Miroslav | Stripe Developers | Page 1

shut valeBOT Oct 25, 2023, 9:53 AM

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vapid hinge Oct 25, 2023, 9:53 AM

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Hi there!

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So you want to create a Subscription witha. free trial?

wispy spindle Oct 25, 2023, 9:54 AM

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No, it should be free forever

vapid hinge Oct 25, 2023, 9:54 AM

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And do you want to collect a payment method?

wispy spindle Oct 25, 2023, 9:54 AM

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This is for special demo or partner users

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Not necessarily, I won't need the payment method for this type of customers

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But in order not to change a lot of code elsewhere, I still want to have a Customer in Stripe for them, as well as a Subscription

vapid hinge Oct 25, 2023, 9:55 AM

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Then create a $0 price and set this to not ask for a payment method: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create?lang=node#create_checkout_session-payment_method_collection

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However I don't really see the point of creating a Checkout Session and Subscription if the subscription is always free.

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It seems simpler to not use Stripe for this at all.

wispy spindle Oct 25, 2023, 9:58 AM

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Maybe, I was thinking about that route as well. But currently, fields like CustomerID and SubscriptionID on our side are required fields, and there are a lot of places in the code that expect those to have a value for certain actions. As free users are edge cases and not a priority on our side, it seems like it's not worth it to change the code in order to accommodate them. Does that make sense?

vapid hinge Oct 25, 2023, 9:59 AM

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If you want to use Stripe, then:

Use Checkout Session with a $0 price and payment_method_collection:if_required
Or directly create a $0 Subscription with the Subscription endpoint: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create
Both should work.

wispy spindle Oct 25, 2023, 10:00 AM

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Thanks @vapid hinge!

#Miroslav