#codelogix-payment-method-id
high tide
solid jasper
Hello
If a PaymentMethod is detached from a Customer then it is consumed and cannot be re-used
boreal cradle
Right...but if the user uses the same card for a future transaction, does that card get a new Stripe::PaymentMethod.id generated?
solid jasper
Not sure what you mean? You get a new ID when you collect a new PaymentMethod.
A PaymentMethod's ID is never changed.
boreal cradle
correct...If I use the same card twice in two separate transactions, does a new Stripe::PaymentMethod get created on Stripe's end?
solid jasper
That all depends on your integration.
Are you creating a new PaymentMethod each time?
What does "use the same card twice in two separate transactions" mean?
Mostly no, this shouldn't happen
But it can if you are creating a new PaymentMethod
boreal cradle
We are using the new Stripe Elements integration...so that new Stripe Elements UI creates a payment method each time for each PaymentIntent that is created.
faint vault
codelogix-payment-method-id
boreal cradle
so if we create two transactions with the same card, would Stripe automatically generate two unique Stripe::PaymentMethod records, even if the card is the same?
sorry if I'm not explaining this well
faint vault
Hi there 👋 jumping in as my teammate needs to step away soon. We will create a new Payment Method every time we receive a request to create one, we do not do any sort of deduplication automatically for Payment Methods.
If you want to check whether two Payment Methods were created for the same card, you would compare their card.fingerprint values:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_methods/object#payment_method_object-card-fingerprint
boreal cradle
got it. that's what I needed to know. Thank you!
faint vault
Any time!