#QTechDev - create invoice
strong obsidian
When you say "from a separate API", does that mean you just want to create an invoice from your server?
ivory warren
yeah its a seperate server
so basically the client will be choosing items from our server and we want to have the payments done thru stripe
strong obsidian
Ah ok. Yeah, you can just utilize the "Create an invoice" API endpoint to do this from your server: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/create
ivory warren
the customer ID is something I would make correct?
strong obsidian
Yeah. Here's a guide to get you started: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/integration/quickstart
ivory warren
ok great ill take a look at this thanks
i just refer to this thread if i need any help?
strong obsidian
Yeah. We archive them after a while if there's no activity, but you can always just come back and ask a question in the main channel if it's been archived
ivory warren
okay thanks
strong obsidian
No problem!
ivory warren
is it possible to instead of sending an email for an invoice to just have them pay on the site itself?
strong obsidian
Yes for sure. PaymentIntents might be the way to go then. Are you accepting one-time payments or subscription payments? Also, do you want them to remain on your website for the payment, or are you open to them paying on a Stripe-hosted page?
strong obsidian
Ok let me send you a different guide that will be better for your use-case. One moment
ivory warren
much appreciated
strong obsidian
This guide will allow you to use the Stripe PaymentElement form on your website and shows you how to accept a one-time payment using PaymentIntents: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/accept-a-payment?platform=web&ui=elements
Here's more info on what a PaymentIntent is: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-intents