bethany-elements-customer | Stripe Developers | Page 1

flint stormBOT Dec 9, 2022, 10:46 PM

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raw magnet Dec 9, 2022, 10:46 PM

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bethany-elements-customer

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Hey @bold folio let's talk here instead

bold folio Dec 9, 2022, 10:47 PM

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sorry, yeah, not totally clear on discord threading :-)

raw magnet Dec 9, 2022, 10:47 PM

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You don't have to create a Customer upfront, you can do the Customer async after the first payment if you prefer

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(all good, I created it as you were typing :p)

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so based on what you said in the main channel you can
1/ Create a SetupIntent (no Customer)
2/ Collect payment method details client-side with other info
3/ Async after success of the SetupIntent create a Customer, attach the PaymentMethod and store the rest of the information

bold folio Dec 9, 2022, 10:50 PM

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okay, so I can create a SetupIntent with no customer to get the client-secret for the payment element.

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do I need to do cleanup on that SetupIntent if the user doesn't follow through on registration?

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like, if i'm creating that every time somebotty loads the registration page, that could be messy

raw magnet Dec 9, 2022, 10:51 PM

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you can cancel it https://stripe.com/docs/api/setup_intents/cancel but you don't have to

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they don't really do anything and they aren't in the Dashboard so it's not really crucial

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but you can always run a script to clean up SetupIntents older than a day or something every day

bold folio Dec 9, 2022, 10:53 PM

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ok, makes sense. i'll go give it a try.

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thanks!

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