Payment Request API

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers. The Payment Request API provides a consistent user experience for both merchants and users. It is not a new way for paying for things; rather, it's a way for users to select their preferred way of paying for things, and make that information available to a merchant.

Payment Request concepts and usage

Many problems related to online shopping-cart abandonment can be traced to checkout forms, which can be difficult and time consuming to fill out and often require multiple steps to complete. The Payment Request API is meant to reduce the number of steps needed to complete a payment online, potentially doing away with checkout forms. It aims to make the checkout process easier, by having payment apps store a user's details, which are then passed along to a merchant, hopefully without requiring an HTML form. To request a payment, a web page creates a PaymentRequest object in response to a user action that initiates a payment, such as clicking a "Purchase" button. The PaymentRequest allows the web page to exchange information with the user agent while the user provides input to complete the transaction. You can find a complete guide in Using the Payment Request API.  Note: The API is available inside cross-origin <iframe> elements only if they have had the allowpaymentrequest attribute set on them. 

Interfaces
 PaymentAddress  An object that contains address information; used for billing and shipping addresses, for example.  PaymentRequest  An object that provides the API for creating and managing the user agent's payment interface.  PaymentRequestEvent  An event delivered to a payment handler when a PaymentRequest is made.  PaymentRequestUpdateEvent  Enables the web page to update the details of the payment request in response to a user action.  PaymentMethodChangeEvent  Represents the user changing payment instrument (e.g., switching from one payment method to another).  PaymentResponse  An object returned after the user selects a payment method and approves a payment request.  MerchantValidationEvent  Represents the browser requiring the merchant (website) to validate themselves as allowed to use a particular payment handler (e.g., registered as allowed to use Apple Pay).  
Dictionaries
 AddressErrors  A dictionary containing strings providing descriptive explanations of any errors in any PaymentAddress entries which have errors.  PaymentDetailsUpdate  An object describing changes that need to be made to the payment details in the event that the server needs to update information following the instantiation of the payment interface but before the user begins to interact with it.  
Specifications
   Specification     Payment Request API   Payment Method Identifiers   
Browser compatibility




Desktop
Mobile



Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Opera
Safari
WebView Android
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on IOS
Samsung Internet




Payment_Request_API
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PaymentRequest
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abort
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canMakePayment
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id
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merchantvalidation_event
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paymentmethodchange_event
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shippingAddress
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shippingaddresschange_event
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shippingOption
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shippingoptionchange_event
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shippingType
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show
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PaymentRequest interface
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See also
 Using the Payment Request API Payment processing concepts Introducing the Payment Request API for Apple Pay Google Pay API PaymentRequest Tutorial Samsung Pay Web Payments Integration Guide W3C Payment Request API FAQ Feature Policy directive payment
 


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