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stiff plinth
For Subscription with trial your will still collect payment info beforehand. Do you use Checkout or Elements?
rose matrix
elements
so i talked to one of the dev before and he suggested me to do it this way
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscriptions?ui=elements
it works , but im not sure how to handle the trial, since i need to charge them for subscription off-session
when the trial ends
stiff plinth
Yes it's the correct guide. On the step to create Subscription you simply specify the trial parameters like this https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/trials
I think the Sub will generate an pending_setup_intent because it is treated as a Sub which doesn't require payment immediately. But let's try that
rose matrix
yes, i already have that done , but how do i charge them when the trial end , since this method activates the subscription without providing a payment method
stiff plinth
It's the flexibility. You would need to collect their payment method (via the pending_setup_intent probably) but it's up to you where and when to do that
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bright tree
Hi @rose matrix do you have a follow-up question?
rose matrix
yes pls ,
so i could not understand what Orakaro meant by pending_setup_intent,
so my current problem is
how to deal with subscription having a trial period , i can currently create a customer and create a subscription for that cusomter then activate it by collecting the payment info during the payment using element , its all working ok
but when i have a trial period , the subscription is activated immediately , and i dont get a chance to collect the payment info , so when the trial ends i can charge them off-session
bright tree
So you want to collect the payment details before creating a subscription?
rose matrix
yes
bright tree
You can use SetupIntent to collect a payment method and use it in a subscription
rose matrix
i tried to do that ,but i couldn’t understand and got confused , so to create a SetupIntent i pass the customerID and type off-session
which returns a client secret , which then i can pass to the front end and use it with stripe sdk confirmSetupIntent , but im not sure about the next step
bright tree
Once the SetupIntent succeeded, a payment method is created and attached to the customer. The next step is to use the collected payment method to create a subscription.