Ask HN: Why don't browsers have billing+shipping APIs? This would kill Amazon

Re:Ask HN: Why don't browsers have billing+shipping APIs? Th... by stephenr on Sunday May 10, 2020 @01:32AM (#23130529)

There literally is a web payments API, part of which is a PaymentAddress component.

It's supported by Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox, on desktop, Android and iOS, according to MDN.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't browsers have billing+shipping APIs? Th... by acwan93 on Sunday May 10, 2020 @02:29AM (#23130711)

Any websites that utilize this API?

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't browsers have billing+shipping APIs? Th... by saurik on Sunday May 10, 2020 @03:07AM (#23130862)

(Firefox support still isn't by default according to that.)

Some more detailed use case information along with screenshots of the flows:

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't browsers have billing+shipping APIs? Th... by burtonator on Monday May 11, 2020 @11:47AM (#23143376)

NICE!! Why isn't this used more?

I think maybe it's because the chance of there being an address there is almost nil?

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