devparry - one time invoice items on first sub invoice

[languid jasper]

Hi there

[fathom cosmos]

Hi

[languid jasper]

So when you create the Sub, you want to use the add_invoice_items param: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-add_invoice_items

That was you can add an invoice item to the first invoice for that $5 installation charge

[fathom cosmos]

so it will automatically deduct $15 from the user card

and in the rest of next month's invoice, $10 will deduct. Please confrim @languid jasper

[languid jasper]

Yep

Recommend testing it out

[fathom cosmos]

okay one more question

[winter imp]

👋 i can help with that

[fathom cosmos]

also, is it required to create multiple prices ( attach ) under plans too before creating a subscription?

[fathom cosmos]

ya sure

[winter imp]

Multiple prices for what, exactly?

[fathom cosmos]

https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/create

[winter imp]

SUre, but what are you trying to do in the end?

You can create multiple prices, and a subscription might be for multiple products/prices, but this is not required

[fathom cosmos]

I am confused once i see this URL : https://support.stripe.com/questions/how-to-add-one-time-items-to-invoices-and-subscriptions-in-the-dashboard

let me explain till now what we did and what we want to do i hope it will let u under stand better

[winter imp]

Oh i think i understand

[fathom cosmos]

we have already created a system where the admin can manage ( create | edit | remove ) plans under the admin panel and all these are sync with stripe as well using stripe API https://stripe.com/docs/api/plans/create

and based on that users can select plans on Front end and take subscriptions which is working fine with the help of Stripe subscription apis

[winter imp]

You mean for those one time items for the first invoice, do you need to create prices beforehand?

You can create those if you like, or if they are ad-hoc priced, you can also specify that with price_data, but you do need a product to reference in that case
https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-add_invoice_items-price_data

[fathom cosmos]

Now we have to add additional functionality like adding one-time Payment E.g: first-time installation charges

so if we have a plan Basic plan which monthly Price is $10 and the user has to pay $5.

First time user will pay $15 and rest on months it will just $10

so what is the best way to make this workable and what additional functionality has to be implement?

[winter imp]

Right so I'd say you need to make a product for the installation charges

if the price is usually 5 you can also make a price and use that price in add_invoice_items

If the price varies, you can use price_data in add_invoice_items to provide the amount on the fly for the product

devparry - one time invoice items on first sub invoice

[fathom cosmos]

$stripe->subscriptions->create( [ 'customer' => '{{CUSTOMER_ID}}', 'items' => [['price' => '{{RECURRING_PRICE_ID}}']], 'add_invoice_items' => [['price' => '{{PRICE_ID}}']], 'payment_behavior' => 'default_incomplete', ] );

this code will be use I am right ?

[winter imp]

Yea that's right 👍

[fathom cosmos]

and what will be the syntax for price_data?

[fathom cosmos]

@winter imp any idea ?

[winter imp]

You can see the API shape here: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-add_invoice_items-price_data