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[opal prism]

hello! how can I help?

[storm basin]

Hi.

I am trying to create this invoice without a customer object but I receive this error

StripeInvalidRequestError: Must provide customer or from_invoice.

Yesterday an agent told me the customer object is optional

[opal prism]

gimme a while to take a look at this

[opal prism]

i think there may be a slight misunderstanding of that parameter. When it says optional, what it really means is that it's conditional. For example, if you try to create an invoice when using from_invoice [0] you wouldn't need to provide the customer

https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-from_invoice

is there a reason why you're not providing the customer id though?

[storm basin]

Basically In my app flow, I do not capture the users email/information.

I need to be able to create this invoice and get a link for the user to pay at

[opal prism]

i don't think one off invoices is going to work for you if you don't want to create a customer. I think you should consider using Checkout Sessions instead where you don't need to specify a Customer id : https://stripe.com/docs/payments/accept-a-payment

[storm basin]

Ok then, is there any API for No-code payment links?
https://stripe.com/au/payments/payment-links

I would rather not have to setup a whole checkout site just for this invoicing.

[pseudo sandal]

Hi @storm basin I'm taking over thread

[storm basin]

Sure thanks

[pseudo sandal]

https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_links/payment_links#payment_links these are the APIs for payment links

[storm basin]

Ok perfect so just double checking, I can input:

• a price at the time of payment link creation
• once the payment link is created, it will return a response with the link
• I don't need a customer object?

I see here I need to provide the ID of the price plan, https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_links/payment_links/create#create_payment_link-line_items-price

Is there no way to input a price in there without creating that price plan?

[pseudo sandal]

No way

[storm basin]

Ok

just putting in feedback, the docs should really be updated for the invoice creation

[pseudo sandal]

Which part? I can pass along the feedback if you share with me the details

[storm basin]

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Here ^, it says that providing the customer object is optional in the api docs, then in the quickstart for invocing it says its required