#javier_checkout-optional-phone-number
hoary brookBOT
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tired moon
I'm using Stripe Checkout (hosted page) via the Stripe Node.js SDK in a Next.js 15 API route.
I create the session with stripe.checkout.sessions.create(...) from my own backend, and I pass in customer data, shipping address collection, and allowed countries.
I'm not using Elements or the client-side SDK — just redirecting the user to the hosted Checkout page and handling the result with webhooks.
little onyx
Gotcha then phone number shouldn't be collected by default. Are you forcing it via the phone_number_collection param?
Or are you talking about the Link phone number collection.
Which is a bit different
tired moon
I am passing phone_number_collection: { enabled: true }, because I wanted to display the phone field — but ideally, not require it.
From my tests, when that option is enabled, the phone field is always required.
little onyx
Ah yeah no you can't display it and not have it required.
Hmm however
As a workaround
I believe you could use a custom field
Yeah that should work
hoary brookBOT
tired moon
Like so, right?
custom_fields: [ { key: 'phone', label: { type: 'custom', custom: 'Phone Number (optional)', }, type: 'text', optional: true, }, ],
little onyx
I think you want type: 'number'
But otherwise yeah that looks good to me.
Next step would be to test it out
tired moon
Thanks a mill @little onyx we’d lose the phone number validation that comes with phone_number_collection, but it's all good