tymm | Stripe Developers | Page 1

olive haloBOT Mar 7, 2023, 7:45 AM

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vernal finch Mar 7, 2023, 7:45 AM

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You mean you want to manually query the event data through Stripe API?

umbral cradle Mar 7, 2023, 7:52 AM

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what im saying is that im experiencing different behavior using the same code when creating a subscription that has a $0 and a non $0 item.

with a non $0 item i would need to retrieve the paymentintent from the Invoice and confirm it manually to complete the transaction and then get a payment_succeeded callback from stripe

however with a $0 item it seems like the process is completed automatically

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i want to be able to maybe finalize the invoice manually after creating the subscription? so i can control when to receive the payment_succeeded callback

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or is there any flag that i should put to allow this

vernal finch Mar 7, 2023, 7:55 AM

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Sure, you can listen to invoice.created event, and finalize the invoice manually upon receiving this event.

umbral cradle Mar 7, 2023, 7:56 AM

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except the invoice is completed automatically right after creating the subscription

vernal finch Mar 7, 2023, 7:58 AM

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Maybe can you tell me when you don't want the invoice.payment_succeeded to happen upon a successful subscription creation?

umbral cradle Mar 7, 2023, 8:01 AM

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im creating a subscription with an item that costs $0, cancels automatically at the end of period, to simulate a free trial. and we dont ask for payment methods before the trial begins.

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correct me if im wrong but it seems like whenever a subscription's total amount is $0 it finalizes and completes the payment automatically?

vernal finch Mar 7, 2023, 8:03 AM

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You don't need to use $0 invoice to simulate a free trial. There's a trial_end param https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-trial_end

Stripe API reference – The subscription object – curl

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If you are using Checkout Session, you can set the trial_end through the subscription_data (https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-subscription_data-trial_end)

Stripe API reference – Create a Checkout Session – curl

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umbral cradle Mar 7, 2023, 8:33 AM

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just tried it out, doesnt change that stripe still sends invoice.payment_succeeded callback

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immediately after creating the subscription

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was using that callback to insert into my db for things like payment date, payment method etc, but i guess for the trial subscriptions those doesnt matter and i can populate them before hand.... unless u have any other suggestions 😉

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else we can close this tread

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