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Installing and configuring Laravel Cashier

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    Now that we have a Stripe account with a product and a pricing plan created,

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    we can go ahead and start integrating it into our application.

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    The first step is to install Cashier.

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    Cashier is just a package, so we can install it using the Composer dependency

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    manager.

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    Open up a command prompt and run sail composer require laraval/cashier

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    This will install the Cashier package and also add a number of migrations that

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    need running, so let's migrate our database.

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    This will add additional columns to our "users" table, as well as create tables

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    to hold subscription-related data.

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    Next, we need to add the Billable trait to our User model.

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    This will add functionality to our User model for working with subscriptions

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    for a particular customer instance.

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    Open up your User model, add "Billable" to the list of traits being used.

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    Next, we need to add our Stripe API keys. We need our publishable key and our

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    secret key from Stripe.

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    To find these, go back to your Stripe dashboard, click "Developer" in the top

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    right, click the "API keys" tab,

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    Ensure that we are viewing test data, and we need to copy these.

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    First, copy the publishable key, open up your .env file, and at the bottom,

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    create a new "STRIPE_KEY" secret,

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    and paste the value. We need to reveal the secret key, copy its value,

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    and paste that into a "STRIPE_SECRET" environment variable.

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    To ensure the correct currency is used, we'll also need to set a couple of

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    extra Cashier-specific environment variables.

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    As I created the product and pricing as Pounds in my account, I'll need to set a

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    "CASHIER_CURRENCY" environment variable and set its value to "gbp".

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    So let's copy this, add it to our environment file, and change the value to "gbp".

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    We can also copy this, and we can also set locale value to British English.

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    A good idea when adding entries to your .env file is to also copy them to an .env.example file.

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    So let's copy the Stripe and Cashier keys we've just created.

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    Copy them, open our .env.example file, paste them at the bottom, and then remove

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    their values.

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    As this example file will be committed to our Git repository, so we don't want

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    any live values in it.

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    However, by adding these keys, a developer cloning the project or setting

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    up on a new machine

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    and see exactly what environment variables the application requires to function.

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    Now that we've set up Stripe and installed and configured Cashier, we can move

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    on to create subscriptions and charge customers for access.

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