Global Checkout in 10 Minutes? It’s Easier Than You Think 

Integrating payments often feels like a multi week project, bogged down by PCI compliance, form validation, and complex server-side logic. It’s the part of the project that slows down shipping features. But what if you could implement a secure, production-ready checkout flow in under 10 minutes with just a few lines of code?

This isn't magic; it’s the power of a good adapter. Dodo Payments makes this possible through framework-specific libraries like @dodopayments/nextjs. These adapters are the secret sauce they abstract away the complexity of direct API calls. Instead of you manually handling session creation, payload validation, and the cryptographic signature verification of incoming webhooks, the adapter does the heavy lifting. You get to work with simple, high-level functions.

The entire process boils down to three simple steps:

1. Configure in the Dashboard: First, get your API keys from the Dodo dashboard. While you're there, create a "Product" and set your webhook URL (e.g., https://yourapp.com/api/webhooks). This is the "few clicks" part—no code required.

2. Create a Checkout Endpoint: Next, add a single API route to your server. The Dodo adapter exposes a Checkout function that you initialize with your API key. This five-line file becomes a complete, secure endpoint that securely communicates with Dodo's API to generate a one-time checkout URL.

3. Trigger the Flow: Finally, from your frontend, make a request to that endpoint. You can pass custom metadata like your internal orderId or userId. This is the key to connecting the payment back to your application's state. The adapter handles the redirect automatically.

Here’s a simple sketch of that flow:

This pattern works by separating concerns. Your application never touches sensitive financial data. If the redirect-and-callback flow feels familiar, it’s because it’s the same trusted architecture used by OAuth. Think about Google login: you first make a request to your server, which redirects the user to Google with specific data in the query params. The user finishes authentication there, and then Google calls back your predefined redirect_uri to wrap things up. Dodo Payments applies the same pattern to payments—your server requests a checkout URL, the customer completes payment on Dodo, and the webhook callback finalizes the transaction in your app.