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candid wadiBOT Jul 25, 2023, 3:27 PM

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gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:27 PM

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Hello 👋

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Yes the invoice ID shouldn't change

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:29 PM

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So i should expect the consume 2 Invoice objects with the same invoiceid, but with differing attempt_count right?

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:29 PM

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It should be the same invoice object as the before. We don't create a new invoice object for re-attempt.
Only the attempt_count increments

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:30 PM

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If there is an update, it will be resent via the webhook?

candid wadiBOT Jul 25, 2023, 3:32 PM

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silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:32 PM

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Also, this means that the created field in this particular invoice never changes?

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:35 PM

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If there is an update, it will be resent via the webhook?
yes you'd receive invoice.updated event

Also, this means that the
created
field in this particular invoice never changes?
Correct.

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Anything else I can help with @silver slate ?

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:38 PM

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can u give me 1 moment

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am i right to say that, when the invoice is created, it will be attempt_count = 0.
For attempt_count = 1 / attempt_count = 2, the event type will definitely be invoice.updated right no matter what

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:42 PM

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correct

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:42 PM

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attempted
boolean
Whether an attempt has been made to pay the invoice. An invoice is not attempted until 1 hour after the invoice.created webhook, for example, so you might not want to display that invoice as unpaid to your users.
I got this from the api docs. Essentially this means when created attempted = false, count =0.

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:42 PM

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We'd also generate invoice.payment_failed event for payment failures

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I got this from the api docs. Essentially this means when created attempted = false, count =0.
yes

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We have great docs here that go over subscriptions <> webhook events
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/webhooks#events
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/webhooks#payment-failures

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:45 PM

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hmm.. on the invoice.payment_failed:
Essentially i have the following use case,
I want to get notified when the 1st charge fails
And the 2nd charge fails 12hrs later.
So it seems that the invoice.payment_failed will be more suitable

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:45 PM

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yes

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:49 PM

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Alright cool. So for my case I will attempt to charge the card on the Xth of every month. In that case, is it possible to retrieve this info(the actual attempted charge date) solely from the invoice.payment_failed event?
Or the only time related info I can retrieve is the created field in the invoice object?

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:50 PM

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You can retrieve it from invoice.payment_failed as it delivers invoice object as a payload

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I'd recommend trying it out in test mode

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that should answer most of your questions

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and will allow you to understand the API much better 🙂

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:50 PM

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sorry, the it you are referring to which field?

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:53 PM

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The charge parameter on the invoice should reflect the failed/declined charge (you'll need to expand it)
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-charge

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But yeah please try the flow out in test mode

silver slate Jul 25, 2023, 3:54 PM

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ahhh okay, this is really good. thanks a lot hanzo

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thats all from me, have a good day

gusty nova Jul 25, 2023, 3:54 PM

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NP! 🙂 Happy to help
Good luck

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