PaymentRequestEvent: changePaymentMethod() method

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This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
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Note: This feature is only available in Service Workers.

The changePaymentMethod() method of the PaymentRequestEvent interface is used by the payment handler to get an updated total, given such payment method details as the billing address.

When this method is invoked, a PaymentMethodChangeEvent is fired.

Syntax

changePaymentMethod(methodName)
changePaymentMethod(methodName, methodDetails)

Parameters

methodName: The name of the payment method to be used.
methodDetails Optional: An object containing method-specific details that are being updated.

Return value

A Promise that resolves with a PaymentRequestDetailsUpdate object. This object contains the following properties:

error: A string that explains why the user-selected payment method cannot be used.
total: An updated total based on the changed payment method. The total can change, for example, because the billing address of the payment method selected by the user changes the applicable sales tax.
modifiers: An Array of PaymentDetailsModifier objects, whose properties are described in PaymentRequestEvent.modifiers.
paymentMethodErrors: An object containing validation errors for the payment method, if any.

The following shows a trivial code snippet that could be used in a service worker to send a payment method change notification to the main payment handler window. For a complete test example, see Payment handler for testing payment method change event.

function notifyPaymentMethodChanged(e) {
  e.changePaymentMethod("someMethod")
    .then((paymentMethodChangeResponse) => {
      paymentHandlerWindow.postMessage(paymentMethodChangeResponse);
    })
    .catch((error) => {
      sendMessage({ error: error.message });
    });
}

Specifications

Specification
Payment Handler API # changepaymentmethod-method

Browser compatibility

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