gracine-checkout-customername | Stripe Developers | Page 1

little valleyBOT Jan 11, 2023, 4:51 PM

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wise pebble Jan 11, 2023, 4:51 PM

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Hello!

long rover Jan 11, 2023, 4:51 PM

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gracine-checkout-customername

wise pebble Jan 11, 2023, 4:52 PM

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This isn't possible. You would either pre-fill the Session with a Customer (https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-customer) which would pre-fill the email from the Customer or you would just set customer_email (https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-customer_email)

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But no way to actually pre-fill the Name field

night bridge Jan 11, 2023, 4:52 PM

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If I prefill the customer, he needs to exist in Stripe ?

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or it can be a new one

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customer, optional: ID of an existing Customer

wise pebble Jan 11, 2023, 4:55 PM

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You can create a new one just before the Checkout Session if you like

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Let's back up, what are you really trying to do?

night bridge Jan 11, 2023, 4:55 PM

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ok

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We are juste trying to smooth the checkout process and reduce friciton for the customer

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he already entered his name on our platform

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so in the checkout session its a bit of a pain to have to re-enter it

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its a basic use case of a customer who go from free to a paid subscription

wise pebble Jan 11, 2023, 5:02 PM

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Gotcha, is it possible to remove them entering their name on your platform prior to Checkout?

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Name isn't going to be pre-filled here in Checkout so you won't be able to handle that in the Checkout flow

night bridge Jan 11, 2023, 5:03 PM

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that would not make sense to have a user not having a name

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he can never upgrade to stripe

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ok so its just not feasible technically

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I just wanted to make sure of that

wise pebble Jan 11, 2023, 5:04 PM

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Well I assumed you would get the name from the Checkout Session

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Not that they "wouldn't have a name"

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But if you need it before the Session then yeah it won't be possible to smooth this any further

night bridge Jan 11, 2023, 5:04 PM

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yes

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ok thanks for your help

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have a great day

wise pebble Jan 11, 2023, 5:05 PM

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You too!

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@night bridge one more thing

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If you do collect PaymentMethods via Checkout ahead of time and it is a Customer that is "returning" and you pre-fill the Customer ID then you will get the whole saved Card pre-filled which will include name

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