# Create a stripe gateway

To [create](https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/creating-resources) a new stripe gateway, send a `POST` request to the `/api/stripe_gateways` endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

## Request

**POST** <https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe\\_gateways>

### Arguments

| Body Parameter                    | Type      | Required                     |
| --------------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------- |
| **type**                          | `string`  | Required                     |
| attributes.**name**               | `string`  | Required                     |
| attributes.**force\_payments**    | `boolean` | Optional, default is 'true'  |
| attributes.**\_disable**          | `boolean` | Optional                     |
| attributes.**\_enable**           | `boolean` | Optional                     |
| attributes.**reference**          | `string`  | Optional                     |
| attributes.**reference\_origin**  | `string`  | Optional                     |
| attributes.**metadata**           | `object`  | Optional                     |
| attributes.**login**              | `string`  | Required                     |
| attributes.**publishable\_key**   | `string`  | Optional                     |
| attributes.**connected\_account** | `string`  | Optional                     |
| attributes.**auto\_payments**     | `boolean` | Optional, default is 'false' |

### Example

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The following request creates a new stripe gateway:

```shell
curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "stripe_gateways",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "US payment gateway",
      "login": "sk_live_xxxx-yyyy-zzzz"
    }
  }
}'
```

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On success, the API responds with a `201 Created` status code, returning the created resource object:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "XAyRWNUzyN",
    "type": "stripe_gateways",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "name": "US payment gateway",
      "force_payments": false,
      "disabled_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      },
      "connected_account": "acct_xxxx-yyyy-zzzz",
      "auto_payments": true,
      "webhook_endpoint_id": "xxxx-yyyy-zzzz",
      "webhook_endpoint_secret": "xxxx-yyyy-zzzz",
      "webhook_endpoint_url": "https://core.commercelayer.co/webhook_callbacks/stripe_gateways/xxxxx"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "payment_methods": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/payment_methods",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/payment_methods"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/versions"
        }
      },
      "event_stores": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/event_stores",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/event_stores"
        }
      },
      "stripe_payments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/stripe_payments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stripe_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/stripe_payments"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}
```

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