@djangocfg/payments

Provider-agnostic React payments module. Stripe-first, but the package never depends on a concrete SDK — the host injects an adapter. Battle-tested in production (one-time PaymentIntent checkout, recurring subscriptions with Stripe Link, card on file) before extraction into @djangocfg/*.

📖 Full documentation → — architecture, the server contract, Stripe traps, testing.

The seam

The host picks one adapter and injects it via <PaymentProvider>. Package hooks/components read it through usePaymentAdapter() and never import Stripe or a generated API client directly.

import { PaymentProvider, createMockPaymentAdapter } from '@djangocfg/payments';

// Mock-first: build & verify the whole UX before any backend exists.
<PaymentProvider adapter={createMockPaymentAdapter()}>
  {children}
</PaymentProvider>

Swapping to real Stripe is a one-line host change:

// loadStripe is re-exported by this package — the host never declares @stripe/*.
import { PaymentProvider, createStripeAdapter, loadStripe } from '@djangocfg/payments';

const stripePromise = loadStripe(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_PK!); // once, module scope
const adapter = createStripeAdapter({
  getStripe: () => stripePromise,
  createIntentOnBackend: (input) => api.payments.createIntent(input), // host transport
});

<PaymentProvider adapter={adapter}>{children}</PaymentProvider>;

Layering

domain/      pure types + money/card helpers   (no React, no Stripe)
context/     <PaymentProvider> + <CheckoutGuard>   (the seam, the in-flight lock)
transport/   mock-adapter | stripe-adapter      (the SDK seam; see the note below)
hooks/       useCheckout, useCardSetup, usePaymentHistory, useSavedCards
components/  CheckoutForm, CardSetupForm, StripePaymentElement, dialogs, tables, badges

@stripe/* is a runtime dependency of exactly two files (transport/stripe-adapter.ts, components/StripePaymentElement.tsx) and a type-only one of a third (components/appearance.ts) — enforced by scripts/check-stripe-imports.mjs, which pnpm check runs. @stripe/stripe-js is only the tiny CDN loader (the real SDK loads from js.stripe.com at runtime), so tree-shaking drops the Stripe components from mock-only bundles. See @docs/ARCHITECTURE.md for why this is one package and where the boundaries are.

Styles (Tailwind v4) — required wiring

This package is consumed from source and styled with Tailwind utility classes. Tailwind v4 only generates classes it can see, so the consumer's global CSS must import the package's styles entry (it carries the @source directive that points Tailwind at this package's sources):

/* your app's globals.css */
@import "@djangocfg/ui-core/styles/full";
@import "@djangocfg/payments/styles";   /* ← add this */

Symptom when missing: components render unstyled in spots — e.g. PaymentStatusBadge chips lose their background tint and show as plain text. Next.js hosts also add the package to transpilePackages.

Public API

Conventions

• Source-consumed (no bundler); main/types/exports → ./src/index.ts.
• ui-core flat import. No widget dependency: a package may not depend on a widget (widgets/CLAUDE.md).
• Does not mount its own <UiProviders> — the host provides it once.
• Locale-free: user-facing labels are props/slots (host supplies i18n).
• Verify with pnpm -F @djangocfg/payments check and … lint.

Card on file

A subscription outlives the card that pays for it: when a renewal fails Stripe retries for ~2 weeks against the same stored card, then gives up. Without a way to replace it, a customer who wanted to pay loses the subscription.

const { phase, canAddCard, canManageCards, refresh, setDefault, remove, isBusy } =
  useSavedCards();

<SavedCardList
  phase={phase}
  busy={isBusy}
  onAddCard={canAddCard ? () => setOpen(true) : undefined}
  onSetDefault={canManageCards ? setDefault : undefined}
  onRemove={canManageCards ? remove : undefined}
/>
<UpdateCardDialog open={open} onClose={close} onSaved={() => { close(); void refresh(); }} />

Four host endpoints, wired all-or-none, plus four server rules that fail silently — see @docs/CARD_ON_FILE.md and @docs/SERVER_CONTRACT.md.

Not Link, not the Billing Portal. Link is a buyer-side wallet — link.com does not know your subscription exists, and a renewal charges the stored pm_…. The Billing Portal is a server-side redirect that discards this package's theming and the host's locale. Reasoning in @docs/STRIPE_NOTES.md.

Configuration & keys

Three Stripe keys, split by where they're safe to live. Stripe ships test (sk_test_…, pk_test_…) and live (sk_live_…, pk_live_…) flavours with the same variable names; only the values differ. Bring up test first.

# backend, git-ignored secrets file
STRIPE__SECRET_KEY=sk_test_xxx
STRIPE__PUBLISHABLE_KEY=pk_test_xxx
STRIPE__WEBHOOK_SECRET=whsec_xxx          # comma-separate to rotate: whsec_new,whsec_old

# your Next.js app .env
NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_PK=pk_test_xxx

With no NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_PK set, the host falls back to the mock adapter — the whole UX still renders (no real charge).

⚠️ The secret (sk_) and webhook (whsec_) keys must live in a git-ignored file or a secret manager. Only pk_… is safe in tracked config.

Stripe setup (test mode)

1. Test keys — Dashboard → Developers → API keys (toggle "test mode").
2. Webhook — locally, the Stripe CLI prints a whsec_… for the forwarded endpoint:

   stripe listen --forward-to localhost:8000/<your-webhook-path>/
   

   Deployed: create the endpoint in the Dashboard and subscribe to payment_intent.succeeded, payment_intent.payment_failed, charge.refunded (plus the invoice/subscription events your dunning needs).
3. Test a payment — card 4242 4242 4242 4242, any future expiry/CVC.

   stripe trigger payment_intent.succeeded
   stripe events resend <evt_id>   # test idempotency / replay
   

Going live

1. Switch all three STRIPE__* values and NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_PK to live.
2. Create a live webhook endpoint (live mode has its own signing secret).
3. Register your domain for Apple Pay / Google Pay if you enable wallets.
4. Do a small real charge to confirm end-to-end.