Is the Swell Apps framework suitable for payment provider integration?

[maartenb17]

Could it have the same deep integration as the current Stripe integration has? Or is there another path for payment provider integration?

[ericingram]

Today, it can work but it's not great. We have plans to enhance the framework specifically for integration use cases like payments, tax, and shipping, where the app's configuration indicates its exact use case and the platform allows for deeper integration. For example, you should only have one credit card gateway app enabled at a time, and there are certain settings that should be made available in the frontend API automatically.

We began work on this aspect of the framework about 2 years ago but had to put it on pause for other priorities. We're going to bring it back up in the next couple of months.

Long story short: you can build an app that responds to payment.created and payment.refund.created events to make it work, but it lacks deep integration like what we do with existing payment providers.

[maartenb17]

Got it. As you mentioned shipping as well, would apply the same restrictions to a shipping integration app?,MaartenOp 17 sep 2025 om 01:27 heeft Eric ***@***.***> het volgende geschreven: Today, it can work but it's not great. We have plans to enhance the framework specifically for integration use cases like payments, tax, and shipping, where the app's configuration indicates its exact use case and the platform allows for deeper integration. For example, you should only have one credit card gateway app enabled at a time, and there are certain settings that should be made available in the frontend API automatically. We began work on this aspect of the framework about 2 years ago but had to put it on pause for other priorities. We're going to bring it back up in the next couple of months. Long story short: you can build an app that responds to payment.created and payment.refund.created events to make it work, but it lacks deep integration like what we do with existing integrations. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ericingram]

Probably, we're still working it out. An app can technically do whatever it wants, but when configured with a specific integration type, it can behave differently in the dashboard and appear in relevant areas for discovery.