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turbid lightBOT Dec 6, 2022, 6:41 AM

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long knoll Dec 6, 2022, 6:41 AM

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Hi there, by automated payment I guess you mean subscription?

unborn nest Dec 6, 2022, 6:41 AM

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both 1-time and subs

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i am setting up automated payments flow using API

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because reading the documentation I saw this "Stripe automatically finalizes drafts before sending and attempting payment on invoices. However, if you’d like to finalize a draft invoice manually, you can do so using this method." and I was wondering, if I setup a step to send the invoice to the customer will it automatically finalise or do I have to anyway finalise it before sending it?

long knoll Dec 6, 2022, 6:44 AM

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which doc are you reading, can you send me the link?

unborn nest Dec 6, 2022, 6:44 AM

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sure

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https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/finalize

Stripe API reference – Finalize an invoice – curl

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

long knoll Dec 6, 2022, 6:46 AM

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OK. for invoice generated by subscriptions, you don't need to manually finalize them, Stripe will automatically finalize them (see https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/overview#invoice-lifecycle) .

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For ad-hoc invoices created by yourself, you need to manually finalize them.

unborn nest Dec 6, 2022, 6:47 AM

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but, should I first finalize the invoice and then send it to a customer or, send it and than finalize it?

long knoll Dec 6, 2022, 6:48 AM

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You can only send finalized invoices

unborn nest Dec 6, 2022, 6:48 AM

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ok

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I was asking that because when creating the flow and testing it using Zapier, when i reach the step of "finalize invoice" and test the step i get an error saying that "The invoice is already finalized"

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that why I am asking this questions

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