#numericity-subscription
spice furnace
Hey @quaint nova
I'm using Stripe subscriptions, and I'd like to be able to group some other data based upon Stripe's billing periods
quaint nova
could you please elaborate?
spice furnace
For example, a user gets billed monthly, and in each of those billing periods, they are allowed to enrol on X number of classes. Is there a way I can get a list of billing periods past/upcoming?
So that I can group the enrolments by the billing period they belong to. That way, I can calculate whether they are within their limit for the specific billing period
quaint nova
why not use metered billing in that case
spice furnace
As far as I understand it, metered billing adjusts the price based on the usage?
These users pay a flat fee for up to X enrolments per period
quaint nova
and after that would they have to pay if they want more?
quaint nova
Oh I see
I guess you'd have to build this logic in your system
what you can do is listen to customer.subscription.updated events
and save the cycle start/end dates
and then check the info in your own database
spice furnace
That's what I thought. Can Stripe only provide the current period?
Some classes might be weeks/months in the future, and therefore outside the current cycle
quaint nova
you can see the upcoming invoice which will give you a preview of the next invoice/billing cycle
spice furnace
Ok, thanks. I assume failed payments don't affect the current_period_start and current_period_end?
unreal musk
They won't, no