#WpgJetsFan13-sub-trial

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whole parcel
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hello, give me a min

grizzled beacon
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👋

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Yep you can add $0 prices

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Hmm the Sub Schedule should work, no?

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What error did you get for the Sub Schedule test?

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@still bridge let me know if you are still around! The Sub Schedule route should work fine here.

still bridge
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I'm here, just was away for a bit. Let me catch up

grizzled beacon
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Sure thing

still bridge
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Yeah, I created a $0 schedule on a daily interval, then with subscriptionschedule I added the two phases, but it said that I could not use two different interval types

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let me see if I can reproduce the error. I've changed my code since I wrote this

grizzled beacon
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I tested myself and it worked fine.

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I created a Price with a custom 3 week interval

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And a Price with a yearly interval

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So yeah, recommend just double checking your code. If you hit an error again then feel free to toss me the request ID and I can take a look at what you are doing

still bridge
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I think maybe I'm confused about creating the subscription

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I have:

const paidId = 'price_1LcFpZCT5ZiUAGNjGkfy7k0C';
    const freeId = 'price_1LcaEYCT5ZiUAGNjZn5e9DAC';

let subscription = await client.subscriptions.create({
    customer: customer.id,
    items: [
        {price: freeId, quantity: 1},
        {price: paidId, quantity: 1}
    ],
    billing_cycle_anchor: Math.floor(anchorDate.getTime()/1000),
    proration_behavior: 'none'
});
grizzled beacon
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Ah yeah not quite

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You need a Subscription Schedule

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Not a Subscription

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The Subscription Schedule will create the Subscription

still bridge
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and then I create a schedule like:

schedule = await client.subscriptionSchedules.update(schedule.id, {
        phases: [
            {
                items: [
                    {price: freeId, quantity: 1}
                ],
                iterations: 21,
                start_date: 'now'
            },
            {
                items: [
                    {price: paidId, quantity: 1}
                ],
                iterations: 12,
            }
        ],
        end_behavior: 'release'
    });
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I was creating the subscription first like:

let schedule = await client.subscriptionSchedules.create({
        from_subscription: subscription.id
    });
grizzled beacon
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Yeah you don't create the Sub first

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Because otherwise you hit the error of having different intervals together

still bridge
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Ok, so the thing is, I'm just using this demo method to test stuff, but in production we are using a checkout session

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So I had another question answered yesterday, basically I listened for the customer.subscription.created webhook, then I add the schedule from_subscription

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then I modify the schedule. Otherwise I could't attach a schedule to it

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so that's why I have to use an existing subscription

grizzled beacon
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Oh okay

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That's fine

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Then just create the Sub with the $0 price

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Wait

still bridge
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I'm a bit confused if I should create it with both price plans under items

grizzled beacon
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Sorry let's back up

still bridge
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It's a very odd edge case, but that's what my boss wants I guess. I would think it would be much easier to just have a free trial.

grizzled beacon
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So you are starting a Sub via a Checkout Session

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And it is a $0 Sub

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And you are using the Checkout Session to collect the card details

still bridge
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well, I haven't tested this part with a checkout session. But yes, we are collecting card details, it creates a subscription. But the subscription has no schedule when you use checkout

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it just repeats indefinitely

grizzled beacon
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Right okay

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So then you would add the Schedule after that

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What was throwing me off is that you were creating a Sub

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But you are just doing that for testing purposes?

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Because you don't want to run through the Checkout Session

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I'd recommend just testing with an actual Checkout Session, but that's fine.

still bridge
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Yeah, sorry about that. I'm just doing it that way because I didn't feel like setting up webhooks

grizzled beacon
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No reason you need webhooks to test here

still bridge
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just to know when the session is complete

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or when the subscription is created

grizzled beacon
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You would go and complete it though yourself 🙂

still bridge
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yeah true

grizzled beacon
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I mean... you'll need Webhooks eventually with either process

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That said, sure, either way is fine. Let's focus on the Schedule

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You create the Sub with just the $0 price

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Then you add a schedule

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Which will add the second phase which will include the annual price

still bridge
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oh, I see. I'm gonna give that a try

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I think that should be ok. I was thinking if I start the free trial today, then it would end Sept. 20. Then I'd want to set the billing anchor to October 1 and prorate the rest of the month

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But it wouldn't let me set a billing anchor so far in the future

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Maybe I can just set it to Sept. 1 since it's charging $0 anyway

grizzled beacon
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You want both a free trial and a $0 price?

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I'm confused 😅

still bridge
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Well, I had to update the schedule and input the current phase that was created automatically when I attached it to the subscription. So the first phase was only 3 seconds long 😄 But it shows the 21 day phase followed by the 12 month phase, which is essentially what I wanted

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well, what my boss wanted 😄

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Thanks!