Migrate to the Payment Element with the Payment Intents API

View your payment methods settings and enable the payment methods you want to support. You need at least one payment method enabled to create a PaymentIntent.

By default, Stripe enables cards and other prevalent payment methods that can help you reach more customers, but we recommend turning on additional payment methods that are relevant for your business and customers. See Payment method support for product and payment method support, and our pricing page for fees.

Next, update your client-side code to pass mode, currency, and amount when you create the Elements instance. For use with a PaymentIntent, set the mode to 'payment' and the currency and amount to what you’ll charge your customer.

const stripe =
    Stripe(
'pk_test_TYooMQauvdEDq54NiTphI7jx');
const elements = stripe.elements();

const stripe =
    Stripe(
'pk_test_TYooMQauvdEDq54NiTphI7jx');
const options = {
  mode: 'payment',
  currency: 'usd',
  amount: 1099,
};
const elements = stripe.elements(options);

You can now replace the Card Element and individual payment methods Elements with the Payment Element. The Payment Element automatically adjusts to collect input fields based on the payment method and country (for example, full billing address collection for SEPA Direct Debit) so you don’t have to maintain customized input fields anymore.

The following example replaces CardElement with PaymentElement:

<form id="payment-form">
  <div id="card-element">
  </div>
  <div id="payment-element">
    <!-- Mount the Payment Element here -->
  </div>
  <button id="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

const cardElement = elements.create("card");
cardElement.mount("#card-element");
const paymentElement = elements.create("payment");
paymentElement.mount("#payment-element");

If your payment flow already always collects details like the customer’s name or email address, you can prevent the Payment Element from collecting this information by passing the fields option when creating the Payment Element. If you disable the collection of a certain field, you must pass that same data back with stripe.confirmPayment.

The Payment Element allows you to accept multiple payment methods. You can manage payment methods from the Dashboard. Stripe handles the return of eligible payment methods based on factors such as the transaction’s amount, currency, and payment flow. We prioritize payment methods that increase conversion and are most relevant to the customer’s currency and location.

Any of the additional elements options passed when creating the Elements group in the earlier step should also be passed when creating the PaymentIntent.

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_intents \
  -u 
sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2
: \
  -H "Stripe-Version: 2025-08-27.basil" \
  -d "amount"=1099 \
  -d "currency"="usd" \
  -d "payment_method_types[]"=card \
  -d "automatic_payment_methods[enabled]"=true \

Instead of using individual confirm methods like stripe.confirmCardPayment or stripe.confirmP24Payment, use stripe.confirmPayment to collect payment information and submit it to Stripe.

To confirm the PaymentIntent, make the following updates to your submit handler:

• Call await elements.submit() to trigger form validation and collect any data required for wallets.
• Optional: Move PaymentIntent creation to the submit handler. This way you only create the PaymentIntent when you’re sure of the final amount.
• Pass the elements instance you used to create the Payment Element and the clientSecret from the PaymentIntent as parameters to stripe.confirmPayment.

When called, stripe.confirmPayment attempts to complete any required actions, such as authenticating your customers by displaying a 3DS window or redirecting them to a bank authorisation page. When confirmation is complete, users are directed to the return_url you configured, which normally corresponds to a page on your website that provides the status of the payment.

If you want to keep the same checkout flow for card payments and only redirect for redirect-based payment methods, you can set redirect to if_required.

The following code example replaces stripe.confirmCardPayment with stripe.confirmPayment:

// Create the PaymentIntent and obtain clientSecret
const res = await fetch("/create-intent", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
});

const {client_secret: clientSecret} = await res.json();

const handleSubmit = async (event) => {
  event.preventDefault();

  if (!stripe) {
    // Stripe.js hasn't yet loaded.
    // Make sure to disable form submission until Stripe.js has loaded.
    return;
  }

  setLoading(true);

  const {error} = await stripe.confirmCardPayment(clientSecret, {
    payment_method: {
      card: elements.getElement(CardElement)
    }
  });

  if (error) {
    handleError(error);
  }
};

const handleSubmit = async (event) => {
  event.preventDefault();

  if (!stripe) {
    // Stripe.js hasn't yet loaded.
    // Make sure to disable form submission until Stripe.js has loaded.
    return;
  }

  setLoading(true);

  // Trigger form validation and wallet collection
  const {error: submitError} = await elements.submit();
  if (submitError) {
    handleError(submitError);
    return;
  }

  // Create the PaymentIntent and obtain clientSecret
  const res = await fetch("/create-intent", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
  });

  const {client_secret: clientSecret} = await res.json();

  // Use the clientSecret and Elements instance to confirm the setup
  const {error} = await stripe.confirmPayment({
    elements,
    clientSecret,
    confirmParams: {
      return_url: 'https://example.com/order/123/complete',
    },
    // Uncomment below if you only want redirect for redirect-based payments
    // redirect: "if_required",
  });

  if (error) {
    handleError(error);
  }
};

Stripe sends a payment_intent.succeeded event when the payment completes. Use the Dashboard webhook tool or follow the webhook guide to receive these events and run actions, such as sending an order confirmation email to your customer, logging the sale in a database, or starting a shipping workflow.

Listen for these events rather than waiting on a callback from the client. On the client, the customer could close the browser window or quit the app before the callback executes, and malicious clients could manipulate the response. Setting up your integration to listen for asynchronous events is what enables you to accept different types of payment methods with a single integration.

In addition to handling the payment_intent.succeeded event, we recommend handling these other events when collecting payments with the Payment Element:

See Testing for additional information to test your integration.