# Ghost and Stripe lost connection - apiKey should be a string

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-and-stripe-lost-connection-apikey-should-be-a-string/35191>\
**Category:** Integrations & API\
**Created:** [January 2, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-and-stripe-lost-connection-apikey-should-be-a-string/35191 "2023-01-02T11:08:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_Krajniak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/simon_krajniak/32/20923_2.png) [@Simon\_Krajniak](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Simon_Krajniak)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-and-stripe-lost-connection-apikey-should-be-a-string/35191/1 "2023-01-02T11:08:27Z")

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Hi guys,

I have problem with my website premium.najpravo.sk  
Everything worked correctly but suddenly visitors started complaining they could not buy subscription. This error occurred while trying to submit order:

Missing value for Stripe(): apiKey should be a string.

It is possible this happened after upgrading to \* **Version:** [5.26.4]  
We are trying to find out.

Our Ghost is self hosted - Digitalocean

Can someone help us with this problem?

Simon

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**Author:** ![rena168carper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@rena168carper](https://forum.ghost.org/u/rena168carper)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-and-stripe-lost-connection-apikey-should-be-a-string/35191/2 "2024-06-12T15:49:33Z")

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I have exactly the same problem. Anyone got a suggestion?