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Payment Intents API

Learn how to use the Payment Intents API to process payments.

The Payment Intents API gives you visibility over the payment process. It manages a Payment Intent resource that tracks your customer's journey via status transition to complete a payment. It tracks your customers from their arrival on your checkout page until they are redirected to your success page.

Some of the advantages of using the Payment Intents API include:

  • Automatic authentication handling.
  • No double charges
  • Staying compliant with any related regulatory changes

Steps in using the Payment Intent API​

The integration with the Payment Intents API involves two actions: creating and attaching a Payment Method to a Payment Intent. A Payment Intent resource is usually related to a single customer's shopping cart or customer session in your application. The PaymentIntent holds information about the transaction, such as the supported payment methods and the amount to be collected.

To know more about integrating the Payment Intent API , head over to our integration guide.