127.0.0.1

[zenith pivot]

This is a property of the Payment Intent that you'd send to your client application:

https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_intents/object#payment_intent_object-client_secret

[fallen jewel]

Makes sense. I have to say, for just wanting to charge a specific amount and not store much other information it is a bit frustrating how complicated the whole integration process is

Is it possible to handle payments without this step?

[zenith pivot]

Appreciate the feedback! Would you say it's the actual pattern or a lack of clarity in the guides that's making it frustrating for you?

Yes, you have the option of using Checkout with either custom sessions to avoid the front end integration work. Payment Links are a way to achieve this with "no code" and a re-usable link for a certain product/amount:
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-links

[fallen jewel]

It's just that I have a simple react application that was easy to maintain and now that i want to allow a simple checkout form to charge a chard a specific amount, I need to create like 8 separate files and dig through documentation to understand what is going on. I just want to charge a card, I will store all other information in my own database but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that

[fallen jewel]

This would work but my client stores his products on my database, not in Stripe

The only problem with that is that it only charges a fixed amount

[fallen jewel]

This actually may work. I don't mean to sound rude at all, I greatly appreciate your help

[zenith pivot]

No problem at all 😄 -- yea checkout is flexible enough that you can generate the session with any custom amount you need on your server, then redirect the client to it for payment.

[fallen jewel]

This great support is why I chose Stripe over Square! Thanks again

[zenith pivot]

NP!