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tawny abyssBOT Jan 25, 2023, 9:32 AM

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fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 9:32 AM

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Hi there!

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What do you mean by "with only a payment intent"?

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 9:34 AM

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Hi Soma!

I'm creating a paymentIntent in a cloud function that is associated with transfers. I then need to make the payment for that intent. I would prefer to create a checkoutSession and just return the url to the client.

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 9:39 AM

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Checkout Session will automatically create a PaymentIntent for you. So:

You create a Checkout Session for whatever amount you need
You get a URL that you send your customer
If they pay, you'll end up with a PaymentIntent in a succeeded status

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To learn how to create a Checkout Session with node, we have this guide: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/accept-a-payment?platform=web&ui=checkout

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 9:40 AM

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Is it possible to create transfers within the checkout session? As I understand you can only do that with the paymentIntent

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 9:42 AM

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What do you mean by transfer? A transfer is to send money between Stripe accounts. And this has nothing to do with Checkout Session.

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To create transfer, use this: https://stripe.com/docs/api/transfers/create

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 9:43 AM

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My use case is as follows. A Manager needs to pay his workers for today, they all have connect accounts. The transfer is for all the accounts he needs to pay. Does that make sense?

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I'm trying to pay multiple connect accounts with one payment.

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 9:47 AM

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Got it. Then you need to use Separate Charges & Transfer: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges-transfers

First charge the end user, for example with a Checkout Session
Then create as many transfer as you want with https://stripe.com/docs/api/transfers/create

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 9:48 AM

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Ah okay. So the user would pay us, then we would pay the connect accounts via transfers?

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 9:49 AM

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Yes. I recommend you to read this doc: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges-transfers

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 9:49 AM

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Perfect! Thank you.

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Sorry last question. Does the checkoutSession need to have the same transfer_group as the transfers?

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 9:55 AM

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I would recommend to use source_transaction instead, that will automatically set the transfer_group for you
https://stripe.com/docs/api/transfers/create#create_transfer-source_transaction

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 9:55 AM

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Thank you!

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The source_transaction, what should that be from the checkout session?

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 10:02 AM

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The Checkout Session will have a PaymentIntent, and the PaymentIntent will have a Charge. The source_transaction is the Charge ID.

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 10:03 AM

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Perfect. Just to double check. I create the CheckoutSession with the total that needs to be paid, then just after that I create the transfers with the Charge Id. Then I return the Checkout Session's url. The customer then pays, and once the payment is successful, the transfers automatically gets made. And I can do all this in one function?

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Really appreciate your help!

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 10:10 AM

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No, the order is wrong:

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You create the Checkout Session
You send the URL to the user
And only after they completed the payment you create the transfer

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 10:11 AM

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Is the transfers then created via a webhook?

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 10:12 AM

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The simplest way to do 3. is to listen to the checkout.session.completed webhook event to create the transfer.

storm stump Jan 25, 2023, 10:13 AM

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Great, and that would be on the platform account, not the connect account right?

fast notch Jan 25, 2023, 10:14 AM

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Yes

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