Payment Element: External Payment Methods

⚙️ Integration

🧑‍💻 Code

<?php

if (isset($_GET['createPaymentIntent'])) {
  $stripeConfiguration = [
    'api_key' => 'sk_•••',
    'stripe_version' => '2023-10-16',
  ];
  
  $stripe = new \Stripe\StripeClient($stripeConfiguration);
  
  $paymentIntent = $stripe->paymentIntents->create([
    'amount' => 4200,
    'currency' => 'usd',
  ]);
  
  header('Content-Type: application/json');
  echo json_encode([
    'clientSecret' => $paymentIntent->client_secret,
  ]);
  exit;
}

<script src="https://js.stripe.com/v3/"></script>

<p id="payment-element"></p>

<p><button type="button" id="payButton">Pay</button></p>

<pre id="output"></pre>

#payment-element {
  background-color: white;
  padding: 1rem;
  border: solid 1px;
  border-radius: .25rem;
}

const outputElement = document.querySelector('#output');

const stripe = Stripe('pk_test_51O2hxMC4JnNRtz8VToJJbGHrFTPPr6TkP09h7ql3YJaqpNcxoSNxtk38glyzi9VrZKStns858YynOO2ZyGmU7VRi00CIUWuUdk');

async function initializePaymentElement() {
  const result = await fetch('?createPaymentIntent');
  
  const response = await result.json();
  
  const elements = stripe.elements({
    clientSecret: response.clientSecret,
    externalPaymentMethodTypes: [
      'external_paypal',
    ],
  });
  
  const paymentElement = elements.create('payment', {
    paymentMethodOrder: [
      'card',
      'external_paypal',
    ],
  });
  
  paymentElement.mount('#payment-element');
  
  const payButton = document.querySelector('#payButton');
  
  payButton.addEventListener('click', async (event) => {
    outputElement.innerHTML = 'Processing...';
    
    const {error} = await stripe.confirmPayment({
      elements: elements,
      confirmParams: {
        return_url: window.location.href,
      }
    });
      
    if (error) {
      outputElement.textContent = 'Error: Unable to confirm payment: ' + error.message;
      console.log({error});
    }
  });
}

initializePaymentElement();

// If the URL contains a Payment Intent's client secret, retrieve the Payment Intent and display it
const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);

if (urlSearchParams.has('payment_intent_client_secret')) {
  stripe.retrievePaymentIntent(urlSearchParams.get('payment_intent_client_secret')).then(result => {
    if (result.error) {
      output.textContent = 'Unable to retrieve Payment Intent using client secret in URL: ' + JSON.stringify(result.error, null, 2);
      return;
    }
    
    output.textContent = "Payment Intent retrieved using client secret in URL:\n\n" + JSON.stringify(result.paymentIntent, null, 2);
  });
}