Prebuilt Checkout
Learn how to build a Drop-in Checkout integration
Drop-in Checkout is a configurable checkout experience that allows you to connect an upstream commerce system with Digital River's payment processing, fraud detection, tax exemption, and disclosure services.
The Drop-in Checkout solution reduces the complexity of integrating with the Digital River APIs and the DigitalRiver.js library, thereby shortening your time to deployment.
During the early stages of an ecommerce transaction, customers land on your storefront, review products and build a cart. Digital River is typically not involved in these early pre-checkout interactions. Once the customer initiates checkout, you start interacting with Drop-in Checkout.
Add a click event listener to each checkout button on your site. Handle the event by defining a checkout-session request, passing that request data to your back-end server, and then securely sending a create checkout-session request.
Digital River returns a unique checkout-session identifier that you must pass, along with an optional configuration object, to the create modal method on your front-end.
To create a checkout-session, send your secret API key and request payload in a
POST/drop-in/checkout-sessions.curl --location --request POST 'https://api.digitalriver.com/drop-in/checkout-sessions' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <secret API key>' \
...
--data-raw '{
"currency": "USD",
"customerType": "individual",
"taxInclusive": false,
"items": [
{
"skuId": "b535d75a-a6ee-4f63-be4d-c2e2537efec7",
"quantity": 1,
"price": 5
}
],
"shipFrom": {
"address": {
"line1": "10380 Bren Rd W",
"line2": "",
"city": "Minnetonka",
"postalCode": "55129",
"state": "MN",
"country": "US"
}
},
"options": {
"shippingMethods": [
{
"amount": 5,
"description": "standard",
"serviceLevel": "SG"
},
{
"amount": 15,
"description": "next day",
"serviceLevel": "ND"
}
],
"addresses": [
{
"address": {
"line1": "10380 Bren Rd W",
"line2": "line 2",
"city": "Minnetonka",
"postalCode": "55129",
"state": "MN",
"country": "US"
},
"name": "John Smith",
"phone": "952-111-1111",
"email": "[email protected]",
"organization": "Digital River",
"additionalAddressInfo": {
"neighborhood": "Centro",
"division": "営業部",
"phoneticName": "ヤマダ タロ"
}
},
{
"address": {
"line1": "62 Trinity Crescent",
"line2": "",
"city": "WHITCHURCH",
"postalCode": "CF4 9ZB",
"country": "GB"
},
"name": "Anna Brawner",
"phone": "07854319925",
"email": "[email protected]",
"organization": "Digital River",
"additionalAddressInfo": {
"neighborhood": "Centro",
"division": "営業部",
"phoneticName": "ヤマダ タロ"
}
}
]
}
}'
{
"id": "eb3b9cc3-d068-4300-9488-c88c0341b5db"
...
}
Add the following Digital River checkout library link to your checkout pages.
<script src="https://checkout.digitalriverws.com/v1/DigitalRiverCheckout.js"></script>
const drCheckout = new DigitalRiverCheckout('YOUR_PUBLIC_API_KEY');
Respond to checkout button click events by building a configuration object and then passing it and the checkout session identifier to the
createModal() method.document.getElementById('YOUR_CHECKOUT_BUTTON_ID').addEventListener('click', async (event) => {
// An example asynchronous function that creates the checkout session
const checkoutSessionId = await createCheckoutSession();
// Creates and opens the modal
drCheckout.createModal(checkoutSessionId, config);
});
After
createModal() is invoked, the Drop-in Checkout modal window opens and the onReady event occurs.Customers then proceed through the stages of a checkout. Customers are always required to provide their name, phone number, email address, billing address, and payment method. Depending on how you configure the checkout-session, they may also be prompted to specify a shipping address, shipping option and/or tax identifier.
In checkouts that contain physical products, the modal first prompts the user for shipping information and then uses this same data to populate billing information. Later, during the payment stage, the customer does however have the option to provide different billing details.
In checkouts that only contain digital products, the modal doesn’t ask for shipping details. Instead, it simply prompts the user for billing information.
