#JoelBermudez
autumn dawn
fathom sequoia
A SetupIntent is the object that you will use to collect billing details and save them as a PaymentMethod
You need it for its client_secret which is passed along until it is used in the confirmSepaDebitSetup call in step 4
So in that guide it is created before the page is rendered, but with that guide you only need it before you call confirmSepaDebitSetup
merry juniper
So you're telling me that I can do first Step 3 then when user complete the form and press down "Pay", then I call first setupIntent and then confirmSepaDebitSetup?
fathom sequoia
Yes, if you want to you can do that in that order
merry juniper
Ok, and last question. How do I call that curl function? With JS? Or PHP with curl_init();? Which would be more safe. I guess PHP cause it's server side and customer ID is local, and can not be changed like in JS right?
fathom sequoia
If you are using PHP we have a stripe-php library that you can use that has that function built in
API reference here: https://stripe.com/docs/api/setup_intents/create
It has examples in PHP as well https://stripe.com/docs/api/setup_intents/create?lang=php
merry juniper
Ok, but how cURL could be used in case I want to use it?
How do I execute a cURL function when an user clicks a button? In the Docs, cURL is intended to work with JS?
fathom sequoia
cURL is a command line utility for making HTTP requests, we just use it in our docs because it is widespread. You can use anything that makes an HTTP request to make a request to our API
merry juniper
Got it