uh oh

[woeful night]

Just curious, what guide are you following? Is there a reason you're creating the Payment Methods first then creating and confirming Payment Intents on the backend? Our recommended flow is here and accounts for requires action: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/accept-a-payment

[scarlet goblet]

Aren't we supposed to collect the Payment Method information on the frontend first?

The reason is because I have some logic that happens on the backend that calculates what the amount of the payment intent should be

[woeful night]

That's not the recommended flow. See above link

What does the amount depend on?

You might could still use the recommended flow depending on how you calculate it

[scarlet goblet]

The amount depends on some other logic in my backend

It's not something I can use "line_items" for

It depends on every transaction

Which is why I create the payment intent on the backend and confirm it

https://stripe.com/docs/payments/intents

This was what I was following

and this

https://stripe.com/docs/payments/quickstart

So my flow would be:

1. User enters their card information on the frontend
2. The payment method ID is sent to the backend
3. The backend creates a payment intent with the payment method ID and immediately confirms it
4. The payment intent succeeds

However, if the payment intent falls in "requires_action" state, I'm not sure what to do. I was thinking of using errors_on_requires_action when creating the payment intent. But I'm wondering if there is a better way

[latent jasper]

Hello 👋
Taking over as codename_duchess needs to step away
Give me a moment to catch up here

2. The payment method ID is sent to the backend
   How exactly are you sending the PaymentMethod ID to your backend? If its a POST request then you can wait for the PaymentIntent confirmation request to respond. if the status is requires_action then you can use handleCardAction function on client-side to allow your customer to perform 3DS auth

https://stripe.com/docs/js/payment_intents/handle_card_action

@scarlet goblet does that help?