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[west geode]

hi!
I would use a CheckoutSession for the deposit amount (https://stripe.com/docs/payments/accept-a-payment) and set the options so the payment method used is saved to the Customer object:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-payment_intent_data-setup_future_usage

And then when my server is ready to charge for the remaining amount, I'd call the backend API to confirm a new PaymentIntent on the saved card.
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/save-during-payment?platform=web#charge-saved-payment-method

[ripe kelp]

do I send to requests? afaict when setting mode to Payment, I do not get back a setup intent

ah never mind, the link already helps!

perfect

[west geode]

SetupIntents are not involved here

[ripe kelp]

And then when my server is ready to charge for the remaining amount, I'd call the backend API to confirm a new PaymentIntent on the saved card.
can I have Stripe invoice the customer or would I have to create those mails myself?

[ripe kelp]

yeah, I figured, I should've read the links carefully first. Thank you

[west geode]

not sure what you mean by 'mails' in this context. If you have a saved payment method(that you collected during the payment of the deposit), you can initiate a payment attempt on it from the backend without the customer's involvement.

In general the only way you could have Stripe automatically create the payment for you at a certain time would be to use Subscriptions, but this doesn't sound like recurring payments(rather it's one-off payments on a saved card) so that doesn't feel like a good fit, and scheduling your own logic to call the API seems to fit.

[ripe kelp]

right, so this aims at a scenario where the customer is involved in what way? I.e. if I charge the card for the remaining amount, the user has to do what?

I imagine it to work something like the (Stripes) invoice product, where I have the user receive a mail at a certain point which contains a link to another checkout session that approves the remaining amount.

[west geode]

it's up to you, you can just create a PaymentIntent against the saved card and attempt the payment on the backend(https://stripe.com/docs/payments/save-during-payment?platform=web#charge-saved-payment-method), or if you want you can email the customer a link to a page on your website and that page can create + redirect to a new CheckoutSession; there are multiple ways to implement this ,depends on your business use case.

[ripe kelp]

right, thank you, I have an idea of how to implement this myself, I was mainly looking for off-loading this to stripe as I know that you have a product that does this (I think) https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/send-email

[west geode]

you could use that too, yes

you still need to call the API to create the Invoice at the time you want, to be clear

[ripe kelp]

Sure. That’s unfortunate. But I’ll have to create another service anyways that does recurring tasks nightly so that’s necessary evil i guess