skoshkarli-Subscription

[regal dust]

hi, taking a look here

[vapid mortar]

i'd be updating an item in subscription

deleting an item and adding another

[regal dust]

Yes, in this case, that is correct

[vapid mortar]

so it will update?

[regal dust]

Have you tried testing it?

[vapid mortar]

no i have not

where could i test it?

[regal dust]

You can enable test mode on your account and use test API keys when making calls to test these

https://stripe.com/docs/keys

[vapid mortar]

i have test mode, i am just trying to think through this before i write all the code

would this be the same if added a trial on a subscription? the client secret would change?

[regal dust]

Let me test this on my end, just give a moment please

Yes, it does. You'd get client secret to each unique payment intent.

[vapid mortar]

i have another follow up question

[regal dust]

Sure!

[vapid mortar]

is there a way to prevent a subscription created with a trial (trialing status) from emailing the customer until payment is collected?

or until payment information has been setup

[regal dust]

There is not a way to start a free trial without collecting the payment information first. And due to compliance regulations, with free trials emails must be sent: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/trials#compliance with trial subscriptions.

[vapid mortar]

but it does allow you to create a subscription with trial_days without payment

and returns a subscription in 'trialing' status

[regal dust]

Ah, I was thinking Checkout Subscriptions. Can you confirm how you're integration? What documents are you working with?

[vapid mortar]

i am using https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object

and https://stripe.com/docs/stripe-js/react

[regal dust]

Thank you, testing it now

[vapid mortar]

and https://stripe.com/docs/payments/quickstart

but i was told to create a subscription right off the bat instead of creating a payment intent separately

is it possible for me to pass the payment intent to a subscription on creation somehow?

[regal dust]

Yes, since it's not checkout you can.. sorry I made an assumption here

[vapid mortar]

i really have alot of problems due to having to create a subscription before collecting payment

[regal dust]

You'd pass the default payment method: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-default_payment_method for that customer during the subscription creation

[vapid mortar]

so default payment method is the payment intent id?

[regal dust]

No, that is the PaymentMethod: https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_methods

So you'd collect the PaymentMethod for the customer first, then create the subscription

[vapid mortar]

so to clarify the flow:

1. Create a customer
2. Create a payment intent
3. Use the clientsecret from the above payment intent to render PaymentForm using StripeElements.
4. Create a subscription using the payment form id

is there a step somewhere where i call stripe.confirmPayment like i do right now?

or stripe.confirmSetup

[regal dust]

I think SetupIntent: is what you should use here

https://stripe.com/docs/payments/save-and-reuse

[vapid mortar]

so in step 2, use setup intent instead of payment intent

[regal dust]

yep!

[vapid mortar]

got it

[regal dust]

This document, https://stripe.com/docs/payments/save-and-reuse is what you shoulf reference to

[vapid mortar]

is there another step i have to do if i wanted to activate a sub on creation (in cases where there is no trial) ?

[regal dust]

Yes, you'd want to review this: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-payment_behavior

[vapid mortar]

thats excellent