bethany4036

[reef lichen]

Hi what's the question?

[merry bronze]

I've defined a cyo price in the dashboard, with a minimum amount of $10, but sometimes the user might owe more than that. So I'm wondering if it's possible to adjust the minimum on the fly when I create the checkout session. I've been digging through documentation, and it's kind of looking like a no... but can't hurt to ask, eh?

does that make sense?

[reef lichen]

Yeah that makes sense

But, no it's not currently possible

You'd need to create a new price with a new minimum prior to creating the session to achieve this

[merry bronze]

ok. thanks!

if i give up the "optional overpay" and just use checkout to have the user pay off these theoretical balances, can I adjust the dynamically? or do i have to create a new price for each separate amount? e.g. if one user owes 11.50 and another owes $27.34, is that gonna wind up as two different prices stored forevermore?

[reef lichen]

If you give up the optional overpay, you can pass amounts on the fly: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-line_items-price_data-unit_amount

And that won't create a price object in your account

[merry bronze]

ok, i wasn't sure if "to generate a new Price inline" meant that it'd only exist inline there, vs "we'll create it for real etc"

[reef lichen]

Yeah it only exists in the scope of that session

[merry bronze]

and one more payments question: I think, according to the documentation, it's not currently possible to pass an existing customer to a payment link? but maybe i heard / read somewhere that that feature was coming? and possibly would be in Beta soon?

[reef lichen]

Yeah that's not currently possible