kev-coupons-promo-codes | Stripe Developers | Page 1

crude comet Aug 8, 2022, 6:31 PM

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strange lily Aug 8, 2022, 6:32 PM

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Hi 🙂

crude comet Aug 8, 2022, 6:32 PM

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So let's back up a moment.

strange lily Aug 8, 2022, 6:32 PM

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Sure

crude comet Aug 8, 2022, 6:33 PM

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Can you lay out the specific scenario here? From what I gather you are providing a UI where your customers can retrieve information about a specific coupon or promo code?

strange lily Aug 8, 2022, 6:33 PM

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Of course yes

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I am doing exactly this - and then I'm also using that same form to apply the coupon code to a payment

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So basically they enter the promo code, then click apply, and we return information about how much they will save, and then they fill out the stripe elements form and we apply the coupon code to the payment.

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The problem is that we were using coupon codes IDs via retrieve (by the code's name) to do this - but it doesn't pick up promotion codes of course

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So I am wondering , should I be switching us over to using promotion codes - and if so, is the process the following: if I use the promotion code one I have to retrieve the entire list, filter out the one I'm looking for, find the associated coupon, and do another call to retrieve it's information

crude comet Aug 8, 2022, 6:38 PM

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Thanks for clarifying!

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So yes, since the promo code is the customer facing ID, that is indeed what you should have them enter (not the coupon ID). You can receive the full coupon info by listing using the code itself: https://stripe.com/docs/api/promotion_codes/list#list_promotion_code-code

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You don't need to actually list and filter

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When you list by code that will return the specific promo code which will contain the coupon hash with all the info: https://stripe.com/docs/api/promotion_codes/object#promotion_code_object-coupon

strange lily Aug 8, 2022, 6:52 PM

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Ok thank you

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I've been using the API for too long, idk when you all introduced Promotion Codes vs. coupon codes haha

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didn't use to exist

crude comet Aug 8, 2022, 6:55 PM

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Yeah it wasn't super recent at this point, but you are correct that it used to just be coupons.

strange lily Aug 8, 2022, 7:00 PM

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Haha I believe you - this was probably ... 2018 or so

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Alright - well I can make that change - I just didn't realize I had to LOL - appreciate it!

worn violet Aug 8, 2022, 7:02 PM

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Hi 👋 I'm jumping in so my teammate can take a break, feel free to let me know if anything else comes up while you're working on that.

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