Last Updated: 24 June 2025 | Change Log

Create sessionState

Create a sessionState by sending your customer's card details.

sessionState

A sessionState is a unique identifier for your customer's card details, which is generated by the SDK.

Using the sessionState

Once you've received the sessionState, use the sessionState to generate a verified token to take a payment.

Getting the sessionState

Submitting the form

To create a sessionState you need to submit your customer's card details.

Here's an example of what you must do to generate a sessionState.

JavaScript

Prevent default submit

  function (error, checkout) {
    if (error) {
      console.error(error);
      return;
    }

    form.addEventListener("submit", function (event) {
      event.preventDefault();

      checkout.generateSessionState(function (error, sessionState) {
        if (error) {
          console.error(error);
          return;
        }
            
        // session state for card details
        alert(sessionState);
      });
    });
   }

Event listener

The form.addEventListener("wp:field:change", function (event)... function waits for your customer to click the submit button.

The event.preventDefault() stops the form from being submitted. Invoking this action is optional.

Generate sessionState

To generate a sessionState you must invoke the checkout.generateSessionState method.

Create a Verified token

Once you've received a sessionState you must create a verified token to take a payment.

Next steps

Verified token