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robust domeBOT May 30, 2023, 1:42 PM

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tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:43 PM

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You need to explicitly do that step by passing the stripe customer id when creating/updating the setupintent: https://stripe.com/docs/api/setup_intents/create#create_setup_intent-customer

Stripe API reference – Create a SetupIntent – curl

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tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 1:46 PM

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i do that but i'm not seeing a subsequent "subscription.updated" event being fired in the webhook

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:46 PM

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You pass the customer id when creating the subscription object?

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 1:47 PM

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                customer="cus_123",
                payment_method_types=["card"],
                usage="off_session",
                stripe_account="acct_test",
                api_key="some_apikey"
    )

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so this is what i do on the server side to create the setup intent

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:48 PM

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So actually if you have a subscription integration you shouldn't need to explicitly create a setupintent

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Any reason you do that and don't just collect payment on the Subscription's generated SetupIntent or Payment Intent?

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 1:50 PM

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so the way our product works is we let customers use a checkout page to purchase a subscription

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so i assumed we need to use a setup intent to collect the card information and then create a subscription afterwards

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is there a better way to do this?

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:51 PM

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Ah

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No need. See this integration guide: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscriptions?ui=elements&element=payment

Build a subscriptions integration

Create and manage subscriptions to accept recurring payments.

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 1:54 PM

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so it seems like i should never mix setup intent with subscription creation?

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:54 PM

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There's generally no need

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You can see you just create the subscription directly in the above guide

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 1:54 PM

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are there any use cases where it is needed?

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:55 PM

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Not really

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 1:55 PM

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interesting

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thank you for this

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:56 PM

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No problem

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That guide also shows how to pass the customer id

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 1:57 PM

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i've seen in some cases when retrieving a latest_invoice that the payment intent does not exist

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            customer=customer_id,
            items=[{
                'price': price_id,
            }],
            payment_behavior='default_incomplete',
            payment_settings={'save_default_payment_method': 'on_subscription'},
            expand=['latest_invoice.payment_intent'],
        )

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what do we do in the situation where the payment intent can't be found by the latest_invoice

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e.g. when there hasn't been an invoice created before

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this is the reason we use setup intent incase the payment intent is missing

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 1:59 PM

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Why is payment intent missing?

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Are you using a trial or something?

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:03 PM

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yep it can be trial at times

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the payment intent can also show as canceled

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:04 PM

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Ah in that case a setupintent will be automatically created which you can use here: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-pending_setup_intent

Stripe API reference – The subscription object – curl

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tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:06 PM

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tropic cairn the payment intent can also show as canceled

What do you mean?

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:06 PM

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ah ok

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so when retrieving the payment_intent from the latest_invoice field it can appear as canceled

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:07 PM

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It shouldn't

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But can you provide me an example where it does?

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:07 PM

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i'm not sure why it occurs exactly but it happens enough to be an issue

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not on hand with me at the moment but i can try to find one and get back to you on this thread

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how long does this thread exist for?

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

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We close them after a little bit of inactivity. If you find one and the thread is closed, just post in the main channel and we'll open up a new thread

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

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ah ok

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thank you

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

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No problem

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:11 PM

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ah an issue might be if we create this from a checkout session

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the payment intent may expire or become unpaid

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actually maybe i'm misunderstanding something fundamental

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but how is payment_intent filled from the latest invoice if no invoice has existed?

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e.g. how do we get the payment_intent for a new user who has never subscribed before

robust domeBOT May 30, 2023, 2:15 PM

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tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:16 PM

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If you're using a Checkout Session, then there's no need to directly create subscriptions at all (or to directly create SetupIntents). A little confused about your flow now.

A draft invoice will be created as part of the subscription when it's created (unless there's a trial in which case you'd use the pending setupintent I described earlier)

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:17 PM

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ah ok, interesting

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yes i need to probably clean up how this works

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:17 PM

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tropic cairn yes i need to probably clean up how this works

why?

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:17 PM

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i think we may be mixing checkout session and setup intents

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:18 PM

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Ah

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:18 PM

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which is probably causing some issues

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can i set the expand with this?

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:18 PM

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You can reference the guide I linked earlier

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:18 PM

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tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:18 PM

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At the top of the page it has guides for Checkout and Elements

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:18 PM

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tropic cairn ```expand=["latest_invoice.payment_intent", "pending_setup_intent"], ```

Yeah

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:19 PM

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ah ok great

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thank you for this

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:19 PM

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No problem

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"Low code" tab at the top of https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscriptions is Checkout and "Custom code" tab refers to Elements. So if you want to implement Subscriptions with Checkout, then just follow the "Low code" integration path

Build a subscriptions integration

Create and manage subscriptions to accept recurring payments.

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:20 PM

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interesting

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yes seems like we have to use the custom code

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:20 PM

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Why's that?

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That route will not use Checkout at all, but if that's what you want then that's totally fine

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:22 PM

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so we have some usage elements and iirc support has previously mentioned that checkout sessions is limited and being deprecated and replaced with intents

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:23 PM

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Checkout sessions is definitely not being deprecated

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But it is limited in some ways

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:23 PM

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ah ok

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:23 PM

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But those limitations may not matter to you. Recommend reading the docs fully to understand these

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:24 PM

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yes i'm reading it in depth

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it seems like it may down the line

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we've started moving away from checkout sessions

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we did experience a few issues previously

tiny moon May 30, 2023, 2:26 PM

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Sure. Then the custom code tab will get you set up in the guide I linked

tropic cairn May 30, 2023, 2:26 PM

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thank you for your help!

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