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azure canyonBOT Feb 13, 2023, 5:02 PM

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cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 5:02 PM

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customer.subscription.updated should notify you of the change in the Price record related to the Subscription.

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 5:05 PM

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will stripe automatically handle doing the prorating?

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 5:07 PM

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That depends on how you have configured the Customer Portal

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 5:07 PM

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i imagine the new subscription type will also be reflected in the event payload?

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 5:08 PM

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I'm not sure what you mean "new subscription type". The event data payload will include the Subscription object reflecting the Customer's changes: https://stripe.com/docs/api/events/types#event_types-customer.subscription.updated

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But the Event object itself will also include what the previous attributes were as well

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 5:09 PM

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for example, going from Monthly Subscription -> Yearly Access. When i get the customer.subscription.updated event, will the subscription object show that the new subscription is Yearly Access?

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i'm looking at the documentation for the the Subscription object, and i'm not sure which attribute reflects if the subscription would be Monthly Subscription or Yearly Access

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 5:22 PM

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That would be defined by the change in the Price ID from one with a monthly billing period to one with an annual billing period. You would likely want to retrieve the Price object (maybe expand the Product as well) to verify this. https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/object

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 5:27 PM

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would that be in the subscription object? https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-items-data-price

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 5:31 PM

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Yes

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Specifically in the items.data.price property: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-items-data-price

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 5:36 PM

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i see its a list. in my use case a user can only purchase one type of subscription at a time. in this case the size of the list should always be 1 correct?

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 5:45 PM

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If that's the only Price object that is included in the Subscription then yes

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 5:57 PM

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okay cool thank you

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also i was wondering, when i get these webhook events, is there any reason i should be saving the event subscription or invoice objects in my own db? i can't think of any reasons why i may need them. What does stripe usually recommend here?

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 6:00 PM

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That is very dependent on how you are operating your business. In my test integration I use the webhook events to keep my local records in sync with Stripe. That way I don't need to make Stripe API calls to get the current state of my records.

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 6:01 PM

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do you store the event the same way you receive it or just the fields you think you'll need?

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 6:04 PM

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I store the data.object record. So a Subscription object if that is what the event relates to

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 6:07 PM

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i see so you don't store the metadata on the event itself?

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 6:08 PM

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To be clear, I built a test integration to be familiar with how Stripe works (as part of my work at the company). The specifics are just for my own education

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 6:11 PM

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makes sense. i don't see an immediate need for saving the event, but also don't want to regret not saving it

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 6:12 PM

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You can review past events up to 30 days: https://stripe.com/docs/api/events/list

boreal kettle Feb 13, 2023, 6:18 PM

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got you. i think i'll just save the data.object. thank you for your help. this was very helpful

cerulean anchor Feb 13, 2023, 6:18 PM

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Happy to help 🙂 it's why we're here

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