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edgy salmon
No, but its usage based billing (in arrears)
Could it be because the customer already has a payment method defined?
The subscription is active right away as it seems
broken bronze
Ah yeah with Metered billing you are post-billing (arrears) so the first Invoice will always be $0 which is why there is no PaymentIntent
But there should be a pending_setup_intent that you use instead here to collect a payment method
So you expand pending_setup_intent and grab the pending_setup_intent.client_secret and use that with confirmSetup() on the frontend.
edgy salmon
Is it the same for the frontend, i.e. can I just use <PaymentElement /> too?
Hmm, pendingSetupIntent is also null
broken bronze
Can you give me the Subscription ID that you tested with?
edgy salmon
sub_1NOL1IDTiSONMGIuewQfidlN
broken bronze
So if you look at the creation request (https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_RewFUsjxNC3DhP) you can see in the response that there is a pending_setup_intent
So it sounds like you may just be grabbing it incorrectly
edgy salmon
You're right 🤔
In my backend I have this code, copied from the guide (kotlin though):
val subscription = Subscription.create(subCreateParams)
val clientSecret = subscription.pendingSetupIntentObject.clientSecret
and subscription.pendingSetupIntentObject (= subscription.getPendingSetupIntentObject()) is null
Oh do i have to add pending_setup_intent to the expand list?
broken bronze
Yep
edgy salmon
Great thanks, working now!
However, can I prevent the subscription from being active immediately? I would want it to be active only after a payment method has been set
broken bronze
No this isn't possible since there is no initial payment
It will always be active... you will need to listen for Webhooks to know when a payment method was attached
And then you could either cancel the Subscription if no payment method or set it as "active" in your database
edgy salmon
Is there a way to have initial billing for the flat fee and billing in arrears for the usage-based fees?
edgy salmon
Can I create both simultaneously? Like have one checkout button using the elements?
broken bronze
You can have one Subscription with two Prices, yes. As long as the billing intervals are the same (ie both monthly)
edgy salmon
Could I also have two subscriptions with differing billing cycles which would be subscribed to at the same time (e.g. have a yearly fee with monthly billed usage)?
broken bronze
You can do this if they are two different Subscriptions, yes.
A Customer can have multiple Subscriptions
edgy salmon
nvm
If I create two prices for one subscription and then create a stripe checkout session for that subscription, it will be the checkout for both prices if I define it right?
edgy salmon
Because my problem is that it shows 0.00$ due today and hides the actual prices in the "See details" tab. But if I split the flat fee into its own price it would be billed at the beginning?
broken bronze
Do you just want it to bill one time? Or the flat fee should occur on each billing cycle on top of the usage-based Price as well?
edgy salmon
The flat fee should be at the start of the month, and the usage based billing at the end (optimally). Now, its both in arrears with usage-based price, but the problem is the "0.00$ due today"
broken bronze
Yep okay then what is suggested above will work well
edgy salmon
Okay great, thanks!
broken bronze
Sure!