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[gray schooner]

Hi there

Yep you can test end-to-end locally for Checkout

[lone cliff]

how can i do this?

[gray schooner]

You just use your test API key with a Checkout integration and server it over localhost

You can see a basic Checkout integration code snippet here: https://stripe.com/docs/checkout/quickstart

[lone cliff]

will i get webhook events as well

[gray schooner]

You can use the CLI for webhooks: https://stripe.com/docs/webhooks/test

[lone cliff]

will the events correspond to the checkout session i'll create

[gray schooner]

Yes

[lone cliff]

how can i do that exactly?

when i do stripe trigger {event} seems like its just random data

[gray schooner]

Did you read the doc?

You need to forward events to a local endpoint

So you need to set up Webhook handler code at that endpoint

[lone cliff]

yea i did all of that. but i'm confused on when trigger stripe trigger checkout.session.completed how to make sure the checkoutID is from the checkout session i created earlier

[gray schooner]

Ah I see

So you don't need to use stripe trigger if you are creating and completing a Checkout Session yourself

stripe trigger would just be a faster way to generate these Events with some default info

But if you are using the CLI to forward to a local endpoint then all events triggered on your account will go to that endpoint

[lone cliff]

so if i'm completing a checkout session locally via a UI, what process triggers the webhook events to hit my api

[gray schooner]

Anytime you generate Events on your account if you have an endpoint that is listening for those events then the event(s) will get sent to that endpoint.

So in this case the CLI is standing in for that

You use stripe listen --forward-to localhost:4242/webhook for example and when you trigger an event it will get sent to your local endpoint running at port 4242 with route /webhook

In this case you "trigger the event" by just completing a Checkout Session

[lone cliff]

okay i'll try that out thanks

I've also already set up my Plans in the dashboard. If i want my prices to be inclusive of tax is there anything specific i need to do? I'm also not sure if i need to set the AutomaticTax field to true on the CheckoutSessionParams object when creating a session

[gray schooner]

Yep if you want to use Stripe Tax and have tax calculated automatically then you would set AutomaticTax.enabled: true

And that is all you have to do other than set up your tax registration settings in your Dashboard

[lone cliff]

what does this do AutomaticTax.enabled: true

when you say "have tax calculated automatically" idk what that means

[gray schooner]

Take a read through our Checkout + Tax docs: https://stripe.com/docs/tax/checkout

That will explain it better than I can

[lone cliff]

i read through this a couple times. still lost

well it makes sense, i just don't know what i should be doing

[gray schooner]

The best thing to do is to test this stuff out in test mode

So create a Checkout Session with AutomaticTax: true

Then go through the Session and see if tax is applied as you so desire

If not, troubleshoot.

And we can help with troubleshooting specific issues!

[lone cliff]

if i set AutomaticTax: true and my plan total is 19.99, will the customer only pay 19.99 or will tax be added on top of that

[gray schooner]

That depends on how your Price's tax_behavior is set up

[lone cliff]

is that something i set up in the dashboard or in code?

[gray schooner]

You can do it either way

[lone cliff]

where in the dashboard is it?

[gray schooner]

https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/products

[lone cliff]

Tax Rates?

[gray schooner]

When you create the Price there is a little tickbox for "include tax in price"

[lone cliff]

got it. so assuming tax behavior is inclusive, if i set AutomaticTax: true and my plan total is 19.99, will the customer only pay 19.99 or will tax be added on top of that

[gray schooner]

Yep inclusive means tax would be baked into the 19.99

[lone cliff]

and what if i set AutomaticTax: false ?

[gray schooner]

Then no tax would be applied regardless

Unless you apply a tax rate yourself

[lone cliff]

the user must be charged tax right. so sounds like tax behavior being set to "inclusive" AND AutomaticTax: true will have tax baked into the total. and all tax obligations would be met

[gray schooner]

Up to you to handle charging tax or not, we don't control that. We offer Stripe tax (via AuatomaticTax) as a way ot do this, yes.

So overall yes if you have auto tax enabled, and the proper tax registration set up at https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/settings/tax then tax will be collected according to obligations for each place you are registered

[lone cliff]

makes sense thank you for your help!