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iron tapirBOT Oct 3, 2022, 8:38 AM

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torpid seal Oct 3, 2022, 8:40 AM

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👋 Thanks for reaching out
Are you talking about Stripe Checkout Product ? if so, you can set an existing customerId to the checkout session page:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-customer

soft mesa Oct 3, 2022, 8:45 AM

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I am using embeddable pricing table (https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout/pricing-table) and user selects plan to subscribe from that page

Embeddable pricing table for SaaS businesses

Display a pricing table on your website and take customers directly to Stripe Checkout.

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even if i pass customer email to pricing table - user fill in name on card (on checkout step) and Stripe decides to create another user.

torpid seal Oct 3, 2022, 8:55 AM

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Taking a look

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AFAIK, you can pass customer Id to Stripe pricing table

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I'll ask for another opinion in the meanwhile, please give couple of minutes

ivory flame Oct 3, 2022, 9:34 AM

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Hi! I'm taking over this thread.

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Sorry for the delay

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Sorry but no it's not possible to pass an existing customer ID to the pricing table.

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So Stripe will always create a new customer.

soft mesa Oct 3, 2022, 9:42 AM

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This looks strange to me, because I don't think that our app requires any extraordinary logic. Maybe I miss something conceptually?

Ok, what is the standard way to bind users in app with Stripe customer accounts (in case of embeddable pages)?
Let's say the app database stores Stripe customer ID and app can request subscription details from Stripe by this ID.

ivory flame Oct 3, 2022, 9:47 AM

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You could try to map users to their email addresses:

Pass the email address to the pricing table as mentioned here: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout/pricing-table#customer-email
Then you can list all customers with a specific email address using this endpoint: https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers/list
But yes I agree this is not ideal.

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The other option is to not use the pricing table, and instead build that yourself with Checkout Sessions, because Checkout Session allow you to pass an existing customer ID: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-customer

soft mesa Oct 3, 2022, 9:51 AM

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ok, but does Stripe create new customer EACH time user pays subscription or there is any conditions when it reuses existing one? maybe some info compares?

ivory flame Oct 3, 2022, 9:53 AM

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Each time someones starts a new subscription with the pricing table, a new customer object is creates yes.

soft mesa Oct 3, 2022, 9:56 AM

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ok, thank you for clarification. Seems like embeddable pages is not my option

ivory flame Oct 3, 2022, 9:59 AM

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This is a brand new feature, so it has some limitations. So in your case I would recommend using Checkout Sessions directly.

soft mesa Oct 3, 2022, 10:01 AM

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ok, got it, thank you

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let me ask quick question: what API should I use to retrieve such information from Stripe (current subscription details)? (this screen is what embeddable customer portal shows, but now I need to implement it)

ivory flame Oct 3, 2022, 10:08 AM

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Subscription information: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/retrieve
Payment method information: https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_methods/retrieve
Invoice information: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/list

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But why aren't you using the customer portal directly?

soft mesa Oct 3, 2022, 10:11 AM

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I am looking to it as a reference to understand what info I can retrieve thru API

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Do you mean I can just use customer portal for upgrade/downgrade subscriptions?

ivory flame Oct 3, 2022, 10:13 AM

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Do you mean I can just use customer portal for upgrade/downgrade subscriptions?
Exactly, that's why we created this feature.

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