#FoxtrotOneEcho
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rough yacht
Hi there, adding a payment_intent_data.transfer_data.destination is to create a destination charge, and you need to have the connected account ID before creating the charge.
Can you tell me what do you want to achieve with CheckoutSessions API?
chilly cliff
Process is user signs up for app & requests service. I want to make sure that their card is authorized for the amount of the service (this is a fixed known value). But I don't know who the service provider is going to be so I can't attach the transfer_data.destination connect account id yet.
The user shouldn't be charged until a service provider accepts and completes the work. So when the service provider marks it as completed I call stripe->paymentIntents->capture().
I suppose I probably could just do a transfer call with a source transaction instead?
rough yacht
OK. since the destination is not yet known, you can use the Transfers API https://stripe.com/docs/api/transfers/create#create_transfer to send funds to connected account later.
chilly cliff
When using the Transfers API is there a reason to specify the application fee and transfer_data.amount when doing the paymentIntents->capture() ? Does it provide value for reporting/accounting purposes after the fact or will that cause issues?
rough yacht
No, you can't specify an application_fee when creating a transfer.
You can only specify a application_fee when creating a charge.
chilly cliff
Correct, I understand that.
I'm asking according to this: https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_intents/update
Should you specify the application_fee_amount and transfer_data amount when I run the paymentIntent->capture() fore reporting purposes?
but I suppose not, cause that would actually cause it to go to the values specified during the PI create. I get it now.
rough yacht
No you can't.
You need to specify the transfer_data.destination when creating the PaymentIntent, you can't update this field later.
chilly cliff
With using a source_transaction with the transfer would you recommend listening for the charge.completed webhook or relying on the return response of the paymentIntents->capture() ?
rough yacht
What are you interested in? the payment, the transfer, or both?
chilly cliff
Looking to make sure that the transfer doesn't happen until the charge has posted to platform account
rough yacht
Stripe will only perform the transfer when the funds are available in platform
chilly cliff
ok, thanks