ib-schedule-retrieve | Stripe Developers | Page 1

night bobcatBOT Jul 31, 2023, 5:33 PM

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silk topaz Jul 31, 2023, 5:33 PM

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the subscription id is kind of word

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weird*

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sub_sched_1NRJeyFNVbYFceRMYBXbbJPI

urban igloo Jul 31, 2023, 5:37 PM

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ib-schedule-retrieve

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@silk topaz that's the id of a SubscriptionSchedule so it's a different resource which you can retrieve using its own API: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/retrieve

silk topaz Jul 31, 2023, 5:38 PM

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basically here is what i'm trying to do:

I have a subscription scheduled to start tomorrow, but I want to apply metered usage on a subscription item. I'm not sure how to do this since the subscription doesnt start until tomorrow

urban igloo Jul 31, 2023, 5:38 PM

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Then you can look at the subscription property which points to the underlying Subscription object if any. It can be null if the SubscriptionSchedule is created in advance with a start date in the future

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And mostly what you want to do is impossible really. Metered usage is applied during the month and billed at the end, so you can apply usage ahead of time

silk topaz Jul 31, 2023, 5:42 PM

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Hmm so we have been handling some of our customers subscriptions directly in QBO. We have usage based pricing and want to transition them to be in Stripe.

Basically we want to start off their first month in August, but include their previous months usage on the subscription (along with some other items). Is this possible?

urban igloo Jul 31, 2023, 5:45 PM

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https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/backdating would be a better approach in that case

urban igloo Jul 31, 2023, 6:08 PM

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@silk topaz did that solve your problem?

silk topaz Jul 31, 2023, 6:09 PM

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Hmm. We are not on the advanced plan for billing so I don't think we can do that. However, I think I can just create a non-metered price point for the first month and then switch it to metered price point for months after.

urban igloo Jul 31, 2023, 6:11 PM

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You shouldn't need an advanced plan for that if you write code and do all of this in the API

silk topaz Jul 31, 2023, 6:13 PM

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so its just the UI that requires that plan

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interesting

urban igloo Jul 31, 2023, 6:13 PM

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yeah which I don't like as a developer helping developers 🙂

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but the Dashboard features are a lot more advanced which is why they expect that plan

silk topaz Jul 31, 2023, 6:14 PM

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yeah makes sense. we sometimes like to test things via UI to help us create a mental model of what we need to develop. The descrepencies make that hard somtimes 🙂

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I think we are good for now, our current approach should work OK

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