Checkout Integration

What it does

This skill integrates Dodo Payments into your application, enabling seamless payment experiences through hosted checkout pages, overlay checkout modals, or shareable payment links. It allows you to create and manage checkout sessions programmatically using either a server-side SDK (for Hosted Checkout) or a JavaScript SDK (for Overlay Checkout). The integration facilitates automated transactions and order management by handling the complexities of payment processing.

When to use it

• You need to accept payments on your website without building a full payment gateway solution.
• You want to offer customers a hosted checkout experience with a simple redirect.
• You prefer an overlay checkout for a more integrated user experience within your site’s design.
• You want to generate shareable payment links for easy order collection.

Key capabilities

• Hosted Checkout: Creates full-page redirect checkout experiences using a server-side SDK.
• Overlay Checkout: Provides an in-site checkout modal experience using a JavaScript SDK.
• Payment Links: Generates shareable links to initiate payments without requiring direct integration.
• Product Cart Management: Allows specifying multiple products and quantities within a single checkout session.
• Customer Data Handling: Supports including customer email and name in the checkout process, as well as referencing existing customers by ID.
• Metadata Support: Enables adding custom metadata (e.g., order IDs, referral codes) to checkout sessions.
• Next.js API Route Integration: Provides an example implementation for creating checkout sessions within a Next.js application.

Example prompts

• "Create a Dodo Payments checkout session for product ID 'prod_xxxxx' with quantity 1, customer email '[email protected]', and return URL 'https://yoursite.com/checkout/success'."
• "Generate a payment link for two units of product 'prod_item_1' and one unit of product 'prod_item_2'."
• "Create a checkout session using customer ID 'cust_existing_customer' with metadata including an order ID."

Tips & gotchas

• You will need a Dodo Payments API key ( DODO_PAYMENTS_API_KEY ) to authenticate requests.
• The integration requires either the server-side SDK or JavaScript SDK, depending on your desired checkout method.
• Ensure that the return_url is correctly configured to redirect users back to your application after payment completion.