title: Do I need my own server to use the Stripe API?
body: <p>I want to implement payments in my app via Stripe. I'm reading their documentation and it keeps mentioning that i wll use my own server to charge someone after i retrieve a token from Stripe. (<a href="https://stripe.com/docs/mobile/android" rel="noreferrer">stripe documentation</a>)</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJYAa.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJYAa.png" alt="stripe documentation"></a></p>
  
  <p>Why do I need a server to charge my user why can't I just call the Stripe API methods to just charge - what am I doing special on my server? Is there any way to charge without creating my own server? Could firebase be sufficient?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>