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signal arrowBOT Mar 28, 2023, 2:01 PM

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wanton hemlock Mar 28, 2023, 2:02 PM

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Hello 👋
Can you share more details?

dim lava Mar 28, 2023, 2:04 PM

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Sure 🙂
I'm trying to get the receipt number from either the invoice/charge object
Basically I want to sent the receipt via email to my customers on my own, not via stripe.
I wanted to use the receipt_number on the receipt email so it's kept in sync for easier tracking if the customer contacts me.
I now read on the docs that the receipt_number "will be null until a receipt has been sent."
I checked it and the receipt number is only present if I once viewed the Receipt via the dashboard.
Is there a way to generate that number programmitcally?

wanton hemlock Mar 28, 2023, 2:06 PM

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hmm, I don't think there's a way to generate the receipt_number without sending it unfortunately.

dim lava Mar 28, 2023, 2:07 PM

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Well technically I wasn't sending it via the dashboard, I just viewed it.

wanton hemlock Mar 28, 2023, 2:09 PM

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As far as I know, that field is generated and filled when the user gets the email and visits the hosted page.
I think viewing the receipt via the dashboard also follows the same logic.

Quick question, do you see a receipt_url on the charge instead?

dim lava Mar 28, 2023, 2:10 PM

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"receipt_number": null,
"receipt_url": "https://pay.stripe.com/receipts/invoices/CAcaFwoVYWNjdF8xTFE4dWdCZWRQZ3IwWnYyKN3ji6EGMgYdS6aspds6LBZOndRIpRMfAKK8P_az8c21K9xqUR9cp6nipKg421gOm3PshdRk5TEy7Qlz?s=ap",

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Yes

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Can I decode the CA... part with my secret key or something like that?

wanton hemlock Mar 28, 2023, 2:12 PM

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unfortunately, no. However, you could try sending a curl/get request to the url and see if the API counts that as a visit to the page and fills the receipt_number parameter

dim lava Mar 28, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Okay, will try that.
One more question came up to my mind now: I also want to show the PaymentMethod used on the receipt. I get the ID from the webhook event invoice.payment_succeeded. With that I need to make another request to stripe's api to get the whole PaymentMethod object. Is there a way to like expand the webhook data that stripe sents so I do not need to fetch the payment method again? Would also consider the charge object too I guess.

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(curl command actually did work, a little bit ugly to do in code, but I think that's my way to go)

wanton hemlock Mar 28, 2023, 2:20 PM

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The charge object should have the payment method listed on it
https://stripe.com/docs/api/charges/object#charge_object-payment_method

dim lava Mar 28, 2023, 2:27 PM

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Alright, thank you 🙂 Got it working now

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