#toki_checkout-paymentintent
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sand agate
Hi 👋
Checkout Sessions defer the creation of the Payment Intent ID until the customer fills in their payment method information
wary juniper
Hi there! Thank you so much
So just to confirm, the checkout session doesn't need to submit a payment in order for the payment intent ID to be generated?
Right now our flow needs the payment intent in order for Stripe Elements (payment method collector) to show up on the front end.
Would we be allowed to attach a payment_intent to a checkout session?
sand agate
- A checkout session will only generate a Payment Intent when the Customer completes the form
- You cannot "attach" a payment intent to a checkout session
- Checkout Sessions use their own Stripe-built UI and cannot be used with any other Stripe Element
wary juniper
Last question, regarding 3.
Does this mean that this 'Stripe-built' UI cannot be modified, like other Stripe Elements for example using payment intent method? So essentially, we have to rebuild the checkout page with this entirely different Stripe-built checkout element
sand agate
IF you are using Stripe checkout, we build/host the payment UI for you.
I recommend you review how Checkout works here: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout
It sounds like you should review how it works and get a clear understanding so you can decide if it will work for your use case
wary juniper
Sounds good to me, I appreciate guiding me through this
Thank you so much!
sand agate
Yeah it sounded like it wasn't completely thought through. For what it's worth, Checkout does have both Stripe-hosted and embedded UIs
https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/how-checkout-works?payment-ui=embedded-form
It's still mostly a stripe-built interface but you can make some modifications in both the code and your account settings
wary juniper
Ahh okay, I'll take a look at that
Thanks so much again, and that should be it for now 🙏
sand agate
Happy to help 🙂