#cnguyen
vagrant zephyr
Hello 👋
I don't think that's something that the API currently supports
charred mango
so how can I handle this ? I want to create a subscription with a trial period
and when the trial period is over, I know that you create a PI with an invoice.
And I want to customize the statement descriptor for the PI and the invoice
??
vagrant zephyr
Still looking (server is running a bit busy)
charred mango
ok ty
vagrant zephyr
One alternative is to set the descriptor on the product itself
https://stripe.com/docs/api/products/create#create_product-statement_descriptor
vagrant zephyr
Yup, the other option is to update the descriptor on the invoice itself
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/update#update_invoice-statement_descriptor
However the limitation there would be the initial invoice (it finalizes immediately before it can be updated)
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charred mango
Can you be more explicit ? Not sure to understand the other option
quiet cobalt
👋 stepping in
So you can set Statement Descriptors on Invoices, so you would update each time on renewal before it is finalized via the above linked endpoint
However, this doesn't work for the first Invoice of a Subscription
As that is finalized immediately
So you are best off using Products here if you want unique SDs
charred mango
ok but when do you want to do it ? on which event ?
quiet cobalt
invoice.created
charred mango
For thisusecase, normally, when I have a trial period, when I create the subscription, you created an invoice of £0. Once is done, I can update the statement descriptor (on invoice.created) and I can update the invoice (stripe.invoices.update)
And for me, I have to do it only once because, the next time, they will use the statement descriptor of the last invoice (so it will be the updated one). No ?
quiet cobalt
You can only update the Statement Descriptor when an Invoice is in draft
And no, it won't carry over to future Invoices. Your integration would need to update each Invoice each time it is created
charred mango
but when it's created, it's not too late to update the statement descriptor ? The payment (intent) is already done, no ? So it will be already the bad one one the bank descriptor