Make Money from your API Tutorial

Learn how to collect payments from an API or SaaS product. In this tutorial, we build an Express.js API from scratch, then make money by integrating Stripe Metered Billing. https://fireship.io/lessons/api-monetization-stripe/

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🔗 Resources

Full Stripe JavaScript Course https://fireship.io/courses/stripe-js/ Stripe Billing https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/metered-billing Source Code https://github.com/fireship-io/api-monetization-demo

RapidAPI approach: @aniakubow https://youtu.be/GK4Pl-GmPHk

📚 Chapters

00:00 Intro 00:37 How API Monetization Works 01:59 Build an API with Express 04:17 Metered Billing Products 05:17 Stripe Checkout 06:41 Listen to Webhooks 08:33 Generate API Keys 11:05 Record Usage

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🔖 Topics Covered

- Create custom API keys in node - Node hashing crypto - Stripe webhooks - Metered billing for API