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late finchBOT Jan 4, 2023, 1:42 PM

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light plover Jan 4, 2023, 1:42 PM

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How are you trying to edit the invoice? Via the API?

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 1:43 PM

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yes

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 1:44 PM

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Yeah, you can't edit it directly after its been finalised. You need to create a revision: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/invoice-edits?testing-method=with-code

Edit invoices

Learn how to edit invoices after finalization.

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There's a from_invoice parameter you pass when you create a new invoice: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-from_invoice

Stripe API reference – Create 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.

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 1:47 PM

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thank you. Maybe there is more simple solution? In general i'm finalizing invoice only, that i could get client secret via PaymentIntent. But maybe there is more simple solition to get client secret ?

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maybe i don't need to finalizei nvoice ?

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 1:48 PM

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You'll only get a Payment Intent (and its client_secret) once the Invoice is finalised

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There's no other way to amend/change a finalised invoice

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 1:49 PM

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And there is no other way to get client secret?

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 1:49 PM

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With invoicing? No

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 1:50 PM

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got it, thank you.

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and one more question:

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now, when user lands on page, system automatically creates customer, invoices and so on... so there will be a lot of empty/unpaid users on stripe.

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Is that a normal practice?

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 1:52 PM

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Why specifically are you using invoices?

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 1:53 PM

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because i want to list products with separate prices.

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so i create invoice and add invoice items to it.

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on payment form we have a bump offer. If user clicks on it, we need to add additional item to invoice. If user unclicks it, we need to remove that additional item from invoice.

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 1:55 PM

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Then just don't finalise the invoice until they reach the final step of your checkout. That will prevent the need for the amendments

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 1:56 PM

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But if i don't finalize, how i would get client secret from backend ?

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 1:57 PM

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You only need the client_secret once they're ready to pay though. So you just delay the finalisation until they're at the last step

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Really, your use case for invoicing isn't very traditional. They're not meant to be used in a checkout flow like this

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:01 PM

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but client secret is used to generate apple pay button, no ?

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my backend part looks like this. Not sure if you are familiar with php.

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 2:02 PM

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tropic lichen but client secret is used to generate apple pay button, no ?

Yes, it's required for initialising our payment UIs

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My point is, you need to adjust your checkout flow to only finalise once any/all changes have been made the the order/invoice. That will significantly reduce the code burden on your integration

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But as I stated, the invoicing API/product isn't really meant for this usage which is why you're running up against issues like this

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:05 PM

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Ok, but i cannot avoid invoicing, because i need to list products as separate items? Right ?

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 2:05 PM

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I don't know what what means. What specifically do you require from that?

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Are you using it as a way to display a cart?

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:07 PM

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I need to have that data (that user bought two items) on webhooks, that i could fulfill the order. At first i was following classic stripe ApplePay example, which is ok, when you are selling single product.

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Also if user requests for refund on one item, that i could issue refund for that one item.

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thats why i have choosen Invoicing..

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 2:07 PM

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Why not use Checkout instead? https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout

Stripe Checkout

Use a low-code integration to build a customized payment page, hosted on Stripe.

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:08 PM

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but then user is paying on stripe website, right ?

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 2:09 PM

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Correct, but it handles all of your requirements for you

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:09 PM

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my boss wont agree on this.

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 2:09 PM

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Otherwise there isn't really a Stripe API that handles the order functionality that you're describing

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You'll likely want to leverage a third-party service for some cart/order functionality, otherwise you'll continue to come against issues with the Invoicing API

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:11 PM

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what issues you have in mind ?

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i guess, i could also delete finalized invoice and if user adds item to invoice, i could create new one with items, right ?

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 2:11 PM

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tropic lichen what issues you have in mind ?

The ones we've been talking about at length already

light plover Jan 4, 2023, 2:12 PM

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tropic lichen i guess, i could also delete finalized invoice and if user adds item to invoice,...

You can't delete a finalised invoice, only void them

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My suggestion would be to create or use a third-party order system and leverage Stripe for payments

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:13 PM

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So, there is two solutions:

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Use stripe checkout, which happens on stripe page 2) USE revise invoice (which is not recomended) 3) Void invoice and recreate (also not recomended)

languid elk Jan 4, 2023, 2:17 PM

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Hello 👋
Taking over as ynnoj needs to step away

So, there is two solutions:

Use stripe checkout, which happens on stripe page 2) USE revise invoice (which is not recomended) 3) Void invoice and recreate (also not recomended)
yes

tropic lichen Jan 4, 2023, 2:21 PM

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ok, let me a bit explore documentation..

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