kosherslayer

[hidden hawk]

Hello there

[thorn arch]

const subscriptionUsageUpdated = await stripe.subscriptions.update(
subscription_usage.id,
{
cancel_at_period_end: false,
proration_behavior: "create_prorations", // prorate charge at EOM
items: [
{
id: subscription_usage.items.data[0].id,
price: subscriptionItems.report_id,
},
{
id: subscription_usage.items.data[1].id,
price: subscriptionItems.white_label_id,
},
{
id: subscription_usage.items.data[2].id,
price: subscriptionItems.invoicing_id,
},
],
}
);
How I'm updating my usage subscription

Hey

[hidden hawk]

So what you want to do here is create an Invoice Item for the cost of the usage on the previous Price (the $2 Price). Then you clear usage and update the Subscription. Then that Invoice Item will be picked up by the next Invoice that is created when the Subscription cycles

[thorn arch]

ohh got it. Could you link the docs for this?

[hidden hawk]

There aren't really docs per-say. You want to use https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoiceitems/create to create the Invoice Item and you can pass the subscription parameter to make sure that Invoice Item gets picked up by an Invoice related to the relevant Subscription

You would then clear usage using https://stripe.com/docs/api/usage_records/create

[thorn arch]

so i'd make that api call with the price of the usage item with the amount I retrieve for that usage item (and the subscription)

[hidden hawk]

Pretty much

You'll need a separate Price object here since you wouldn't use a metered-based Price for your Invoice Item in this case.

[thorn arch]

oh hm. Why couldn't I used a meter based price for the invoice item? I don't want to have to create two price objects for every usage item I have

[hidden hawk]

Well this isn't going to be a recurring Price -- it is just a one-time Price here. What I'd do is actually just use price_data to pass the relevant amount inline using: unit_amount (https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoiceitems/create#create_invoiceitem-price_data-unit_amount)

[desert jackal]

👋 Also hopping in here since bismark has to head out soon - another alternative is that you can leave both subscription items (the item for the $2/usage + the item for the $1/usage) on the subscription and just stop reporting usage on the old $2 price after they upgrade