What is the best way to handle paystack implementation without a third party package?

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I am building a React Native application and I am using Nodejs, MYSQL and Expo React Native. I am implementing payment with paystack for the first time. I followed their API guide which is found here for Node.js based application.

This is my code implementation:

export const httpBuyAction = async(req: Request, res: Response)=>{
   //create a new instance of payment
   const paystack = new PaymentSystem(sanitizedConfig.PAYSTACK_KEY);
   const multiplyCartSum = cart.dataValues.cart_total_sum as number * 100;

   const convertAmount = multiplyCartSum.toString()
   const paymentDetails = {
    email: user.dataValues.user_email as string,
    amount:  convertAmount as string
    }
    
      const response =  await paystack.initializePayment(paymentDetails);

       if(response?.response?.data?.status == false){
       return res.status(response.response.status).json(response.response.data.message)
        }
     return res.status(200).json(response.data.data.authorization_url)
  }

This code returns paystack web payment link and I used React Native Linking package to navigate to the paystack external link. This is the code:

 const [paymentAuthorization, {data: paymentData, isLoading: isPaymentLoading, isSuccess: isPaymentSuccess,}]= usePaymentAuthorizationMutation();

   const handlePayment = async ()=>{
        dispatch(updateBackgroundLoader(true))
        await paymentAuthorization()
    }

I used react useEffect to trigger the action to navigate to the paystack payment portal.

useEffect(()=>{
const handlePaymentView = async()=>{
    if(isPaymentSuccess){
        const supportedURL = paymentData;
        const supported = await Linking.canOpenURL(supportedURL);
        if(supported){
            dispatch(updateBackgroundLoader(false))
            await Linking.openURL(supportedURL);

        }else{
            dispatch(updateBackgroundLoader(false))
            dispatch(updateNotification(true));
            dispatch(updateError('Unsupported link, contact admin'))
        }

    }else{
        dispatch(updateBackgroundLoader(false)) 
    }
  }
  handlePaymentView()
 }, [isPaymentLoading])

It works but I don't know if this is better than using a third party package. Also, I noticed that the link surely takes the user away from the app, how do I return the user to the app after payment? Is it possible?

What is the best way to handle paystack implementation without a third party package?

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