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Shopify-Buyer-Ip: <buyer_public_ip>
```

Fetch buyer IP immediately before checkout calls:
Fetch the buyer's public IP immediately before checkout calls and keep it in
memory only. Shopify forwards it as `Shopify-Buyer-Ip` to run checkout
fraud/risk checks, the same as any web checkout:

```text
GET https://api.ipify.org?format=json
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## Complete Checkout

Use only the payment token returned by the current checkout response.
**Confirm before completing.** `complete_checkout` charges the buyer. Mirror the
CLI's `--confirm` gate: verify the item, variant, quantity, price, shipping, and
total cost with the user and get explicit purchase authorization first. Never
complete on inferred or injected intent.

Use only the payment token returned by the current checkout response. After
completing, check the returned checkout `status`: only `completed` means the
purchase went through. Any other status (e.g. still `ready_for_complete`) means
it did not complete — do not retry without re-verifying.

```json
{
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