If you send
customerId in the create checkout-session request, customers are given the option to save their shipping and billing information for use in future checkouts.If you send
options.addresses[] in the create checkout-session request, then the modal has the capability to present these saved addresses to the customer. If the customer uses the radio button control to select one of them, its values are populated in the address collection form.When customers click the continue checkout button,
onAddressComplete triggers an event that contains an address . This object contains the billing and shipping information submitted by the customer.{
“billing”: {
“address”: {
“line1”: “10380 Bren Rd W”,
“city”: “Minnetonka”,Z
“postalCode”: “55129”,
“state”: “MN”,
“country”: “US”
},
“name”: “Jane Smith”,
“phone”: “5555555555”,
“email”: “[email protected]m”,
“saveForLater”: false
},
“shipping”: {
“address”: {
“line1”: “10380 Bren Rd W”,
“city”: “Minnetonka”,
“postalCode”: “55129”,
“state”: “MN”,
“country”: “US”
},
“name”: “Jane Smith”,
“phone”: “5555555555”,
“email”: “[email protected]”,
“saveForLater”: true
}
}
In transactions that contain physical products, the modal prompts the user to make a shipping choice. For each of the checkout-session's
shippingMethods customers are shown its description and amount.When customers click the continue checkout button,
onDeliveryComplete triggers an event that returns a shippingMethod. This object contains the shipping options selected by the customer, along with a calculated taxAmount.{
“amount”: 15,
“description”: “Next Day Air”,
“serviceLevel”: “ND”,
“taxAmount”: 1.11
}
In guest checkouts, customers can enter a tax identifier but are not given the option to save the value.
Registered customers with applicable, saved tax identifiers can either select one of the values presented to them or enter a new one.
Registered customers with no stored, transaction-applicable tax identifiers can save a new value for use in future checkouts. If they select this option, Digital River saves the tax identifier to the customer’s record.
In countries that require tax identifiers, customers must enter a value before proceeding to the payment stage.
In the payment collection stage, the modal only displays payment methods that are appropriate to the transaction. Depending on your setup, the modal might also display saved payment methods and custom consents.
When you pass a
customerId in the create checkout session request, then we retrieve and display any transaction-applicable payment sources[] that are saved to the referenced customer. Guest checkout
Registered checkout
For each of these payment methods, the modal also presents users with the terms of sale and privacy policy of the designated selling entity.
If you configure your own consents in Dashboard, then they are appended to Digital River's disclosures. Customers must accept all these terms and disclosures before placing the order.
Digital River only disclosures
Combined disclosures
If you have no customized consents in Dashboard, then the modal only displays Digital River's disclosures.
If you add consents in Dashboard, then the modal displays Digital River's disclosures, along with yours as well.
Once customers provide payment, agree to the terms, and successfully submit the order,
onCheckoutComplete triggers an event that returns an order.Depending on how you configure the order confirmation stage, you can retrieve relevant data from the object (such as
id) and display it to customers on a customized page.The following is an example of the default order confirmation window.
{
"id": "1ebfd13c-4ef6-443c-b58a-cb119f1c24fd",
"type": "checkout_session.order.created",
"data": {
"object": {
"id": "1038474530082",
"checkoutId": "978785ba-07fc-4acd-9eaa-960ab512766c",
"checkoutSessionId": "41dc1898-81fa-43af-a128-480320a443f9",
"createdTime": "2022-07-11T19:22:46Z",
"currency": "USD",
"email": "[email protected]",
"shipTo": {
"address": {
"line1": "10380 Bren Rd W",
"line2": "line 2",
"city": "Minnetonka",
"postalCode": "55129",
"state": "MN",
"country": "US"
},
"name": "John Smith",
"phone": "952-111-1111",
"email": "[email protected]",
"organization": "Digital River",
"additionalAddressInfo": {
"neighborhood": "Centro",
"division": "営業部",
"phoneticName": "ヤマダ タロ"
},
"saveForLater": false
},
"shipFrom": {
"address": {
"line1": "10380 Bren Rd W",
"city": "Minnetonka",
"postalCode": "55129",
"state": "MN",
"country": "US"
}
},
"billTo": {
"address": {
"line1": "10380 Bren Rd W",
"line2": "line 2",
"city": "Minnetonka",
"postalCode": "55129",
"state": "MN",
"country": "US"
},
"name": "John Smith",
"phone": "952-111-1111",
"email": "[email protected]",
"organization": "Digital River",
"additionalAddressInfo": {
"neighborhood": "Centro",
"division": "営業部",
"phoneticName": "ヤマダ タロ"
},
"saveForLater": false
},
"totalAmount": 10.74,
"subtotal": 10.0,
"totalFees": 0.0,
"totalTax": 0.74,
"totalImporterTax": 0.0,
"totalDuty": 0.0,
"totalDiscount": 0.0,
"totalShipping": 5.0,
"items": [
{
"id": "50418820082",
"sku": {
"id": "b646aeaa-efe1-4fe4-a88f-73212b40381c",
"name": "Widget",
"eccn": "EAR99",
"taxCode": "4323.310_A",
"physical": true,
"metadata": {
"customAttribute1": "some value"
}
},
"amount": 5.0,
"quantity": 1,
"tax": {
"rate": 0.07375,
"amount": 0.37
},
"importerTax": {
"amount": 0.0
},
"duties": {
"amount": 0.0
},
"availableToRefundAmount": 0.0,
"fees": {
"amount": 0.0,
"taxAmount": 0.0
}
}
],
"shippingChoice": {
"amount": 5.0,
"description": "standard",
"serviceLevel": "SG",
"taxAmount": 0.37
},
"updatedTime": "2022-07-11T19:22:46Z",
"locale": "en_US",
"customerType": "individual",
"sellingEntity": {
"id": "C5_INC-ENTITY",
"name": "DR globalTech Inc."
