---
title: "Create a hosted checkout card form"
method: POST
path: "/checkouts/"
tags: ["Checkout"]
---

# Create a hosted checkout card form

`POST /checkouts/`

Creates a hosted checkout and returns a `checkout_url` that should be rendered in an iframe. The hosted page collects card details, handles 3D Secure when required, and posts completion messages to the embedding page. The resulting `token` is a reference to a payment method that can be added to a customer after checkout status becomes `tokencreated`.

Create a checkout either for a `plan` or directly for an account `payment_processor`. When using `payment_processor`, `currency` is required. To capture only the card details, set `capture_only` to `true`; this value is optional and defaults to `false`.

If supplied, `allowed_origin` must be an origin only, for example `https://merchant.example`, with no path, query string, or credentials. It controls the single parent page origin allowed to frame this checkout and receive checkout postMessage notifications. If omitted, all checkout origins configured for the account are allowed to frame the checkout.

## Request body

- union — Create a hosted checkout either from a plan variant or directly from an account payment processor.
  - object
    - `plan` integer, required — Plan variant id. Use either `plan` or `payment_processor`.
    - `payment_processor` integer — Account payment processor id returned from `/api/checkouts/paymentprocessors/`. Use either `plan` or `payment_processor`.
    - `currency` string — Required when creating a checkout directly with `payment_processor`.
    - `capture_only` boolean — When true, only capture card details. Defaults to false.
    - `allowed_origin` string, uri — Optional iframe parent origin for this checkout, for example `https://merchant.example`. Must be an origin only, with no path, query string, or credentials. Overrides the account configured checkout origins for this checkout.
  - object
    - `plan` integer — Plan variant id. Use either `plan` or `payment_processor`.
    - `payment_processor` integer, required — Account payment processor id returned from `/api/checkouts/paymentprocessors/`. Use either `plan` or `payment_processor`.
    - `currency` string, required — Required when creating a checkout directly with `payment_processor`.
    - `capture_only` boolean — When true, only capture card details. Defaults to false.
    - `allowed_origin` string, uri — Optional iframe parent origin for this checkout, for example `https://merchant.example`. Must be an origin only, with no path, query string, or credentials. Overrides the account configured checkout origins for this checkout.

## Response `201`

Response when creating a checkout

- CheckoutResponse201 — Response when creating a hosted checkout. Render `checkout_url` in an iframe and poll `/api/checkouts/{token}/` until status becomes `tokencreated`.
  - `token` string
  - `checkout_url` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid status value

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