Nadiya

[vapid yew]

👋 happy to help

what can I help you with

[north wharf]

i just tried payment_behavior = error_if_incomplete
but, that doesn't help

it just start the subscription right away with free trial without adding payment method

[vapid yew]

I'm not sure if changing the payment_behavior would be the way to go here

the key to solving your issue depends on what events you're listening to in the webhooks

if we don't want to change the subscription creation workflow you have now

[north wharf]

there are few webhook events i'm currently listening to (including subscription.created and updated), but how come this is about webhooks?

            'customer' => $user->stripe_id,
            'items' => [[
                'price' => $price->stripe_price,
            ]],
            'payment_behavior' => 'error_if_incomplete',
            'payment_settings' => ['save_default_payment_method' => 'on_subscription'],
            'trial_period_days' => (int) config('constants.FREE_TRIAL_DAYS') ?? null,
            'expand' => ['latest_invoice.payment_intent'],
        ]);```
This is my current code looks like

[vapid yew]

instead of giving your customer access to your product on customer.subscription.created event

you can start the trial on invoice.paid

[north wharf]

actually, they don't need to be paid. we just want to save the card only, and start the subscription with free trial after adding pm

do you think i should use setupIntents?

[vapid yew]

are the free trial days covering one whole billing cycle?

[north wharf]

yes

its monthly billing, but the free trial days can be up to 90

[vapid yew]

ok this means that the first invoice would be 0

and instead of using latest_invoice.payment_intent.client_secret you can use pending_setup_intent.client_secret

[north wharf]

let me try, thank you

"This property cannot be expanded (pending_setup_intent.client_secret)."

i've got the above error message

[vapid yew]

the property is pending_setup_intent

the client_secret is similar to the one you use from latest_invoice.payment_intent

what you need to do here is actually expanding on both properties

'expand' => ['latest_invoice.payment_intent', 'pending_setup_intent']

and then based on which of these is null you would send to your front end a hash like
{ client_secret: '....', type: 'payment'|'setup'}

[north wharf]

well. that seems to work, but let me make some test payment with that client secret.
will it charge money?

[vapid yew]

and based on the type your front end will call either confirmPayment or confirmSetup

[north wharf]

ah i see

[north wharf]

thank you so much.
will test this

[vapid yew]

yes sure let me know if you need any more help