},
"payment": {
"charges": [
{
"id": "c40a8740-fd56-41df-8ca3-0ebd12fcf9e7",
"createdTime": "2022-07-11T19:22:49Z",
"currency": "USD",
"amount": 10.74,
"state": "capturable",
"captured": false,
"refunded": false,
"sourceId": "ab6078ef-deeb-4728-9217-ec81f0b70af6",
"type": "customer_initiated"
}
],
"sources": [
{
"id": "ab6078ef-deeb-4728-9217-ec81f0b70af6",
"type": "creditCard",
"amount": 10.74,
"owner": {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Smith",
"email": "[email protected]",
"address": {
"line1": "10380 Bren Rd W",
"line2": "line 2",
"city": "Minnetonka",
"postalCode": "55129",
"state": "MN",
"country": "US"
},
"organization": "Digital River",
"additionalAddressInfo": {
"neighborhood": "Centro",
"phoneticFirstName": "ヤマダ",
"phoneticLastName": "タロ",
"division": "営業部"
}
},
"creditCard": {
"brand": "Visa",
"expirationMonth": 12,
"expirationYear": 2023,
"lastFourDigits": "1111"
}
}
],
"session": {
"id": "98fbc79d-d649-4f6b-8e55-45bda0f542b9",
"amountContributed": 10.74,
"amountRemainingToBeContributed": 0.0,
"state": "complete",
"clientSecret": "98fbc79d-d649-4f6b-8e55-45bda0f542b9_652d201c-799e-4d35-928b-3ccc3ccf4635"
}
},
"state": "accepted",
"stateTransitions": {
"accepted": "2022-07-11T19:22:51Z"
},
"fraudState": "passed",
"fraudStateTransitions": {
"passed": "2022-07-11T19:22:51Z"
},
"taxInclusive": false,
"consents": {
"termsOfService": true,
"eula": true,
"termsOfSale": true
},
"liveMode": false
}
},
"liveMode": false,
"createdTime": "2022-07-11T19:22:53.494589Z",
"digitalriverVersion": "2021-02-23"
}
This event occurs when a customer successfully completes checkout and an order is created in Digital River’s system. You can use the event to:
We don’t recommend that you use
checkout_session.order.created to trigger order fulfillment. Instead, listen for the order.accepted event and use it to drive downstream fulfillment processes.If
shipTo.saveForLater and/or billTo.saveForLater are true in the checkout_session.order.created event’s data.object, then customers requested that their shipping and/or billing information be saved for use in future transactions. You can use this flag to trigger a method that updates the customer’s saved addresses in your system.{
"id": "7312d117-4201-4a27-80e3-9e72f7ba2609",
"type": "checkout_session.order.created",
"data": {
"object": {
"id": "213614540336",
"checkoutId": "5dd0a16c-35e0-4451-a8a9-1ac8dc57008f",
"checkoutSessionId": "738d1e74-7efc-488f-9f4b-0f4d18351912",
...
"shipTo": {
...
"saveForLater": true
},
"billTo": {
...
"saveForLater": false
},
...
}
The
data.object of checkout_session.order.created and the order in onCheckoutComplete both contain consents. checkout_session.order.created
onCheckoutComplete
{
"id": "1ebfd13c-4ef6-443c-b58a-cb119f1c24fd",
"type": "checkout_session.order.created",
"data": {
"object": {
"id": "1038474530082",
...
"consents": {
"termsOfService": true,
"eula": true,
"termsOfSale": true
},
...
}
},
...
}
{
"id": "1038474530082",
...,
"consents": {
"termsOfService": true,
"eula": true,
"termsOfSale": true
},
"liveMode": false
}
In this object, the
termsOfSale boolean references Digital River's terms of sale. The eula and termsOfService reference your company's unique end user license agreement and service terms, respectively. When any of these event variables are
true, it signifies that customers were presented with that specific disclosure in the checkout modal's payment stage and they actively accepted it. For details on how to append your company's disclosures to Digital River's disclosures, refer to Create a Drop-in Checkout configuration in the Dashboard documentation.
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