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waxen marlinBOT Oct 25, 2023, 9:29 AM

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elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 9:31 AM

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Hi, let me help you with this.

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Are you using Stripe Checkout to create Subscriptions?

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Are you with me?

worn hawk Oct 25, 2023, 9:45 AM

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hi

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Yes i am yes i am using Stripe Checkout to create Subscriptions

elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 9:47 AM

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You can then save the Customer ID in your database and check for the ID in the customer.subscription.created webhook event. This way you will know what customer the subscription belongs to.

worn hawk Oct 25, 2023, 9:49 AM

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see i am using a api call to redriect user to susbscription page of stripe

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then once user subscription is successful i am using a webhook to capture the success in my database

elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 9:50 AM

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This perfectly aligns with my suggestion.

worn hawk Oct 25, 2023, 9:51 AM

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my question is - what if the user changes his email id once i redirect him to the stripe subscription page - as this is the only priomary key i have to identify the customer

elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 9:51 AM

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No, in Stripe the only primary key is the Customer ID: cus_xxx

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You can have many Customers with the same email but they all will have different ids

worn hawk Oct 25, 2023, 9:54 AM

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correct cus_xx - is stripe primary key , so what ur suggesting is create the stripe id cus_xxx for each new user on signup ? and then pass this on to the subscription page so that even if user changes his email id i will have a unique stripe customer id to track him?

elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 9:55 AM

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You can create a Customer object before you create a Checkout Session, and use the customer.id in the Checkout Session and also save it in your database.

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https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-customer

worn hawk Oct 25, 2023, 10:01 AM

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ok so i only pass the customer field & not pass the customer email ; Also, is there a link which lists the steps to create a customer without the customer having to make any payment on stripe>? Bascially when a new user signs up I want to create a stripe customer id and store it in my database against the particular customer

elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 10:03 AM

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You can use this API call to create a Customer object: https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers/create

worn hawk Oct 25, 2023, 10:04 AM

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ok let me try this and get back to u

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bascially we track the customer based on his cus_id on stripe - doesnt matter if he changes his email midway, all that we need to track is the customer id

elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 10:05 AM

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Correct

worn hawk Oct 25, 2023, 10:05 AM

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cool thanks

elfin spire Oct 25, 2023, 10:05 AM

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Happy to help.

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