Stripe - Creating a new card for customer - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am trying to implement the ability for a customer to create a new card.
I have created a form in which the customer creates a new card:
<table class="table">
<%= simple_form_for(#user, :url => billing_path, html: {class: 'form-horizontal' }) do |f| %>
<tr>
<td>Country</td>
<td><%= f.text_field :saddress_country, value: card1.address_country %> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Billing Address</td>
<td><%= f.text_field :sbilling_address1, value: card1.address_line1 %> </td>
<td><%= f.text_field :sbilling_address2, value: card1.address_line2 %> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>City / State / Zip</td>
<td><%= f.text_field :saddress_city, value: card1.address_city %> </td>
<td><%= f.text_field :saddress_state, value: card1.address_state %> </td>
<td><%= f.text_field :saddress_zip, value: card1.address_zip %> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Credit Card Number </td>
<td><%= f.text_field :scardnumber, placeholder: card1.last4, value: cardnumberempty %></td>
<td><%= f.text_field :scvc, placeholder: "CVC", value: cvcempty %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Card's Info</td>
<td><%= f.text_field :sname, value: card1.name %> </td>
<td><%= f.text_field :sexp_month, value: card1.exp_month %> </td>
<td><%= f.text_field :sexp_year, value: card1.exp_year %> </td>
</tr>
<tr><td><%= f.submit %></td></tr>
<% end %>
</table>
And then in the controller I grab the information and create the new card:
def create_card_stripe
#user = current_user
customer = Stripe::Customer.retrieve(current_user.stripe_customer_token)
customer.cards.create({
:card => current_user.stripe_card_token,
:number => params[:user][:scardnumber],
:exp_month => params[:user][:sexp_month],
:exp_year => params[:user][:sexp_year],
:cvc => params[:user][:scvc],
:name => params[:user][:sname],
:address_line1 => params[:user][:saddress_line1],
:address_line2 => params[:user][:saddress_line2],
:address_city => params[:user][:saddress_city],
:address_zip => params[:user][:saddress_zip],
:address_state => params[:user][:saddress_state],
:address_country => params[:user][:saddress_country]
})
#user.update_attribute(:stripe_card_id, customer.active_card.id)
if customer.save
flash.alert = "Billing information updated successfully!"
redirect_to edit_user_registration_path
else
flash.alert = "Stripe error"
redirect_to edit_user_registration_path
end
end
When I submit the form I get the following error that comes from Stripe:
"Received unknown parameters: number, exp_month, exp_year, cvc, name, address_city, address_zip, address_state, address_country".
So what it says is that I am sending wrong parameters. But if you check here those parameters are there (Child parameters).
Any clue on what I am doing wrong? Any guidance at all on how to create a new card using the Stripe API will be really helpful. Thank you.

Answer 1

There is two ways of adding a card using Stripe.
1) Using the card token. If you have a token, like you do, you don't need anything else, so you can just do
customer.cards.create({
:card => current_user.stripe_card_token
})
2) You could also do this:
customer.cards.create({
:card => {
:number => params[:user][:scardnumber],
:exp_month => params[:user][:sexp_month],
:exp_year => params[:user][:sexp_year],
:cvc => params[:user][:scvc],
:name => params[:user][:sname],
:address_line1 => params[:user][:saddress_line1],
:address_line2 => params[:user][:saddress_line2],
:address_city => params[:user][:saddress_city],
:address_zip => params[:user][:saddress_zip],
:address_state => params[:user][:saddress_state],
:address_country => params[:user][:saddress_country]
}
})
So as you can see here, the important thing is that the details are nested into the card attribute.
Evidently, you've done a mix of the two, you are best off choosing one (token is better) and sticking with it. Is that clear?