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next wave
Hi! How are you collecting the payments?
thin minnow
Using checkout session.
next wave
Unfortunately, you cannot implement your use case with Checkout Session because the payment intent is created with the checkout session. And you can only know the chosen payment method after that.
The only alternative is to use deferred payment element (https://docs.stripe.com/payments/accept-a-payment-deferred). This allows you to get the chosen payment method and then create your payment intent after that as a destination or direct charge.
thin minnow
So please guide me how can i implement paypal in checkout session
And please guide me how can i charge the customer directly from the checkout session for the paypal method
next wave
You want to choose to create a payment with either direct charge or destination charge based on the payment method chosen correct?
This is not possible with checkout session.
If you want to just know how to use PayPal as a payment method on checkout, you can use this guide: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/paypal/accept-a-payment
thin minnow
Okay i got it
But how can i collect payments of paypal in checkout session
Like i create checkout session for my connected account and their customer make payments and those payments are reflected in their account
so how can i do it with the paypal?
I also want to attach customer for the connect account
next wave
You are doing direct charges for your connected accounts for other payment methods?
thin minnow
Yes
next wave
You cannot do the same with PayPal as only destination charges and separate charges and transfers are allowed (https://docs.stripe.com/payments/paypal#connect).
In this case if there are customers created on your connected account, they cannot be used for PayPal since you have to use destination charges and separate charges and transfers.
thin minnow
Okay thank you
I have one doubt
Customers can see paypal option in the stripe element even though when i attach a customer
So customer get confused like even though stripe doesn't allow to take payments from the customer then why we see the paypal option in the payment method when a customer is attached in checkout session
next wave
How are you creating your checkout? Do you have the checkout session id? Starts with cs_
next wave
What happens when they attempt to pay with PayPal?
thin minnow
Stripe throws this error
The Paypal payment method does not support Connect charges created on behalf of connected accounts, including Direct Charges and charges created with on_behalf_of.
next wave
Is there a reason you have it switched on since you are doing Direct charges and PayPal cannot be used?
thin minnow
I'm allowing customers in whatever payment method they want to do payments
next wave
But since you are doing direct charges, PayPal would not work anyway. Any reason why it's still switched on?
thin minnow
It is dependent on the connect accounts so they can switch on and off
next wave
In this case, I'd recommend writing to us (https://support.stripe.com/contact/email) for this and we can take it from there.
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