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brisk yarrowBOT Oct 12, 2023, 2:34 PM

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bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:34 PM

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I don't understand the difference between doing this: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/cloning-customers-across-accounts

Clone customers across accounts

With Connect, you can clone your customers' payment information across multiple connected accounts for reuse.

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and doing this: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-methods/connect#cloning-payment-methods

Connect platforms using the Payment Methods API

Considerations for Stripe Connect platforms adding support for new payment methods using the Payment Methods API.

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:36 PM

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The first one (via tokens) is just our legacy flow to achieve the same thing basically

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You use payment methods in your integration I assume (pm_123 ID's)?

bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:44 PM

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Yes

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So ok, the first article is just deprecated

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:45 PM

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Unless your integration is still using tokens

bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:45 PM

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But the advantage of the first is that it also create the customer in one go right?

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:45 PM

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But sounds like you have our latest recommended flow

bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:45 PM

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Nono I'm building it from scratch now

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:45 PM

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Use payment methods then

bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:46 PM

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But my understanding is that the customer need to be there (in the connected account) before I order to create the setup intent right?

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I mean the customer id in the payment_method.create call is from the connected account not the platform right?

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:48 PM

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No that's from the platform

bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:49 PM

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Oooh!

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That will be cloned automatically then?

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Customer and Payment method?

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:49 PM

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It should from what I rememeber. Recommend giving it a go in test mode

bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:50 PM

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Yep, I also need to check what happens when i create more then one customer with the same Id then

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:51 PM

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What do you mean?

bright wraith Oct 12, 2023, 2:52 PM

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No actually never mind

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My understanding is that when I call payment_method.create with the customerId and payment method Id of the platform this will create a new customer (with a new id) and a new payment method (with a new id) under the connected account

boreal rover Oct 12, 2023, 2:56 PM

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Yeah I think that's right

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I can't remember if the customer has same id though

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Recommend trying it in test mode to see how it behaves

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