Learn how to add Cash App Pay as a payment method to an application.
Web Payments SDK

Take a Payment with Cash App Pay

Learn how to add a Cash App Pay payment method to the application you built using the Quickstart project sample in Take a Card Payment with the Web Payments SDK to integrate the Web Payments SDK into your application.

The steps in this topic add code to the application you created from the Quickstart project sample. If you have not created an application using the Quickstart, you need to do so before completing the steps in this topic.

You can find a full example of the Cash App Pay code in GitHub.

Note

Cash App Pay is currently supported only in the US.

Add the Cash App Pay payment method to the page Permalink Get a link to this section

The Cash App Pay payment method needs information about the buyer and the payment amount before it can open the Cash App payment sheet. Your application creates a PaymentRequest object to provide that information and then gets a new (Cash App tech ref link) object initialized with it.

The following code creates the payment request and attaches the Cash App payment method to the page:

  1. Add an HTML element to the prerequisite walkthrough form with an id of cash-app-pay. The HTML for the body of index.html should look like the following:

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    <form id="payment-form">
   <!-- Add the cash-app-pay button div below -->
   <div id="cash-app-pay"></div>
   <div id="card-container"></div>
   <button id="card-button" type="button">Pay $1.00</button>
</form>
<div id="payment-status-container"></div>

  2. Add the following two functions to your script tag:

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     function buildPaymentRequest(payments) {
   const paymentRequest = payments.paymentRequest({
     countryCode: 'US',
     currencyCode: 'USD',
     total: {
       amount: '1.00',
       label: 'Total',
     }
   });
   return paymentRequest;
 }

 async function initializeCashApp(payments) {
   const paymentRequest = buildPaymentRequest(payments)
   const cashAppPay = await payments.cashAppPay(paymentRequest,{
     redirectURL: 'https://my.website/checkout',
     referenceId: 'my-website-00000001',
   });
   await cashAppPay.attach('#cash-app-pay');
   return cashAppPay;
 }

The 'initializeCashApp' function requires a 'redirectURL' value to indicate where to send buyers after completing a payment on a mobile device. The 'redirectURL' value is only for mobile payments and is not used for desktop QR payments.

You can also include the optional 'referenceId' payment identifier value for internal developer use. For example, you use a 'referenceId' value to associate the payment with an internal resource.

Note how Cash App Pay has its own event listeners on the PaymentRequest object and how these event listeners have their own specific callbacks. For more information, see addEventListener.

  1. In the DOMContentLoaded event listener, add the following code after you initialize the Cash App payment method:

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      let cashAppPay;
  try {
    cashAppPay = await initializeCashApp(payments);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Initializing Cash App Pay failed', e);
  }

Test the application Permalink Get a link to this section

Navigate to http://localhost:3000/ in your browser.

Checkpoint 1: You should now see the Cash App Pay button rendered on your page.

cash-app-pay-button

Get the payment token from the Cash App Pay payment method and attach it to a DOM element Permalink Get a link to this section

Add the following code after // Checkpoint 2 in the DOMContentLoaded event listener function, to listen for the ontokenization:

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cashAppPay.addEventListener('ontokenization', function (event) {
  const { tokenResult, error } = event.detail;
  if (error) {
    // developer handles error
  }
  else if (tokenResult.status === 'OK') {
    // developer passes token to backend for use with CreatePayment
  }
});

This event fires when a buyer authorizes a payment in Cash App, is taken back to the merchant website redirectUri (if mobile), and a payment token (nonce) is ready.

Test the application Permalink Get a link to this section

Test the Cash App payment flow from the browser in the sandbox environment.

Important

When you test the Cash App and Web Payments SDK integration in a production environment, you can use both the Cash App camera and the smartphone camera to scan the QR code. When you test the payment flow in a sandbox environment, the sandbox environment only supports using the smartphone camera to scan the QR code.

  1. Navigate to http://localhost:3000/ in your browser.

  2. Click the Cash App Pay button.

You should see the Cash App Pay dialog box appear with the QR code.

  1. Using your smartphone's camera, scan the QR code in the dialog box.

On your smartphone's web browser at sandbox.api.cash.app, the application displays a dialog requesting permission to approve or decline the request to link the account.

Dialog box to accept Cash App linked account on sandbox

  1. Tap Approve to link the account.

Checkpoint 2. You should now receive a confirmation that the account has been linked.

Dialog box of approved Cash App linked account on sandbox

The following animation shows the Cash App Pay payment flow: cash-app-pay-scan-qr-websdk

Process a Cash App Pay payment token on your backend Permalink Get a link to this section

The payment token that your application generated for a Cash App Pay payment is processed on your backend in the same way a payment token from one of the other payment methods is processed, with some exceptions. To learn about the specific processing requirements, see Cash App Payments.

If you need more assistance, contact Developer Support or ask for help in the Developer Forums.

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