With StripeClient I got error No API key provided - laravel

Question

in my Laravel 8 / with stripe/stripe-php": "^7.75" I try to connect and create account on stripe side
and got error :
No API key provided. Set your API key when constructing the StripeClient instance, or provide it on a per-request basis using the `api_key` key in the $opts argument.
with code:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Session;
use Stripe;
use Stripe\StripeClient;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager;
use App\Models\Settings;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
use App\Models\User;
use App\Models\StripeToken;
class SellerController extends Controller
{
protected StripeClient $stripeClient;
protected DatabaseManager $databaseManager;
public function __construct(StripeClient $stripeClient, DatabaseManager $databaseManager)
{
\Log::info(varDump($stripeClient, ' -1 SellerController ::'));
$this->stripeClient = $stripeClient;
$this->databaseManager = $databaseManager;
}
public function showProfile($id)
{
\Log::info('-1 showProfile $id ::' . print_r($id, true));
$seller = User::find($id);
if (!$seller) {
abort(404);
}
return view('market.seller', [
'seller' => $seller,
'balance' => null
]); // /_wwwroot/lar/tAdsBack/resources/views/admin/stripe/stripe.blade.php
} // public function showProfile($id)
public function redirectToStripe($id)
{
\Log::info('-1 redirectToStripe $id ::' . print_r($id, true));
$seller = User::find($id);
if (!$seller) {
abort(404);
}
$appEnv = strtolower(config('app.env'));
if ($appEnv == 'local' or $appEnv == 'dev') {
\Log::info('-1 config(app.STRIPE_TEST_KEY)::' . print_r(config('app.STRIPE_TEST_KEY'), true));
\Stripe\Stripe::setApiKey(config('app.STRIPE_TEST_KEY')); // LOOKS LIKE THAT IS NOT APPLIED
$this->stripeClient->apiKey = config('app.STRIPE_TEST_KEY'); // THIS DOES NOT HELP
$this->stripeClient->api_key = config('app.STRIPE_TEST_KEY'); // THIS DOES NOT HELP
}
if ($appEnv == 'production') {
\Stripe\Stripe::setApiKey(config('app.STRIPE_LIVE_KEY'));
$this->stripeClient->opts['api_key'] = config('app.STRIPE_LIVE_KEY');
}
if (!$seller->completed_stripe_onboarding) { // Complete onboarding process
$str = \Str::random();
$stripeToken = new StripeToken();
$stripeToken->token = $str;
$stripeToken->seller_id = $id;
$stripeToken->save();
if (empty($seller->stripe_connect_id)) { // if has no stripe account
// // Create a new Stripe Connect Account object.
\Log::info('-1 $$this->stripeClient ::' . print_r($this->stripeClient, true));
Checking log I see :
[2021-03-22 05:40:30] local.INFO: -1 $$this->stripeClient ::Stripe\StripeClient Object
(
[coreServiceFactory:Stripe\StripeClient:private] =>
[config:Stripe\BaseStripeClient:private] => Array
(
[api_key] =>
[client_id] =>
[stripe_account] =>
[stripe_version] =>
[api_base] => https://api.stripe.com
[connect_base] => https://connect.stripe.com
[files_base] => https://files.stripe.com
)
[defaultOpts:Stripe\BaseStripeClient:private] => Stripe\Util\RequestOptions Object
(
[apiKey] =>
[headers] => Array
(
[Stripe-Account] =>
[Stripe-Version] =>
)
[apiBase] =>
)
[api_key] => sk_test_NNNNNN
How to fix this error ?
I suppose I need to set api_key in some other way, not
$this->stripeClient->apiKey = config('app.STRIPE_TEST_KEY'); // THIS DOES NOT HELP
$this->stripeClient->api_key = config('app.STRIPE_TEST_KEY'); // THIS DOES NOT HELP
but how?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Before using stripe/stripe-php directly, check out Laravel Cashier.
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/billing