John | Stripe Developers | Page 1

desert inletBOT Jul 5, 2023, 2:18 PM

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kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:20 PM

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With cancel_at we should just use the timestamp that we give you. Can you run that code and print out the value that Math.floor(endDate.getTime() / 1000) resolves to? It sounds like that calculation may be off in some way

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 2:21 PM

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1696515701

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this is the value that I get

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console.log('Math.floor(endDate.getTime() / 1000) ', Math.floor(endDate.getTime() / 1000) )

RESOLVES TO:

Math.floor(endDate.getTime() / 1000) 1696515805

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console.log('resolve', new Date(1696515701 * 1000).toString())

RESOLVES TO

resolve Thu Oct 05 2023 16:21:41 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:33 PM

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Yep, that timestamp looks right. Can you create a subscription with that as the cancel at and send me the ID? We should just use the timestamp that you give us

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 2:33 PM

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Hi I had to restart the editor because I could not identify the problem

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and it worked

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Maybe it was IDE issue

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I cannot say unfortunately.

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I have another question.

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If the payment fail in the subscription

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What are the next steps?

From my point of view I want to ->

Change the payment method and update the paymentMethodId in the subscription..

Can I use the new paymentMethod by just updating the subscription?

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The end result is that I want to charge the client with the new payment Method

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:38 PM

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Yep, the two common things to do with failed payments are:

Retry the payment (often with Smart Retries) https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/overview#settings
Ask the user to add a new payment method

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You can set the new payment method as the default payment method for either the customer or subscription to tell stripe to charge that payment method for future subscription cycles

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 2:40 PM

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Ok I create a subscription with a credit card and because the paymentMethod failed the subscription will have different state from ''áctive'

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To request again payment I need to update the subscription with the new paymentMethodId

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and the subscription will use that paymentMethodId automatically to charge the client?

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Or I need to delete the subscription and create a new one?

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:44 PM

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You would update the existing subscription

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Yes, if you set that payment method as the default_payment_method for that Subscription, it will charge the user for future cycles.

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 2:45 PM

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what about the current circle that is unpaid

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will it charge him?

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Or I need to follow another process

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:51 PM

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You can actually use the payment intent from the unpaid invoice to save this new payment method. That way saves the payment method and pays the overdue payment at the same time

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 2:53 PM

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So if the payment method fails.

I will request from the client to change the paymentMethod
I will use paymentIntent for the customer to pay the amount.

Then somehow I need to change the status of the subscription to active?

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:54 PM

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Yes, the subscription's status is based on the status of the latest invoice/payment intent

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So paying that paymentintent will make the subscription active again

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 2:55 PM

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How the subscription knows about the new PaymentIntent that I will create?

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:56 PM

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It wouldn't. I was suggesting that you use the PaymentIntent from the subscription's latest invoice

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latest_invoice on the subscription object

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That intent already exists and is associated with the subscription

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 2:56 PM

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The paymentIntent has a field "invoice
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I will use that Id here and I will create a paymentIntent

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is that correct?

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 2:59 PM

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No, you don't need to create a new intent here

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Because the existing invoice is still unpaid, the payment intent is in a similar state

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So you can use that intent when collecting this new payment method.

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Actually, taking a step back. How are you collecting this payment method originally? Is this your own custom page or is it Stripe Checkout?

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 3:02 PM

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I am creating a new PaymentMethod.

creating a new customer
attaching the paymentMethod to the customer
create subscription using
-- customerId
-- paymentMethodID

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this is the process

It is custom process

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With :
So you can use that intent when collecting this new payment method.

Do you mean I need to attach only the invoiceId to the paymentIntent?

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 3:09 PM

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Gotcha, so in that case, I think it would be simpler for you to repeat that process of creating the PM and attaching it to the customer. To make the payment you could then make this call to attempt to pay the invoice with that payment method https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/pay#pay_invoice-payment_method

Stripe API reference – Pay an invoice – 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.

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 3:11 PM

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So I need to send again to the customer the invoice that is attached to the existing Subscription by using the link above

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correct?

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with ID: "latest_invoice": "in_1NQWebFU2Rziu4OB0DDa4svE",

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You said this is the simplest way.
What other ways we have?

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 3:17 PM

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You have a few options:

Re-use your custom page that created PaymentMethods, use the new PaymentMethod to pay the old invoice
Send the user to the invoice's stripe-hosted page
Make a custom page that confim's the invoice's payment intent
Use the stripe-hosted customer portal to collect new payment details

timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 3:19 PM

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Thank you Pompey for your help

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the 1. is the easiest

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Actually I have one last question

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If I use a paymentMethod that the card does not have money

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and I try to create a subscription

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Will the status of the subscription be different from 'active'?

kindred steeple Jul 5, 2023, 3:23 PM

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For a new subscription if the card is declined, the subscription's status won't be active. For existing subscriptions, the subscription's status depends on what you have set in your billing settings https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/billing/automatic

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timid warren Jul 5, 2023, 3:24 PM

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lovely thank you a lot!

#John