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slim cipherBOT Nov 7, 2022, 12:39 PM

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cedar magnet Nov 7, 2022, 12:40 PM

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hi! I'd imagine you'd either store the shr_xxx IDs in your database, or list them from https://stripe.com/docs/api/shipping_rates/list, so that you can pass them into the CheckoutSession creation API as needed.

light condor Nov 7, 2022, 12:42 PM

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Okay! So with the first approach, the client would send the shipping rate ID in the request body? And for the second, my server fetches them from the Stripe API before applying them?

cedar magnet Nov 7, 2022, 12:45 PM

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not sure what you mean by "the client" here

light condor Nov 7, 2022, 12:46 PM

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Sorry, like my front-end codebase

hollow wasp Nov 7, 2022, 12:50 PM

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Hi! I'm taking over this thread.

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It's only your backend code that can create the Checkout Session.

light condor Nov 7, 2022, 12:51 PM

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Hi yes I agree

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But your friend suggested that I should store the shipping rate ID in my own database, which is accessible to both the client and server

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As such, the client could request the shipping rates from my own DB and post their IDs to my "createCheckout" endpoint, no?

hollow wasp Nov 7, 2022, 12:54 PM

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I think what my colleague meant is:
Step 1: either find the shr_xxx in your database or by listing them from https://stripe.com/docs/api/shipping_rates/list
Step 2: in your backend create the Checkout Session

light condor Nov 7, 2022, 12:55 PM

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What do you mean by "your database"?

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Are you talking of Stripe's, or my own actual database

hollow wasp Nov 7, 2022, 12:57 PM

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This is your own database where you could store the shr_xxx ID to find them more easily, instead of having to list them with the Stripe API.

light condor Nov 7, 2022, 12:57 PM

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Okay

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So you're suggesting that

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Before I call stripe.checkout.sessions.create, I should make a request to my own DB for the shipping rates?

hollow wasp Nov 7, 2022, 12:59 PM

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Correct! The other option would be to list all shipping rates with https://stripe.com/docs/api/shipping_rates/list and then create the Checkout Session.

light condor Nov 7, 2022, 1:00 PM

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Okay

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This would suggest that when I create a shipping rate on Stripe, I'd need to effectively copy it into my own DB

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At initial glance, I can't seem to find any events pertaining to ShippingRate creation

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So, how when a ShippingRate is created, could I synchronise this with my DB?

hollow wasp Nov 7, 2022, 1:03 PM

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This would suggest that when I create a shipping rate on Stripe, I'd need to effectively copy it into my own DB
Yes, correct
At initial glance, I can't seem to find any events pertaining to ShippingRate creation
You don't need a webhook events for this, since your own code is creating the ShippingRate. So just after you create the ShippingRate, add some code to store the shr_xxx in your database.

light condor Nov 7, 2022, 1:04 PM

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Oh I see! Great thanks 🙂

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