terminalShop-old/docs/stripe-js-card-form.md

Custom Card Form with Stripe.js

Why

The reference (terminal.shop) uses their own branded card input page with Stripe.js instead of Stripe Hosted Checkout. This means:

• Full control over the UI/branding
• No webhooks needed for card saving (token POSTed directly to API)
• No Stripe Checkout Session required
• Cleaner flow, fewer moving parts

How it would work

1. TUI calls POST /api/v1/cards/collect → gets https://yourdomain.com/pay/TOKEN
2. User opens URL → sees your own card form (HTML + Stripe.js)
3. Stripe.js tokenizes card in the browser (client-side, no raw card data APIs needed)
4. Page POSTs token + TOKEN to your API: POST /api/v1/cards/collect/TOKEN
5. API saves the card to the database
6. TUI polling detects new card and auto-proceeds

What to build

1. HTML page served at GET /pay/{token}

Instead of redirecting to Stripe, serve an HTML page with Stripe Elements. The TOKEN from the URL is used to associate the card with the right user.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script src="https://js.stripe.com/v3/"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="card-form">
    <div id="card-element"></div>
    <button type="submit">Save Card</button>
  </form>
  <script>
    const stripe = Stripe('pk_test_YOUR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY');
    const elements = stripe.elements();
    const card = elements.create('card');
    card.mount('#card-element');

    document.getElementById('card-form').addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
      e.preventDefault();
      const { token } = await stripe.createToken(card);
      await fetch('/api/v1/cards/collect/TOKEN_FROM_URL', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
        body: JSON.stringify({ token: token.id })
      });
      window.location.href = '/card-added';
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

2. New API endpoint: POST /api/v1/cards/collect/{token}

• Looks up the user from the token (stored in DB or memory map)
• Calls Stripe to convert token → PaymentMethod
• Attaches to customer
• Saves card to DB
• No webhook needed

3. Remove Stripe Checkout Session logic from CollectCard

CollectCard just generates a token, stores user association, returns the URL. No stripeSession.New() call needed.

Notes

• Requires a publicly accessible HTTPS domain (same as current approach)
• The in-memory token→userID map works fine (same TTL concerns as current approach)
• Could remove the checkout.session.completed webhook handler entirely
• Would need to remove the Stripe Checkout Session dependency from cards.go