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export const metadata = {
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title: `Payment Provider`,
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}
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# {metadata.title}
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In this document, you’ll learn what a payment provider is.
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## What's a Payment Provider?
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A payment provider handles payment processing. It can integrate third-party payment providers, such as Stripe or PayPal.
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To authorize a payment amount with a payment provider, a payment session is created and associated with that payment provider. The payment provider is then used to handle the authorization.
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After the payment session is authorized, the payment provider is associated with the resulting payment and handles its payment processing, such as to capture or refund payment.
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---
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## System Payment Provider
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The Payment Module provides a `system` payment provider that acts as a placeholder payment provider. It doesn’t handle payment processing and delegates that to the merchant. It acts similarly to a cash-on-delivery (COD) payment method.
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---
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## How are Payment Providers Created?
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A payment provider is a TypeScript or JavaScript class that extends the `AbstractPaymentProvider` imported from `@medusajs/utils`. It can then be used in a payment plugin or exported in a provider module.
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<Note title="Tip">
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Refer to [this guide](/references/payment/provider) on how to create a payment provider for the Payment Module.
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</Note>
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---
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## Configure Payment Providers
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The Payment Module accepts a `providers` option that allows you to register providers in your application.
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Learn more about this option in [this documentation](../module-options/page.mdx#providers).
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---
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## PaymentProvider Data Model
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When the Medusa application starts and registers the payment providers, it also creates a record of the `PaymentProvider` data model if none exists. This data model is used to reference a payment provider and determine whether it’s installed in the application.
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