How to load data from Stripe to BigQuery

Learn how to use Airbyte to synchronize your Stripe data into BigQuery within minutes.

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Set up a Stripe connector in Airbyte

Connect to Stripe or one of 400+ pre-built or 10,000+ custom connectors through simple account authentication.

Set up BigQuery for your extracted Stripe data

Select BigQuery where you want to import data from your Stripe source to. You can also choose other cloud data warehouses, databases, data lakes, vector databases, or any other supported Airbyte destinations.

Configure the Stripe to BigQuery in Airbyte

This includes selecting the data you want to extract - streams and columns -, the sync frequency, where in the destination you want that data to be loaded.

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How to Sync Stripe to BigQuery Manually

  1. Create a Google Cloud Project:
    • Go to the Google Cloud Console: https://console.cloud.google.com/
    • Click on “Select a project” and then “NEW PROJECT.”
    • Enter your project details and click “CREATE.”
  2. Enable BigQuery API:
    • In the Google Cloud Console, navigate to “APIs & Services” > “Dashboard.”
    • Click “+ ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES.”
    • Search for “BigQuery API” and enable it.
  3. Create a BigQuery Dataset:
    • Go to the BigQuery console.
    • In the Explorer panel, click on your project name.
    • Click on “CREATE DATASET.”
    • Enter a Dataset ID and choose other settings as required.
    • Click “CREATE DATASET.”
  1. Access Stripe API:
    • Log in to your Stripe Dashboard.
    • Navigate to “Developers” > “API keys” to find your secret API key.
  2. Write a Script to Extract Data:
    • Use your preferred programming language (e.g., Python) to write a script that uses Stripe’s API to extract the data you need.
    • Use the requests library or Stripe’s official library to make API calls.
    • Handle pagination if you’re dealing with large datasets.

Example in Python using the stripe package:

import stripe

stripe.api_key = 'your_stripe_secret_key'

# List all charges (you can change this to the specific data you need)
charges = stripe.Charge.list(limit=100)

# Loop through and fetch all charges
all_charges = []
for charge in charges.auto_paging_iter():
   all_charges.append(charge)

  1. Transform Data to JSON/CSV:
    • BigQuery accepts data in JSON or CSV format.
    • Convert the data from the Stripe API response to one of these formats.
    • Ensure that the data types match the BigQuery schema you will define.

Example in Python to convert to JSON:

import json

# Assuming all_charges is a list of Stripe charge objects
with open('stripe_data.json', 'w') as f:
   for charge in all_charges:
       json.dump(charge, f)
       f.write('\n')  # Write each object on a new line for newline-delimited JSON

If your data is large, it’s recommended to first upload it to Google Cloud Storage.

  1. Create a Storage Bucket:
    • Go to the Google Cloud Console.
    • Navigate to “Storage” > “Browser.”
    • Click “CREATE BUCKET” and follow the steps to create a new bucket.
  2. Upload the JSON/CSV File:
    • Use the Google Cloud SDK (gsutil) or the Cloud Console to upload your data file to the bucket.

Example using gsutil:

gsutil cp stripe_data.json gs://your-bucket-name/

  1. Create a Table Schema:
    • Define the schema that corresponds to the data you have extracted from Stripe.
    • You can define the schema manually in BigQuery or use a JSON schema file.
  2. Load Data Into BigQuery:
    • You can use the BigQuery Web UI, the bq command-line tool, or the BigQuery API to load the data from Cloud Storage or directly from your local file system.

Example using bq command-line tool:

bq load --source_format=NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON \
   your_dataset.your_table \
   gs://your-bucket-name/stripe_data.json \
   path_to_schema.json

Or, if you’re loading directly from a local file:

bq load --source_format=NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON \
   your_dataset.your_table \
   ./stripe_data.json \
   path_to_schema.json

  • Once the data is loaded into BigQuery, run some queries to ensure that it has been loaded correctly and that there are no discrepancies.
  • To keep your BigQuery dataset up-to-date, you may want to automate this process.
  • You can write a script or use a service like Google Cloud Functions or Cloud Scheduler to run your data extraction and loading process at regular intervals.

How to Sync Stripe to BigQuery Manually - Method 2:

FAQs

ETL, an acronym for Extract, Transform, Load, is a vital data integration process. It involves extracting data from diverse sources, transforming it into a usable format, and loading it into a database, data warehouse or data lake. This process enables meaningful data analysis, enhancing business intelligence.

Stripe is a technology company focused on helping businesses of all sizes accept web and mobile payments. Stripe software is intended to build a solid economic infrastructure for the internet at global scale. Well-known companies like Salesforce and Facebook accept online payments through Stripe software. Stripe’s innovative applications combined with their solid economic infrastructure support modern business models like crowdfunding and marketplaces. Stripe continues to innovate, partnering with tech-dominant enterprises such as Apple, Google, and Facebook to launch new capabilities.

Stripe's API provides access to a wide range of data related to payment processing and management. The following are the categories of data that can be accessed through Stripe's API:  

1. Payment data: This includes information about payments made through Stripe, such as the amount, currency, and status of the payment.  

2. Customer data: This includes information about customers who have made payments through Stripe, such as their name, email address, and payment history.  

3. Subscription data: This includes information about subscriptions made through Stripe, such as the subscription plan, billing cycle, and status of the subscription.  

4. Dispute data: This includes information about disputes raised by customers, such as the reason for the dispute and the status of the dispute resolution process.  

5. Balance data: This includes information about the balance of the Stripe account, such as the available balance, pending balance, and currency.  

6. Transfer data: This includes information about transfers made from the Stripe account to a bank account, such as the amount, currency, and status of the transfer.  

7. Refund data: This includes information about refunds made through Stripe, such as the amount, currency, and status of the refund.  

Overall, Stripe's API provides access to a comprehensive set of data related to payment processing and management, enabling businesses to effectively manage their payment operations.

This can be done by building a data pipeline manually, usually a Python script (you can leverage a tool as Apache Airflow for this). This process can take more than a full week of development. Or it can be done in minutes on Airbyte in three easy steps: 
1. Set up Stripe to BigQuery as a source connector (using Auth, or usually an API key)
2. Choose a destination (more than 50 available destination databases, data warehouses or lakes) to sync data too and set it up as a destination connector
3. Define which data you want to transfer from Stripe to BigQuery and how frequently
You can choose to self-host the pipeline using Airbyte Open Source or have it managed for you with Airbyte Cloud. 

ELT, standing for Extract, Load, Transform, is a modern take on the traditional ETL data integration process. In ELT, data is first extracted from various sources, loaded directly into a data warehouse, and then transformed. This approach enhances data processing speed, analytical flexibility and autonomy.

ETL and ELT are critical data integration strategies with key differences. ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) transforms data before loading, ideal for structured data. In contrast, ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) loads data before transformation, perfect for processing large, diverse data sets in modern data warehouses. ELT is becoming the new standard as it offers a lot more flexibility and autonomy to data analysts.

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