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loud reefBOT Aug 30, 2023, 1:10 PM

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slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:11 PM

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Can you share the request ID? req_xxx

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https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:12 PM

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I don't have access to the dashboard for this project, so it's gonna be hard.

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:12 PM

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You might also be able to get the request ID when you make the API request
https://stripe.com/docs/api/request_ids

Stripe API reference – Request IDs – curl

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onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:16 PM

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req_G9gjyAwMMXvZE8

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:17 PM

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That's just a GET request to retrieve a price
price_1NknhpAEtzv5ktGK2edMcVAu

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Seems like it succeeded too

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:17 PM

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Yeah, the price was retrieved, but updating the price won't work.

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Oh, hold up a minute.

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:19 PM

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Gotcha. Yeah you can't update the interval of the price
https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/update

That's not something the API supports today. I believe with dashboard, you can only only change a price if it hasn't been used in a subscription or an invoice.

The ideal way would be to create a new price, update the sub to use the new price and archive the old price

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:19 PM

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req_HUC0RraikeORZO

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This should be the proper request.

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:20 PM

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That's a GET request too similar to the one before😅

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:20 PM

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Bummer.

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So basically, it never sends anything.

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I tried just to update the amount, but even that results in an error.

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                'unit_amount'=>$amount*100,
            ]]);````

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:21 PM

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Yeah, like I mentioned not a lot about prices can be updated, checkout the API ref here
https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/update

Stripe API reference – Update a price – curl

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:22 PM

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I read that. It says that with currency_options.<currency>.unit_amount, you can technically update the amount charged.

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That's what I wrote, I believe. Or maybe I missed something?

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I managed to update the subscription name by fiddling with its product, so that's a start.

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:24 PM

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That's if you have multi-currency prices

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:27 PM

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Just tried and yup. It's now asking me to update the top-level parms instead.

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Getting closer to actually update the fudging price.

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Can't get it to work. I'll put that aside until I find a way.

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Thank you for the help.

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:32 PM

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I already mentioned this earlier that you can't update the interval/unit amount of an existing price via the API 😅

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You can create a new price and archive the older one

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:33 PM

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Oh sorry. I thought you only talked about the interval.

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Hence why I tried to push for the amount.

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My bad.

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:34 PM

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No worries. I should've been more clear 🙂

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:34 PM

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One last question to make sure I understood correctly.

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:35 PM

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Sure

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:35 PM

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Let's suppose I have a few people subscribed to a certain Price.

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Or Subscriptions using said Price, if you prefer.

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If I want to change the interval and/or amount of said Price, I basically have to create a new one, archive the old one then update the Subscriptions to use the new Price?

slim sand Aug 30, 2023, 1:37 PM

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Correct

1/ Create new price
2/ Update all the subscription individually (subscriptions can't be updated in bulk)
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade
3/ Archive the old price

onyx wasp Aug 30, 2023, 1:37 PM

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I see. That answers what I wanted to do. Thank you very much.

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