justintime42

[soft snow]

No problem at all

OK, based on the request (https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_Z0LNgTUlt99W5H) this invoice was created on your account (platform) , not the connected account, and that's why you don't see it in the connected account

Also, since the connected account is a Standard account, you can just create the invoice on the connected account directly by specifying a Stripe-Account header in the request.

By specifying a stripe_account, you are telling Stripe that you want to make an API call on behalf of a connected account. You can refer to this doc to learn more about making API request for connected account (https://stripe.com/docs/connect/authentication)

[halcyon parcel]

So I should be making the invoice like so:

await stripe.invoices.create({
      customer: customer.stripeID,
      due_date: dueDate,
      pending_invoice_items_behavior: "include",
      collection_method: 'send_invoice',
    },
    {
      stripeAccount: stripeAccount
    })

Is that right? If so what is the difference between passing the stripeAccount header versus using the on_behalf_of field?

[soft snow]

You don't need to set on_behalf_of in this case since the invoice is directly created on the account

[halcyon parcel]

oh I think I see. so I can use that stripeAccount header to make any API call on the connected account? Like creating customers, invoices, etc?

[soft snow]

Yes you are right

https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges#settlement-merchant if you want to learn more about on_behalf_of

[halcyon parcel]

Ok, and just to clarify, if I do the stripeAccount header, I don't need to do on_behalf_of, because the connected account will be the settlement merchant since I created the invoice directly on their account.

[sick pilot]

Yes! If you have Stripe-Account header, on_behalf_of is not needed

[halcyon parcel]

ok awesome. thanks so much for all the help!