March Stripe Developer Digest
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Published: 2024-03-29 23:25:15


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Workbench, our new developer tool to help you build, manage, and debug your Stripe integration, is now in public beta. Improve your daily workflows with the inspector (to show the underlying JSON for any object in the Dashboard), shell (for an integrated command-line environment), and other powerful features.

![Workbench in Stripe Dashboard](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/11e6by90obukhprcf47y.png)

With Workbench, we wanted to give developers a universal pane that surfaces the right information at the right time to help you work faster. Now, from anywhere in the Dashboard you can quickly understand how you use the Stripe API and how it operates under the hood.

On April 4, we [talked with engineers from Slack and Notion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfejnY-sTtQ) on the @StripeDev YouTube channel to learn how to get the most out of Workbench. I hope you [try it](http://dashboard.stripe.com/workbench) soon, and look forward to hearing your feedback.

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### Updates

**Create custom and dynamic cards:** Stripe Issuing lets you programmatically create and manage custom cards with two new API resources, [personalization design](https://stripe.com/docs/api/issuing/personalization_designs) and [physical bundle](https://stripe.com/docs/api/issuing/physical_bundles).

**Request 3DS support for Checkout sessions:** Add an extra layer of security by manually requesting [3D Secure authentication](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/3d-secure/authentication-flow#manual-three-ds) for payment, subscription, and setup mode sessions. 

**Build no-code invoicing and subscription automations:** [Create automations](https://docs.stripe.com/billing/revenue-recovery/automations) using triggers to perform actions, such as canceling a subscription after a grace period.

![Automations](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/z7qbp6vxz54vjtoxr6ld.png)

**Reconnect Terminal readers automatically:** Improve user experience with the [autoReconnectOnUnexpectedDisconnect](https://docs.stripe.com/terminal/payments/connect-reader?terminal-sdk-platform=ios&reader-type=tap-to-pay#2.-automatically-attempt-reconnection) parameter. 

**Support Tap to Pay on iPhone in Australia and the United Kingdom:** Accept in-person payments using only an iPhone—now available in [five countries](https://support.stripe.com/questions/tap-to-pay-on-iphone-or-android-and-stripe-terminal#).

**Create customer tax IDs programmatically:** Add [tax IDs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/tax_ids/customer_create) to customer and account objects via API in addition to the ability to create account tax IDs in the [Stripe Dashboard](https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/billing/invoice?tab=tax).

**Make async requests in the beta release of stripe-python:** The [stripe-python beta channel](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-python?tab=readme-ov-file#beta-sdks) now has built-in support for [async control flow](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-python/issues/327), backed by the `httpx` or `aiohttp` http libraries.

![Python async control flow](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/vej11c9o7js8d1x2pu65.png)

**Offer Apple Pay Later:** Businesses in the United States can now use Apple Pay Later to support installment payments. 
  
**Add Link as a payment method to Android:** Support Link, Stripe's accelerated checkout, in the PaymentSheet by turning on the payment method settings.

**Receive instant payouts in Australia:** Instant payouts are now available for Stripe accounts in Australia, Canada, the United States, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.  



### Community
* Learn how to retrieve additional Stripe API results in a single request using the [expand parameter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Vj_CEWyQc) 
* [Send emails triggered by Stripe webhook events](https://loops.so/changelog/march-2024-day2) with Loops
* Handle [custom Connect verification requirement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfryNhLzZlg) updates to keep your accounts active
* Build a SaaS business with Stripe subscriptions using a [Django boiler plate](https://dev.to/rcmisk/how-to-set-up-a-django-and-react-saas-boilerplate-a-step-by-step-guide-58bd)
* Read how the internet economy is changing in [Stripe’s annual letter](https://stripe.com/annual-updates/2023)
* Dig into [Ledger](https://stripe.com/blog/ledger-stripe-system-for-tracking-and-validating-money-movement), Stripe’s system for tracking and validating money movement 

![Ledger](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/638sktq1h2o0kx11dois.png)



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