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crystal glade
If I want to obtain the product information of a transaction through the Stripe API, which API should I use?
lilac bay
How are you integrating with Stripe currently? Are you using Checkout Session, Payment Intent or Subscription APIs?
crystal glade
Payment Intent
lilac bay
Payment Intent API doesn’t use product or prices created in Stripe, so those information isn’t available. The workaround is to save the product information in the metadata field during the Payment Intent creation: https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_intents/create#create_payment_intent-metadata, which they will be available during retrieval as well
crystal glade
Is there any other way to obtain the metadata besides specifying it when creating the Paymentintent?
lilac bay
I'm afraid using metadata is the only workaround for Payment Intent integration
crystal glade
Would the transactions created through these two methods be unable to be queried for product information using the Stripe API interface?
lilac bay
For manual one-time payment, you can specify the product in the description, which will the be available for description field on Payment Intent object: https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_intents/object#payment_intent_object-description
For subscription, they use Subscription API with Stripe products and prices under the hood. Those product ID will be available under items.data.price hash in Subscription object: https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-items-data-price
crystal glade
What are the differences between Checkout Session, Payment Intent or Subscription APIs?
lilac bay
Their differences are:
- Checkout Session is a high-level API that manages the entire checkout context - line items, discounts, tax, shipping, and adaptive pricing — with minimal code, making it the recommended default for most integrations.
- Payment Intent is a lower-level API for charging a specific amount with a specific payment method, offering maximum flexibility but requiring you to orchestrate everything (cart state, tax, etc.) yourself.
- Subscription is purpose-built for recurring billing - it automatically generates invoices and PaymentIntents on a schedule, manages lifecycle states (trials, past-due, cancellations), and handles retry logic, so use it whenever you need to charge customers on a recurring basis.
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