Stripe API error when passing application_fee

Question

I am trying to collect an application fee using the Stripe API. I am sure I am missing something in the request.

Stripe complaints that it needs either of these: OA

Answer 1

This happened to me when I accidentally had a nil value for the recipient's stripe account number.

The solution was to make sure destination was a valid stripe account code: e.g. "acct_1HtSHv7fgYVxT5fZ"

    Stripe.api_key = 'sk_test_4eC39kjhkhgkhlhj1zdp7dc'

    payment_intent = Stripe::PaymentIntent.create({
      payment_method_types: ['card'],
      amount: @amount_minor_unit,
      currency: @currency,
      application_fee_amount: 123, 
      transfer_data: {
        destination: @stripe_account,
      },
    })

Stripe::InvalidRequestError (Can only apply an application_fee_amount when the
PaymentIntent is attempting a direct payment (using an OAuth key or Stripe-Account header)
or destination payment (using `transfer_data[destination]`).)

Once I had the correct value for @stripe_account (instead of nil), the above code worked