Ask HN: Where to find test Stripe data?

3 pointssent-hil3y ago4 comments

Hello,

I'm working on an analytics tool for Stripe. Where can I find test Stripe datasets? I don't mind it being fake data, but it needs to follow real relationships to some extent. I have a small store that has some data, but it's not nearly big enough to generalize.

I did find https://github.com/stripe-samples/test-data and use that, but it's very limited.

Appreciate your help!

4 comments

soorya33y ago

What kind of data are you looking for? I had the exact problem. I recently wrote my own code to simulate it, it took me a while with all the nuances of old api vs new api, data model, etc but I was able to get it loaded up.

niros_valtos3y ago

You can use a test mode with Stripe. You can run as many APIs as you want to generate data. Am I missing something?

sent-hilOP3y ago

Yes you're right. In the Github link in the post, that's what they do as well. It helps to a small degree, but it's not nearly enough data for building an analytics app.

I was hoping there would be a dataset that would follows real world patterns vs whatever I generate from my understanding of the api.

ev13y ago

What real world patterns though?

Your traffic, stats, and bounce rates, returning customer rates will vary practically 100% depending on:

- If you sell a good physical product

- If you dropship utter rubbish and advertise on Instagram spam stories where people buy a single thing and never come back or chargeback instead

- Digital items for games for adults

- Digital items for games for kids

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