Integrating a payment gateway
A payment gateway is a technology used by merchants to process payments from customers online. Using a payment gateway, you can manage customers' orders and delegate payment processing to a reliable, secure third party. By using a trusted payment gateway, you won't have to worry about the technical, security, and regulatory complexity of processing credit cards in your own system.
There are several payment gateway providers to choose from. We are going to integrate Stripe, which is a very popular payment gateway used by online services such as Shopify, Uber, Twitch, and GitHub, among others.
Stripe provides an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows you to process online payments with multiple payment methods, such as credit card, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. You can learn more about Stripe at https://www.stripe.com/.
Stripe provides different products related to payment processing. It can manage one-off payments, recurring payments for...