Firefox/Features/Web Payments
Introduction
The Payment Request API makes online purchases easier without having to fill in all of the personal and payment information over and over again. Together with the form autofill feature, it saves user's time and effort when making online purchases by storing their personal and payment information in Firefox to be used when a merchant requests payment. The Payment Request UI provides consistency across merchant sites.
The overall objective is to increase user engagement, satisfaction, and retention for frequent online shoppers. We believe this can be achieved by enabling users to complete forms and “check out” in e-commerce flows as quickly and securely as possible.
The W3C Payment Request API is a Candidate Recommendation and has already been implemented in other major web browsers. The API is extensible to any payment method without requiring the browser to be Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant.
Development
Front-end
- Bugzilla Component: Firefox :: WebPayments UI (file a bug)
- Privacy & Security Considerations
- In-Tree Developer Documentation
DOM
- Bugzilla Component: DOM: Web Payments
- Payment Request Implementation Architecture (slides)
Debugging Tips
Preference: dom.payments.request.enabled
Discussion
- Slack: #payments-team, #payments-leads
- Chat: tbd
- Weekly Meeting Notes
References
- W3C Specifications
- Product/Project
- User Experience
Historical
Payment Request was originally developed in 2017 and 2018. Development was halted prior to shipping. Below are links to some of the resources associated with that project.