12: Next Steps

Next, in the Moesif Developer Portal, click on the Keys menu item at the top of the screen and open the Keys screen. On the Keys screen, click the Create Key button and generate an API key. Next, create an API request in Postman or Insomnia and attach the API key to the header. Once the API request is sent and the response is received, we can confirm a few more things:

In Moesif, in the Live Event Log, you should see your API call logged. You should also see, to the far right of the request entry, that your user’s Stripe customer ID and subscription ID are attached to the request.

Within the next 15 minutes, you should also see in Stripe that API call usage has been attached to the user subscription. This can be done by going to the Customers screen, clicking on the customer, and on the customer profile screen that appears, clicking on the Subscriptions entry for the subscription where the usage will be billed. Inside the subscription details screen, you’ll see under the Pricing header an entry and a link for View usage. This should reflect the API call usage.

A last step you can do is also do the Meter Test to ensure that all parts of the billing meter setup are working correctly.

With all parts of the ecosystem working properly, the Moesif Developer Portal can be released to your users!