jorra

[odd bramble]

Hi! Let me help you with this.

[urban monolith]

thank you

[odd bramble]

Where are you getting this error?
Could you share a screenshot please?

[urban monolith]

Sure. I am trying to do it in nodejs. cartItems:

  {
    name: 'Mont Blanc 70ml EDP',
    size: null,
    price: 5,
    quantity: 1,
    imagee: 'image'
  }
]
```js

the api:

[odd bramble]

The metadata property is a set of key-value pairs, and both key and value needs to be a string: https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_intents/create#create_payment_intent-metadata

[urban monolith]

try {
        const paymentIntent = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
          amount: req.body.totalPrice,
          currency: 'aud',
          receipt_email: req.body.email,
          metadata: req.body.cartItems
        });

      res.send({
          client_secret: paymentIntent.client_secret
      });
        return paymentIntent;
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(err);
        throw err;
    }
```js

[odd bramble]

If you want to store an object you can either JSON.stringify() it, or store an ID referring to it.

[urban monolith]

yes. Even if I JSON.stringify() it it dones't work 😦

[odd bramble]

How are you doing it?

[urban monolith]

try {
        const paymentIntent = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
          amount: req.body.totalPrice,
          currency: 'aud',
          receipt_email: req.body.email,
          metadata: JSON.stringify(req.body.cartItems)
        });

      res.send({
          client_secret: paymentIntent.client_secret
      });
        return paymentIntent;
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(err);
        throw err;
    }
```js

in frontend: const response = await fetch('/api/stripe/checkout', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({ cartItems, email, totalPrice })
});

[odd bramble]

The metadata needs to be an object with keys and values in in, like so:

const paymentIntent = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
          ...
          metadata: {
             "key": "value",
             "foo": "bar",
          }
        });

In your case:

const paymentIntent = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
          ...
          metadata: {
             "cart": JSON.stringify(req.body.cartItems)
          }
        });

[urban monolith]

thank you will try

[odd bramble]

Happy to help. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[urban monolith]

thank you It worked. I wanted an advice. So, currently I am doing payment by paymentIntent then element card. How should I do orders database? Should I INSERT into the database after successful payment or, since I will be passing ordered products, should I get directly from stripe?

[gray harbor]

Hi 👋 apologies for the delay as my teammate needed to step away. We won't have much insight into the best way to structure your database flows. Those are decisions you're best suited to make as you have the best understanding of what your processes need to accomplish.

[urban monolith]

no worries toby.