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desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:19 PM

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Hello! We don't have a single place that lays out all these options side by side, but aside from the primary "Accept a payment" guide, you can see all the other options in the payments sidebar in the docs here, under "More payment scenarios": https://docs.stripe.com/payments

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rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:22 PM

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Thanks. That seems a little different from what I'm talking about though. Those appear to be different options for when you need different functionality.

The 4 I listed above all appear to be different ways of accomplishing the same basic task of accepting a payment (that doesn't need to save details/place a hold/etc.)

desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:23 PM

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We do have some overviews/comparisons here, but it's not exactly what you're asking about I don't think: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/online-payments

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Still, might be worth a look.

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rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:25 PM

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desert lance See also this subpage: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/accept-a-payment/web/com...

You're correct, this is a much higher level than I'm talking about. We've already decided this part.

desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:26 PM

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Okay, so probably best to provide me with more details about what you want to build, what your first choice is for how to build your integration, and I can give you recommendations from there.

rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:26 PM

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It's a rental platform. Want to use React Elements provider, adjust charge based on rental dates selected, and allow customer to pay. React/Node, no SSR currently.

desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:27 PM

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That's not enough detail to give you a more specific recommendation. All of the options you mentioned will work for that criteria.

rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:28 PM

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Right, that's what I thought, but my first question was whether those 4 were all the flow options for accepting a payment in that scenario.

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I'd like to compare all the options to make a choice.

desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:28 PM

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Yep, you can use any of those. If I had to pick one to recommend without knowing any other details I would suggest starting with the deferred flow: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/accept-a-payment-deferred?platform=web&type=payment

rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:30 PM

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Ok cool. So if those are all the options the next question is what are the pros/cons recommended scenarios for each?

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I can also just describe the situation in more detail if that's easier.

desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:32 PM

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The pros and cons mostly depend on your specific scenario, business needs, etc. We have the different flows to accomidate different use cases. The deferred flow is broadly applicable, and I've found it to be the most intuitive/least surprising one for most developers to implement, which is why I recommended it.

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That said, if you do want to share more details, or if you have any specific concerns or questions, I'd be happy to help further.

rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:33 PM

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That's definitely helpful. Let me describe a little more and see if you think it still fits our scenario.

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Currently people will apply to stay and when approved they can visit a page where they can update the stay length (which will change the price) and make a payment.

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Things are still being adjusted so we may not need that much flexibility in the end (we may require a change in stay lenth to be approved), but we should assume that is needed for now.

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I can grab that price and feed it to the React Elements

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From there I'd basically just like the most striaghtfoward method to accept a payment for that amount.

desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:38 PM

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That will work well with the deferred flow. There's an optional section of the guide that explains how to dynamically update the payment details, like adjusting the amount: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/accept-a-payment-deferred?platform=web&type=payment#dynamic-updates

rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:46 PM

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Okay, thanks. Let me see if I understand this flow correctly. It looks like it is

Set up Elements in React with no secret (steps 1-3 in the guide)
On form submit hit an endpoint on your own server that creates a payment intent (step 4)
On the client, get back a secret from that endpoint and use that to hit stripe.confirmPayment (step 5)
Handle any errors, success from stripe.confirmPayment means payment is complete (step 5)

desert lance Sep 17, 2024, 5:47 PM

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Yep, that's basically it.

rapid hound Sep 17, 2024, 5:48 PM

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Okay, thank you so much!

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