Payment Methods

Payment Methods PaymentMethod objects represent your customer's payment instruments. They can be used with PaymentIntents to collect payments or saved to Customer objects to store instrument details for future payments. Related guides: Payment Methods and More Payment Scenarios. ## Create a PaymentMethod stripe.createPaymentMethod(paymentMethodData: object) Use stripe.createPaymentMethod to convert payment information collected by elements into a PaymentMethod object that you safely pass to your server to use in an API call. NOTE: In most integrations, you will not need to use this method. Instead, use methods like stripe.confirmCardPayment, which will automatically create a PaymentMethod when you confirm a PaymentIntent. - paymentMethodData Refer to the PaymentMethod API for a full list of parameters. - type The type of the PaymentMethod to create. Refer to the PaymentMethod API for all possible values. - card A card or cardNumber Element. - au_becs_debit An auBankAccount Element. - fpx An fpx Element. - fpx[bank] The customer's bank. - netbanking[bank] The customer's bank. - ideal An idealBank Element. - ideal[bank] The customer's bank. - sepa_debit An iban Element. - sepa_debit[iban] An the related setting account number. - upi[vpa] The customer's VPA. - billing_details Billing information associated with the PaymentMethod that may be used or required by particular types of payment methods. ### Example title Create a PaymentMethod ## Create a PaymentMethod with Elements stripe.createPaymentMethod(options: object) Use stripe.createPaymentMethod to convert payment information collected by elements into a PaymentMethod object that you safely pass to your server to use in an API call. NOTE: In most integrations, you will not need to use this method. Instead, use methods like stripe.confirmPayment, which will automatically create a PaymentMethod when you confirm a PaymentIntent. - options - elements The Elements instance that was used to create the Payment Element. It will be used to pull payment method and billing address data from. - params Parameters that will be passed on to the Stripe API. Refer to the PaymentMethod API for a full list of parameters. - billing_details Billing information associated with the PaymentMethod that may be used or required by particular types of payment methods. ### Example title Create a PaymentMethod