stripe-node v22: Stripe is a real ES class — `Stripe(key)` without `new` breaks; method callbacks removed

Fix

- const stripe = require("stripe")(key)
+ import Stripe from "stripe"
+ const stripe = new Stripe(key)

- stripe.customers.list(cb)
+ const customers = await stripe.customers.list()

- stripe.customers.retrieve("cus_123", { stripeAccount: "acct_123" })
+ stripe.customers.retrieve("cus_123", undefined, { stripeAccount: "acct_123" })

- let err: Stripe.errors.StripeError
+ let err: Stripe.ErrorType

The per-request host override was also removed. Set host on the client instead.

Symptom

After upgrading to stripe v22+, old snippets break:

const stripe = require("stripe")(process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY) (calling the export as a function)
stripe.customers.list(customers => { ... }) (callback style)
stripe.customers.retrieve("cus_123", { stripeAccount }) (options passed in the params slot)
/// <reference types="stripe/types" />, Stripe.StripeContext as a type, let e: Stripe.errors.StripeError

Cause

stripe-node 22.0.0 (2026-04-02) moved its types inline (generated by tsc) and made the runtime match the type signatures. From the changelog: "Stripe import is now a true ES6 class. Use new Stripe()"; "CJS entry point no longer exports .default or .Stripe as separate properties". Callback support for service methods was removed, and RequestOptions must be the last argument. The API version stayed 2026-03-25.dahlia (same as v21).

Verify

tsc --noEmit passes, and grep -rn "require(.stripe.)(" finds nothing.

Sources

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stripe-node v22: Stripe is a real ES class — `Stripe(key)` without `new` breaks; method callbacks removed

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Cause

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