I’m encountering an error while integrating Stripe payment into my React app with an Express.js backend. When attempting to process payments, I’m receiving the following error message: “As per Indian regulations, only registered Indian businesses can accept international payments.” This error is preventing the payment from being processed.

I am using “stripe”: “^16.4.0”, at back end.

Backend: Express.js

import User from '../models/UserSchema.js';
import Doctor from '../models/DoctorSchema.js';
import Booking from '../models/BookingSchema.js';
import Stripe from 'stripe';

export const getCheckoutSession = async (req, res) => {
    try {

        const doctor = await Doctor.findById(req.params.doctorId);
        const user = await User.findById(req.userId); // Corrected from res.UserId to req.userId

        if (!doctor || !user) {
            return res.status(404).json({ success: false, message: "Doctor or User not found" });
        }

        const stripe = new Stripe(process.env.STRIPE_API_KEY);
        const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
            payment_method_types: ['card'],
            mode: 'payment',
            success_url: `${process.env.CLIENT_SITE_URL}/checkout-success`,
            cancel_url: `${req.protocol}://${req.get('host')}/doctors/${doctor.id}`,
            customer_email: user.email,
            client_reference_id: req.params.doctorId,
            line_items: [
                {
                    price_data: {
                        currency: 'bdt',
                        unit_amount: doctor.ticketPrice * 100,
                        product_data: {
                            name: doctor.name,
                            description: doctor.bio,
                            images: [doctor.photo]
                        }
                    },
                    quantity: 1
                }
            ]
        });

        const booking = new Booking({
            doctor: doctor._id,
            user: user._id,
            ticketPrice: doctor.ticketPrice,
            session: session.id
        });

        await booking.save(); 

        res.status(200).json({ success: true, message: "Successfully created checkout session", session });
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
        res.status(500).json({
            success: false, message: "Error creating checkout session", error: error.message
        });
    }
};

Trying to access this controller function through postman in the backend only i am getting this error

{
“success”: false,
“message”: “Error creating checkout session”,
“error”: “As per Indian regulations, only registered Indian businesses (i.e. sole proprietorships, limited liability partnerships and companies, but not individuals) can accept international payments. More info here: https://stripe.com/docs/india-exports”
}

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