Overview

API-based integration can be used when you can authorize the users and you want to use Chargebee's Single Sign-On (SSO) capability for providing portal access to your users for managing their billing and subscription details.

API-based integration can be used for the below:

• Checkout
• Portal

Checkout via API

Integrating using API provides you with better control over the features and functionalities, but requires extensive programming knowledge to work with.

API integration is recommended if you,

• Have a user authentication system at your end.
• Or need more control than what is offered through a Drop-in script.

For example, overriding price and changing trial end.

Learn more on how to integrate Checkout via API.

Call Flow

You need to have an HTTPS end-point at your end which uses Chargebee Hosted Page API and returns a Hosted Page object.

Then use Chargebee.js to open the checkout

Portal via API

Integrating the portal via API allows you to reuse your app's authentication to open the self-serve portal. This improves your end-user experience as they need not sign in again.

Learn more on how to integrate the portal via API.

Call Flow

You need to have an HTTPS end-point at your end, that will use Chargebee portal session API and return a portal session object as a response.

Then use chargebee.js to open the self-serve portal