless you don’t specify a `statement_descriptor_suffix`, in which case this value is used as the suffix.

- `statement_descriptor_suffix` (string, optional)
  Provides information about a card charge. Concatenated to the account’s [statement descriptor prefix](https://docs.stripe.com/get-started/account/statement-descriptors.md#static) to form the complete statement descriptor that appears on the customer’s statement. If the account has no prefix value, the suffix is concatenated to the account’s statement descriptor.

- `transfer_data` (object, optional)
  An optional dictionary including the account to automatically transfer to as part of a destination charge. [See the Connect documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges.md) for details.

  - `transfer_data.destination` (string, required)
    ID of an existing, connected Stripe account.

  - `transfer_data.amount` (integer, optional)
    The amount transferred to the destination account, if specified. By default, the entire charge amount is transferred to the destination account.

- `transfer_group` (string, optional)
  A string that identifies this transaction as part of a group. For details, see [Grouping transactions](https://docs.stripe.com/docs/connect/separate-charges-and-transfers.md#transfer-options).

```curl
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -d amount=1099 \
  -d currency=usd \
  -d source=tok_visa
```

### Response

```json
{
  "id": "ch_3MmlLrLkdIwHu7ix0snN0B15",
  "object": "charge",
  "amount": 1099,
  "amount_captured": 1099,
  "amount_refunded": 0,
  "application": null,
  "application_fee": null,
  "application_fee_amount": null,
  "balance_transaction": "txn_3MmlLrLkdIwHu7ix0uke3Ezy",
  "billing_details": {
    "address": {
      "city": null,
      "country": null,
      "line1": null,
      "line2": null,
      "postal_code": null,
      "state": null
    },
    "email": null,
    "name": null,
    "phone": null
  },
  "calculated_statement_descriptor": "Stripe",
  "captured": true,
  "created": 1679090539,
  "currency": "usd",
  "customer": null,
  "description": null,
  "disputed": false,
  "failure_balance_transaction": null,
  "failure_code": null,
  "failure_message": null,
  "fraud_details": {},
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "on_behalf_of": null,
  "outcome": {
    "network_status": "approved_by_network",
    "reason": null,
    "risk_level": "normal",
    "risk_score": 32,
    "seller_message": "Payment complete.",
    "type": "authorized"
  },
  "paid": true,
  "payment_intent": null,
  "payment_method": "card_1MmlLrLkdIwHu7ixIJwEWSNR",
  "payment_method_details": {
    "card": {
      "brand": "visa",
      "checks": {
        "address_line1_check": null,
        "address_postal_code_check": null,
        "cvc_check": null
      },
      "country": "US",
      "exp_month": 3,
      "exp_year": 2024,
      "fingerprint": "mToisGZ01V71BCos",
      "funding": "credit",
      "installments": null,
      "last4": "4242",
      "mandate": null,
      "network": "visa",
      "three_d_secure": null,
      "wallet": null
    },
    "type": "card"
  },
  "receipt_email": null,
  "receipt_number": null,
  "receipt_url": "https://pay.stripe.com/receipts/payment/CAcaFwoVYWNjdF8xTTJKVGtMa2RJd0h1N2l4KOvG06AGMgZfBXyr1aw6LBa9vaaSRWU96d8qBwz9z2J_CObiV_H2-e8RezSK_sw0KISesp4czsOUlVKY",
  "refunded": false,
  "review": null,
  "shipping": null,
  "source_transfer": null,
  "statement_descriptor": null,
  "statement_descriptor_suffix": null,
  "status": "succeeded",
  "transfer_data": null,
  "transfer_group": null
}
```