feat: Prepare to use Stripe a checkout component

app/helpers/stripe_helper.rb

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+module StripeHelper
+  # Check if Stripe is properly configured
+  def stripe_configured?
+    Rails.application.config.stripe[:secret_key].present?
+  end
+
+  # Initialize Stripe with the configured API key
+  def initialize_stripe
+    return false unless stripe_configured?
+    
+    Stripe.api_key = Rails.application.config.stripe[:secret_key]
+    true
+  rescue => e
+    Rails.logger.error "Failed to initialize Stripe: #{e.message}"
+    false
+  end
+
+  # Safely call Stripe methods with error handling
+  def safe_stripe_call(&block)
+    return nil unless stripe_configured?
+    
+    # Initialize Stripe if not already done
+    initialize_stripe unless Stripe.api_key.present?
+    
+    begin
+      yield if block_given?
+    rescue Stripe::StripeError => e
+      Rails.logger.error "Stripe Error: #{e.message}"
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+end