prebuilt-checkout-page

Accept a payment with Stripe Checkout

This integration shows you how to accept payments with Stripe Checkout.

Building a payment form UI from scratch is difficult -- input field validation, error message handing, and localization are just a few things to think about when designing a simple checkout flow.

We built Checkout to do that work for you so now you can focus on building the best storefront experience for your customers.

Once your customer is ready to pay, use Stripe.js to redirect them to the URL of your Stripe hosted payment page. 🥳

How to run locally

Recommended approach is to install with the Stripe CLI:

stripe samples create accept-a-payment

Then pick:

prebuilt-checkout-page

This sample includes several different server implementations and several different client implementations. The servers all implement the same routes and the clients all work with the same server routes.

Pick a server:

• dotnet
• go
• java
• node
• php
• python
• ruby
• php-slim

Pick a client:

• html
• react-cra (React with create-react-app)
• vue-cva (React with Create Vite App)

Installing and cloning manually

If you do not want to use the Stripe CLI, you can manually clone and configure the sample yourself:

git clone https://github.com/stripe-samples/accept-a-payment

Rename and move the .env.example file into a file named .env in the specific folder of the server language you want to use. For example:

cp .env.example prebuilt-checkout-page/server/node/.env

Example .env file:

STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<replace-with-your-publishable-key>
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=<replace-with-your-secret-key>
PRICE=<replace-with-a-price-id-from-your-account>
STATIC_DIR=../../client/html
DOMAIN=http://localhost:4242

You will need a Stripe account in order to run the demo. Once you set up your account, go to the Stripe developer dashboard to find your API keys.

The other environment variables are configurable:

STATIC_DIR tells the server where to the client files are located and does not need to be modified unless you move the server files.

DOMAIN is the domain of your website, where Checkout will redirect back to after the customer completes the payment on the Checkout page.

2. Create a Price

You can create Products and Prices in the Dashboard or with the API. This sample requires a Price to run. Once you've created a Price, and add its ID to your .env.

PRICE is the ID of a Price for your product. A Price has a unit amount and currency.

You can quickly create a Price with the Stripe CLI like so:

stripe prices create --unit-amount 500 --currency usd -d "product_data[name]=demo"

With Stripe Tax

Stripe Tax lets you calculate and collect sales tax, VAT and GST with one line of code.

Before creating a price, make sure you have Stripe Tax set up in the dashboard: Docs - Set up Stripe Tax.

Stripe needs to know what kind of product you are selling to calculate the taxes. For this example we will submit a tax code describing what kind of product is used: txcd_10000000 which is 'General - Electronically Supplied Services'. You can find a list of all tax codes here: Available tax codes. If you leave the tax code empty, Stripe will use the default one from your Tax settings.

stripe products create \
  --name="demo" \
  --tax-code="txcd_10000000"

From the response, copy the id and create a price. The tax behavior can be either inclusive or exclusive. For our example, we are using exclusive.

stripe prices create \
  --unit-amount=500 \
  --currency=usd \
  --tax-behavior=exclusive \
  --product=<INSERT_ID, like prod_ABC123>

More Information: Docs - Update your Products and Prices

Which will return the json:

{
  "id": "price_1Hh1ZeCZ6qsJgndJaX9fauRl",
  "object": "price",
  "active": true,
  "billing_scheme": "per_unit",
  "created": 1603841250,
  "currency": "usd",
  "livemode": false,
  "lookup_key": null,
  "metadata": {
  },
  "nickname": null,
  "product": "prod_IHalmba0p05ZKD",
  "recurring": null,
  "tiers_mode": null,
  "transform_quantity": null,
  "type": "one_time",
  "unit_amount": 500,
  "unit_amount_decimal": "500"
}

Take the Price ID, in the example case price_1Hh1ZeCZ6qsJgndJaX9fauRl, and set the environment variable in .env:

PRICE=price_1Hh1ZeCZ6qsJgndJaX9fauRl

3. Follow the server instructions on how to run

Pick the server language you want and follow the instructions in the server folder README on how to run.

For example, if you want to run the Node server:

cd server/node 
# There's a README in this folder with instructions to run the server and how to enable Stripe Tax.
npm install
npm start

If you're running the react client, then the sample will run in the browser at localhost:3000 otherwise visit localhost:4242.

4. [Optional] Run a webhook locally

You can use the Stripe CLI to easily spin up a local webhook.

First install the CLI and link your Stripe account.

stripe listen --forward-to localhost:4242/webhook

The CLI will print a webhook secret key to the console. Set STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET to this value in your .env file.

You should see events logged in the console where the CLI is running.

When you are ready to create a live webhook endpoint, follow our guide in the docs on configuring a webhook endpoint in the dashboard.