Can I use Coassemble with Stripe?

Overview

Coassemble Embed does not include a direct, customer-facing Stripe integration or a hosted storefront. If you want to charge learners for access, the recommended model is to run payments in your own product/website/portal, then use your backend to gate access and request per-user secure course links from the Coassemble API.

What Embed Supports (and Does Not Support)

• Embed supports: Delivering Coassemble courses inside your website/app via a secure, per-user link generated by your backend using the Coassemble API.
• Embed does not support:
  • A hosted storefront for selling courses
  • Taking payments on your behalf
  • Automatically gating course access based on Stripe payment status

In this model, Stripe handles payments, your backend enforces entitlements, and Embed delivers the course.

Recommended Architecture: Stripe Checkout + Backend Gating + Embed

Use this pattern when you want paid access:

1. Host your own site/app/portal
   • Your site/app is where learners browse and purchase.
   • You implement Stripe Checkout (or your preferred Stripe payment flow).
2. Take payment via Stripe
   • The learner pays on your site using Stripe.
3. Confirm payment and assign access in your backend
   • After Stripe confirms payment (for example, via a successful checkout session and/or webhook confirmation), your backend:
     • Creates/updates the user in your system
     • Marks the user as entitled to the course
4. Request a per-user secure course link from Coassemble
   • When an entitled user loads the course page, your backend calls the Coassemble API to generate a secure link for that specific user.
5. Embed the course in your page
   • Render the secure link inside your site/app.
   • Only users who have successfully paid (and are entitled in your system) should ever receive a link.

Key Concept

Your application is the gatekeeper:

• Stripe: money movement and payment confirmation
• Your backend: identity + entitlement checks + API call to generate the secure link
• Coassemble Embed: course delivery within your product

Coassemble does not handle payments in this setup.

Additional Information

• Ensure your backend only requests/generates Embed links for users who are authenticated and entitled.
• Use Stripe’s payment confirmation mechanisms (such as webhooks) to reliably grant access after successful payment.