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neon hemlockBOT Oct 25, 2023, 9:31 PM

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full stump Oct 25, 2023, 9:32 PM

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@sand jolt I don't fully grasp the pricing model and the problem with Checkout. Can you explain what does not work if you do this with Checkout?

sand jolt Oct 25, 2023, 9:34 PM

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Is it possible to create a checkout session and include the trial_days parameter? If thats possible then I think I can get it to work

full stump Oct 25, 2023, 9:36 PM

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what have you tried?

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tofu-checkout-pricingmodel

sand jolt Oct 25, 2023, 9:39 PM

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I tried the super basic example that they use in the quickstart guide.
I created an endpoint that creates a checkout session. This endpoint takes in price_id from the frontend.
The problem is, there is no way to specify the trial_days when creating a subscription using checkout.
There is no trial_days parameter in the checkout.sessions.create api.
There is a trial_days parameter in the subscriptions.create api.
So I believe I have to create the subscription manually first using subscriptions.create in order to specify the trial days.

full stump Oct 25, 2023, 9:40 PM

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Did you look at the docs or search the docs?

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Sorry, this is definitely covered in many details so I'm nudging you to search first. If I just feed you the answer you will end up asking 200 questions and it will slow you down

sand jolt Oct 25, 2023, 9:41 PM

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Ive checked everywhere

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Kind of disheartening to hear that its covered many times becuase I couldnt find it once

full stump Oct 25, 2023, 9:42 PM

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google the words checkout trial period and it's literally the first result for me

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not even saying stripe

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you'd end up on https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout/free-trials which is one of the docs for example

sand jolt Oct 25, 2023, 9:43 PM

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Thank you, I think subscription_data should work

full stump Oct 25, 2023, 9:43 PM

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https://stripe.com/docs/billing/quickstart is the canonical guide and has a clear "Add trial" option

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and many more docs cover this in details too

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but yes that's what you want

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@sand jolt did it work?

sand jolt Oct 25, 2023, 10:01 PM

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I think that works. My use case is so complicated that I still have no idea how to implement. I think I will make a support ticket.
Thank you for your time!

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