Dara - Checkout Error Testing | Stripe Developers | Page 1

icy lake Dec 3, 2021, 7:22 PM

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Hello! We do not recommend using client-only Checkout at this point. That said, if you do need to use client-only Checkout, can you provide more details? Are you asking how to make the stripe.redirectToCheckout Promise resolve with an error?

split imp Dec 3, 2021, 7:25 PM

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oh what is that you dont recommend client only checkout?

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yes i want to return the promised resolve with an error.

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No wonder the documentation changed recently and it does not present the client only option anymore.

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I want to add to the error state and alert the user.

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With the server option, it is easy. Just throw new Error() lol

icy lake Dec 3, 2021, 7:31 PM

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I think you would need to use your browser dev tools to prevent network communication with Stripe to produce the error in the Promise.

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But yeah, creating Checkout Sessions server-side and sending people to the url on them is our recommended approach: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/object#checkout_session_object-url

split imp Dec 3, 2021, 7:34 PM

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But client only does that also. Is it more secure with server side that you recommend it?

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I am only creating a short tutorial.

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For my real apps, i am using server side. Don't worry! 🙂

icy lake Dec 3, 2021, 7:35 PM

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But client only does that also.

Does what also?

split imp Dec 3, 2021, 7:35 PM

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does redirect to cancel and success url also

icy lake Dec 3, 2021, 7:36 PM

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Yeah, but that has nothing to do with what you're asking about, right?

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You want to get stripe.redirectToCheckout to produce a Promise with an error, correct?

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The only reason it will do that is if it can't redirect to Checkout in the first place, so the only way to make that happen is to prevent it from contacting Stripe.

split imp Dec 3, 2021, 7:37 PM

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ok sounds good

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Now, is there a particular reason Stripe recommends server side only now?

icy lake Dec 3, 2021, 7:42 PM

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It's a lot more flexible and powerful, and supports more features.

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Client-only is quite limited because it's hard to provide much functionality due to security concerns.

split imp Dec 3, 2021, 7:49 PM

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That's what I thought.

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Thanks.

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It's harder to make a tutorial having to show front and backend lol

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For a simple payment, I think maybe client only is enough.

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