Save a customer's payment method when they use it for a payment

Use the Checkout Sessions API to save payment details during a purchase. This is useful for situations such as:

• Charging a customer for an e-commerce order and storing the payment details for future purchases.
• Initiating the first payment in a series of recurring payments.
• Charging a deposit and storing the payment details to charge the full amount later.

Compliance

You’re responsible for your compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and network rules when saving a customer’s payment details. These requirements generally apply if you want to save your customer’s payment method for future use, such as displaying a customer’s payment method to them in the checkout flow for a future purchase or charging them when they’re not actively using your website or app. Add terms to your website or app that state how you plan to save payment method details and allow customers to opt in.

When you save a payment method, you can only use it for the specific usage you have included in your terms. To charge a payment method when a customer is offline and save it as an option for future purchases, make sure that you explicitly collect consent from the customer for this specific use. For example, include a “Save my payment method for future use” checkbox to collect consent.

To charge a customer when they’re offline, make sure your terms include the following:

• The customer’s agreement to your initiating a payment or a series of payments on their behalf for specified transactions.
• The anticipated timing and frequency of payments (for example, if the charges are for scheduled installments, subscription payments, or unscheduled top-ups).
• How you determine the payment amount.
• Your cancellation policy, if the payment method is for a subscription service.

Make sure you keep a record of your customer’s written agreement to these terms.

# Available as a gem
sudo gem install stripe

# If you use bundler, you can add this line to your Gemfile
gem 'stripe'

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers \
  -u "
sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2
:" \
  -d name="Jenny Rosen" \
  --data-urlencode email="jennyrosen@example.com"

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/checkout/sessions \
  -u "
sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2
:" \
  -d "line_items[0][price]"=
{{PRICE_ID}} \
  -d "line_items[0][quantity]"=2 \
  -d mode=payment \
  -d ui_mode=custom \
  -d customer_creation=always \
  -d "saved_payment_method_options[payment_method_save]"=enabled

const checkout = await stripe.initCheckout({
  fetchClientSecret,
  elementsOptions: {
    savedPaymentMethod: {
      enableSave: 'auto',
    }
  }
});

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/checkout/sessions \
  -u "
sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2
:" \
  -d "line_items[0][price]"=
{{PRICE_ID}} \
  -d "line_items[0][quantity]"=2 \
  -d mode=payment \
  -d ui_mode=custom \
  -d customer=
{{CUSTOMER_ID}}

const checkout = await stripe.initCheckout({
  fetchClientSecret,
  elementsOptions: {
    savedPaymentMethod: {
      enableSave: 'auto',
      enableRedisplay: 'auto',
    }
  }
});

const checkout = await stripe.initCheckout({
  fetchClientSecret,
  elementsOptions: {
    savedPaymentMethod: {
      enableSave: 'never',
      enableRedisplay: 'never',
    }
  }
});

<label>
  <input type="checkbox" id="save-payment-method-checkbox" />
  Save my payment information for future purchases
</label>
<button id="pay-button">Pay</button>
<div id="confirm-errors"></div>

stripe.initCheckout({fetchClientSecret}).then((checkout) => {
  const button = document.getElementById('pay-button');
  const errors = document.getElementById('confirm-errors');
  const checkbox = document.getElementById('save-payment-method-checkbox');
  button.addEventListener('click', () => {
    // Clear any validation errors
    errors.textContent = '';

    const savePaymentMethod = checkbox.checked;
    checkout.confirm({savePaymentMethod}).then((result) => {
      if (result.type === 'error') {
        errors.textContent = result.error.message;
      }
    });
  });
});

<div id="saved-payment-methods"></div>

stripe.initCheckout({fetchClientSecret}).then((checkout) => {
  const container = document.getElementById('saved-payment-methods');
  checkout.session().savedPaymentMethods.forEach((pm) => {
    const label = document.createElement('label');
    const radio = document.createElement('input');

    radio.type = 'radio';
    radio.value = pm.id;

    label.appendChild(radio);
    label.appendChild(document.createTextNode(`Card ending in ${pm.card.last4}`));
    container.appendChild(label);
  });
});

<button id="pay-button">Pay</button>

stripe.initCheckout({fetchClientSecret}).then((checkout) => {
  const button = document.getElementById('pay-button');
  button.addEventListener('click', () => {
    checkout.confirm({paymentMethod: selectedPaymentMethod}).then((result) => {
      if (result.error) {
        // Confirmation failed. Display the error message.
      }
    });
  });
});