## Checkout properties
Attributes | Data type | Description |
**merchant** <span style="color:red">required</span> | _object_ | Merchant specific information. See [details](🔗). |
**shipping** <span style="color:red">required</span> | _object_ | The [shipping details](🔗) |
**billing** | _object_ | The [billing details](🔗) |
**items** <span style="color:red">required</span> | _Array_ | An array of [item](🔗). |
**discounts** | _object_ | A list of [discount](🔗). Each discount must have their discount code. |
**metadata** | _object_ | See [details](🔗). |
**order_id** | _string_ | The merchant order id. This is stored for your own future reference. |
**financing_program** | _string_ | A financing program applied on this checkout. |
**shipping_amount** | _integer_ | The total shipping amount in cents. |
**tax_amount** | _integer_ | The total tax amount in cents. |
**total** <span style="color:red">required</span> | _integer_ | The total amount of the checkout in cents. |
**checkout_expiration** | _timestamp_ | A date-timestamp of when the `checkout_id ` will expire.
- ISO timestamp format
- No milliseconds |