#Roopa
copper saffron
scenic ginkgo
Hi there!
Can you share the ID (req_xxx) of the failing API request?
https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request
halcyon kelp
req_9rWBuKh8a7SPcb
scenic ginkgo
That invoice is paid. You can't voided. What you want to achieve exactly ? to refund the customer ?
halcyon kelp
We are still in the development phase, in certain condition i want to make invoice 'void'.
I am using a test clock is it problem?
scenic ginkgo
I am using a test clock is it problem?
no
scenic ginkgo
We are still in the development phase, in certain condition i want to make invoi...
you can void an invoice when it's not still paid.
halcyon kelp
I am trying to do it when invoice is in the finalised status and still getting that error.
scenic ginkgo
can you share the requestId ?
halcyon kelp
same request_id 'req_9rWBuKh8a7SPcb'
As soon as it passes above web hook block invoice is becoming 'paid' state.
scenic ginkgo
Why you want to void the invoice? may I understand the use case ?
halcyon kelp
We want to add 2 yearly subscription to our system.
and as we cannot create 2 yearly using stripe we thought of creating yearly subscription and make alternative year invoice as void.
scenic ginkgo
What you can do is to create a yearly subscription with the price of two year. and for the second year you downgrade the subscription to a 0$ subscription.
halcyon kelp
what about next to next year? we have to again update it to original price?
scenic ginkgo
yes
halcyon kelp
ok. I will try that.
what was the issue with 'void' above?
and is there any other alternative option than downgrading the subscription?
scenic ginkgo
Your integration is trying to void an already paid invoice.
halcyon kelp
yes I got it, but will not be any gap between finalised invoice become a paid?
scenic ginkgo
Stripe finalize and send the invoice after one hour from being created. In this hour you can void, edit the invoice...
halcyon kelp
you mean I have to try voiding it in the InvoiceCreated webhook?
halcyon kelp
Let me try that now.
I am getting the same error, even though invoice status is 'draft'.
request id is :
req_Wnk22BzBtXVXZo
scenic ginkgo
You need to open/finalize the invoice via API and then void it directly
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/finalize
halcyon kelp
you mean: we have to move draft invoice to finalize through api and void it?
scenic ginkgo
Yes try that.
halcyon kelp
I tried it but still the same error.
scenic ginkgo
Could you please share the requestId?
Is it paid too ?
once the invoice was finalized ?
scenic ginkgo
OK, so the invoice collection_method is charge_automatically as it was created from a subscription. So once it's finalized, its paid directly.
So can't do this with automatic invoice.
You need to change your logic for designing the 2 years subscription.
You can use the 1st option I mentioned. or you create a free yearly subscription, and each two year you charge the customer a manual invoice.
halcyon kelp
Is there any option where we can make invoice amount has '0' ?
icy shell
hmm, it is possible to have an Invoice with amount:0 yes. If it is already finalized though you can't change it. If it's not finalized, you could add a negative invoice line item. https://stripe.com/docs/billing/invoices/subscription#adding-draft-invoice-items
halcyon kelp
I tried the above and getting error: "This value must be greater than or equal to 0 (it currently is '-0.35e4')."
icy shell
-0.35e4 indicates you're not passing an integer
I don't know .NET as well as you likely do, but I imagine you want to do Math.Round(-35 * 100) or something like that
halcyon kelp
ah! sorry I hard coded value and did not realis it.
Thank you for your help. I will try it and let you know later.
halcyon kelp
It is taking only positive values not nagative value.
exotic thunder
Hi there 👋 you cannot pass a negative amount via price_data. The price_data hash is used to create a Price object adhoc, and those cannot have a negative amount associated with them. To create an InvoiceItem with a negative amount, you will need to use the amount parameter instead:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoiceitems/create#create_invoiceitem-amount
halcyon kelp
yes, I tried using the amount and I am getting error related to tax.
"The price price_1MbPLuDwT5gdvn7nYYoUsi5k does not have a tax_behavior set which is required for automatic tax computation. Please visit https://stripe.com/docs/tax/products-prices-tax-categories-tax-behavior#tax-behavior for more information."
exotic thunder
Can you share the ID of the request that returned that error?
halcyon kelp
req_VHdi7ajEtHkNNr
exotic thunder
Thank you, pulling that up.
I see, does that error go away if you specify a tax_behavior?
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoiceitems/create#create_invoiceitem-tax_behavior
halcyon kelp
InvoiceItemCreateOptions object does not have tax_behavior property
exotic thunder
Support for that was added in version 40.15.0 which seems to be newer than the version you're currently using:
https://github.com/stripe/stripe-dotnet/releases/tag/v40.15.0
halcyon kelp
Yes, I am on 40.8.0