How to capture funds later when using Stripe's Checkout feature? - stripe-payments

Question

I am using Stripe's Checkout feature. My product takes a few minutes to generate, so I want to place a hold on the funds, only charging the customer once their product is ready. Is it possible to do so without refactoring away from using this feature?

Answer 1

This code works for me:
<?php
$amount = 50;
$stripe = new \Stripe\StripeClient(env('STRIPE_SECRET'));
$session = $stripe->checkout->sessions->create([
'payment_method_types' => ['card'],
'success_url' => 'reservation.success'.'?id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}',
'cancel_url' => 'reservation.cancel',
'payment_intent_data' => [
'capture_method' => 'manual',
],
'line_items' => [[
'price_data' => [
'currency' => "eur",
'product_data'=> [
'name'=> "My awesome product",
],
'unit_amount'=> $amount * 100,
],
'quantity' => 1
]],
'mode' => 'payment',
]);
return redirect()->to($session->url);
This was done in laravel. You might need to adapt it a little to your needs.
Of course you need to
adapt $amount to the amount you want to collect in €.
change the currency if you need to
set the route for success_url
set the route for cancel_url
After calling this code the user is redirected to the session url, to make the payment, which is then reserved on his card.
You can then capture the payment later via:
<?php
$stripe = new \Stripe\StripeClient(env('STRIPE_SECRET'));
$session_id = 'THE_CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID';
$payment_intent = $stripe->checkout->sessions->retrieve($session_id)-payment_intent;
$intent = \Stripe\PaymentIntent::retrieve($payment_intent);
// Capture all
$intent->capture();
// Alternative: Capture only a part of the reserved amount
// $intent->capture(['amount_to_capture' => 750]);
See also https://stripe.com/docs/payments/capture-later