Create secure, hosted checkout experiences that handle the complete payment flow for both one-time purchases and subscriptions with full customization control.
Quick Start Guide
Get your first checkout session running in under 5 minutes
API Reference & Live Testing
Explore the full API documentation and interactively test Checkout Session requests and responses.
Preview Checkout
Calculate pricing, taxes, and totals before creating a session.
Session Validity: Checkout sessions are valid for 24 hours by default. If you pass confirm=true in your request, the session will only be valid for 15 minutes.
import DodoPayments from 'dodopayments';// Initialize the Dodo Payments clientconst client = new DodoPayments({ bearerToken: process.env.DODO_PAYMENTS_API_KEY, environment: 'test_mode', // defaults to 'live_mode'});async function createCheckoutSession() { try { const session = await client.checkoutSessions.create({ // Products to sell - use IDs from your Dodo Payments dashboard product_cart: [ { product_id: 'prod_123', // Replace with your actual product ID quantity: 1 } ], // Pre-fill customer information to reduce friction customer: { email: 'customer@example.com', name: 'John Doe', phone_number: '+1234567890' }, // Billing address for tax calculation and compliance billing_address: { street: '123 Main St', city: 'San Francisco', state: 'CA', country: 'US', // Required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code zipcode: '94102' }, // Where to redirect after successful payment return_url: 'https://yoursite.com/checkout/success', // Custom data for your internal tracking metadata: { order_id: 'order_123', source: 'web_app' } }); // Redirect your customer to this URL to complete payment console.log('Checkout URL:', session.checkout_url); console.log('Session ID:', session.session_id); return session; } catch (error) { console.error('Failed to create checkout session:', error); throw error; }}// Example usage in an Express.js routeapp.post('/create-checkout', async (req, res) => { try { const session = await createCheckoutSession(); res.json({ checkout_url: session.checkout_url }); } catch (error) { res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to create checkout session' }); }});
import osfrom dodopayments import DodoPayments# Initialize the Dodo Payments clientclient = DodoPayments( bearer_token=os.environ.get("DODO_PAYMENTS_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted environment="test_mode", # defaults to "live_mode")def create_checkout_session(): """ Create a checkout session for a single product with customer data pre-filled. Returns the session object containing checkout_url for customer redirection. """ try: session = client.checkout_sessions.create( # Products to sell - use IDs from your Dodo Payments dashboard product_cart=[ { "product_id": "prod_123", # Replace with your actual product ID "quantity": 1 } ], # Pre-fill customer information to reduce checkout friction customer={ "email": "customer@example.com", "name": "John Doe", "phone_number": "+1234567890" }, # Billing address for tax calculation and compliance billing_address={ "street": "123 Main St", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "country": "US", # Required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code "zipcode": "94102" }, # Where to redirect after successful payment return_url="https://yoursite.com/checkout/success", # Custom data for your internal tracking metadata={ "order_id": "order_123", "source": "web_app" } ) # Redirect your customer to this URL to complete payment print(f"Checkout URL: {session.checkout_url}") print(f"Session ID: {session.session_id}") return session except Exception as error: print(f"Failed to create checkout session: {error}") raise error# Example usage in a Flask routefrom flask import Flask, jsonify, requestapp = Flask(__name__)@app.route('/create-checkout', methods=['POST'])def create_checkout(): try: session = create_checkout_session() return jsonify({"checkout_url": session.checkout_url}) except Exception as error: return jsonify({"error": "Failed to create checkout session"}), 500
// Direct API call using fetch - useful for any JavaScript environmentasync function createCheckoutSession() { try { const response = await fetch('https://test.dodopayments.com/checkouts', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.DODO_PAYMENTS_API_KEY}` }, body: JSON.stringify({ // Products to sell - use IDs from your Dodo Payments dashboard product_cart: [ { product_id: 'prod_123', // Replace with your actual product ID quantity: 1 } ], // Pre-fill customer information to reduce checkout friction customer: { email: 'customer@example.com', name: 'John Doe', phone_number: '+1234567890' }, // Billing address for tax calculation and compliance billing_address: { street: '123 Main St', city: 'San Francisco', state: 'CA', country: 'US', // Required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code zipcode: '94102' }, // Where to redirect after successful payment return_url: 'https://yoursite.com/checkout/success', // Custom data for your internal tracking metadata: { order_id: 'order_123', source: 'web_app' } }) }); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`); } const session = await response.json(); // Redirect your customer to this URL to complete payment console.log('Checkout URL:', session.checkout_url); console.log('Session ID:', session.session_id); return session; } catch (error) { console.error('Failed to create checkout session:', error); throw error; }}// Example: Redirect user to checkoutcreateCheckoutSession().then(session => { window.location.href = session.checkout_url;});
Direct your customer to the checkout URL to complete their purchase.
// Redirect immediatelywindow.location.href = session.checkout_url;// Or open in new windowwindow.open(session.checkout_url, '_blank');
Alternative Integration Options: Instead of redirecting, you can embed the checkout directly in your page using Overlay Checkout (modal overlay) or Inline Checkout (fully embedded). Both options use the same checkout session URL.
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Handle the return
After payment, customers are redirected to your return_url with query parameters including payment/subscription ID, status, customer email, and any license keys. See the return_url parameter docs for the full list.
Array of products to include in the checkout session. Each product must have a valid product_id from your Dodo Payments dashboard.
Mixed Checkout: You can combine one-time payment products and subscription products in the same checkout session. This enables powerful use cases like setup fees with subscriptions, hardware bundles with SaaS, and more.
