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stray briarBOT Jun 21, 2023, 7:55 AM

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hushed patrol Jun 21, 2023, 7:58 AM

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Hey 🙂
I have a subscription created with a custom unit_amount by setting the price_data
Let's say we are in the middle of the month and the current price is 10€. Now I want to change the price of the subscription to 5€ so that the customer will pay less on the next invoice. Is something like this possible?
I tried taking the priceId of the subscription (I guess that is a custom one created by stripe?) and tried to update it by setting the currency_options[eur][unit_amount] to 500 but I get "The price was created by Stripe automatically and cannot be updated.". Is there any other way or would I have to cancel the subscription first and create a new one?

floral patio Jun 21, 2023, 8:00 AM

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You would need to create a different Price and update the Subscription to the new Price

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It's call Subsciption Update and beware of proration. More here https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/update

Stripe API reference – Update a subscription – curl

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

wraith stirrup Jun 21, 2023, 8:02 AM

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👋 taking over for my colleague. Let me know if there's any follow-up Qs I can answer!

hushed patrol Jun 21, 2023, 8:07 AM

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How would I create the price correctly? The price attached to the subscription was automatically created by stripe when creating the subscription.

When updating the price, I dont want that the user will have to pay the invoice directly. It should just be on the next invoice and then for the next and so forth. What do I need to do in order to achieve that?

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