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severe terraceBOT Apr 14, 2023, 4:06 AM

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rotund harness Apr 14, 2023, 4:08 AM

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I'm afraid there is no automatic way to do it. You'd have to handle the minor units for the currency used: https://stripe.com/docs/currencies

lone mesa Apr 14, 2023, 4:09 AM

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Ah ok, thanks

rotund harness Apr 14, 2023, 4:18 AM

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No problem! Happy to help 😄

lone mesa Apr 14, 2023, 5:01 AM

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I was just wondering

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The unit_amount_decimal

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Does it allow me to pass 12.41

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instead of 1241?

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For $12.41

rotund harness Apr 14, 2023, 5:08 AM

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Can you share where you see this unit_amount_decimal parameter?

lone mesa Apr 14, 2023, 5:09 AM

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I have the decimal amount saved.

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And customer can configure the currency.

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So when creating the invoice, I need the value to be interpreted as the decimal of the currency, and not the units.

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So 12.41 with USD => $12.41

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And 99.5 with YEN => 99 YEN

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it seems like it's working

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but just wanted to make sure that indeed this is expected behavior of unit_amount_decimal

rotund harness Apr 14, 2023, 5:21 AM

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If you're referring to unit_amount_decimal in Prices: https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/object#price_object-unit_amount_decimal, the amount will be set in cent. It will work when you try the amount in cents.

Stripe API reference – The price object – curl

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lone mesa Apr 14, 2023, 5:22 AM

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Even though the currency might not have cents, right?

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For example INR (indian rupee), doesn't have cents.

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If I used the normal amount 100 would be interpreted as 100 INR.

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With unit_amount_decimal it would be interpreted as 1 INR.

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Am I correct?

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Wait, how is it possible that INR has minum amount of ₹0.50?

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The currency has no cents.

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Oh actually that's wrong.

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I tried with JPY and it charged me the amount * 100 :/

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Story short I have values like 12.41, 99.00, 12.41 stored in the database, and I need stripe to take it these values as decimal, not as the minimum currency unit, do you understand?

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If it was just USD or EUR, I could multiply by 100, but I need to support all currencies.

lone mesa Apr 14, 2023, 5:46 AM

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For now I'm doing it like this

function normalizeCurrency(amount, iso_code) {
    switch (iso_code) {
        case 'bif':
        case 'clp':
        case 'djf':
        case 'gnf':
        case 'jpy':
        case 'kmf':
        case 'krw':
        case 'mga':
        case 'pyg':
        case 'rwf':
        case 'ugx':
        case 'vnd':
        case 'vuv':
        case 'xaf':
        case 'xof':
        case 'xpf':
            return amount;
        case 'BHD':
        case 'JOD':
        case 'KWD':
        case 'OMR':
        case 'TND':
            return amount * 1000;
        default:
            return amount * 100;
    }
}

module.exports = { normalizeCurrency };

rotund harness Apr 14, 2023, 5:46 AM

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If you set amount to 100 for INR, it will be INR 1. If you set unit_amount_decimal to 100, it should be INR 100. I'd recommend testing it to check if this is the case

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In general, I'd recommend using unit_amount and compute the integer amount on your own for greater accuracy

lone mesa Apr 14, 2023, 5:49 AM

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Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.

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Thanks.

#afonso