Stripe helper

import settings

from core.models import Company

import stripe


def create_customer(instance, token):
    stripe.api_key = settings.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
    customer_name = instance.request.user.userprofile.company.name
    customer = stripe.Customer.create(source=token,
                                      plan=settings.STRIPE_DEFAULT_PLAN,
                                      email=instance.request.user,
                                      description=customer_name)
    company_pk = instance.request.user.userprofile.company.id
    company = Company.objects.get(pk=company_pk)
    company.stripe_customer_id = customer.id
    company.save()
    return company

Stripe.py

class BillingCard(generics.UpdateAPIView):
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
    
    def post(self, request):
        cc_token = request.DATA.get('cc_token', None)
        if cc_token:
            company = helpers.create_customer(self, cc_token)
            serializer = CompanySerializer(company)
            return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
        else:
            return Response('No cc_token in request',
                            status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)