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modern gyroBOT Jan 12, 2024, 8:55 AM

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steep bone Jan 12, 2024, 8:55 AM

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Sorry not fully follow. Can you provide your request id req_xxx from https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs ?

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wanton needle Jan 12, 2024, 8:57 AM

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fluid yarrow Jan 12, 2024, 8:58 AM

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hi! I'm taking over this thread.

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that's expected, product_data doesn't exist: https://stripe.com/docs/api/quotes/create#create_quote-line_items-price_data

wanton needle Jan 12, 2024, 8:59 AM

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basically its a one off line item that the connected account doesnt need to add as a product with a price id

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so i will have to create a product with a price if they want to add one off line items?

fluid yarrow Jan 12, 2024, 9:00 AM

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a Product is mandatory yes, but for the Price you can keep using price_data if you want

wanton needle Jan 12, 2024, 9:01 AM

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ok so i will just have to add metas data for the name to display it

fluid yarrow Jan 12, 2024, 9:01 AM

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I'm not sure I understand. but sure you can add metadata if needed.

wanton needle Jan 12, 2024, 9:03 AM

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so i will have to add a product everytime for a quote even if its just a one time use?

fluid yarrow Jan 12, 2024, 9:05 AM

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correct

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by can you clarify why you are using Quotes? it's quite rare to see people using this API

wanton needle Jan 12, 2024, 9:07 AM

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Interesting. Yea so my web app is for service companies (HVAC, electricians etc) and their customers sometimes may want a quote for work to be completed and i figured this would be an easy way to create a quote. Then they email a link to their customer which allows the customer to accept or decline the quote. And having it generate an invoice off the quote is very convenient for the businesses that use our web app.

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i was just under the assumption i could create a custom line item like i do on invoices

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i also thought i could send them like invoices as well, but had to make a slight work around. I may just end up creating my own flow for quotes that i can integrate into creating and invoice off of it

fluid yarrow Jan 12, 2024, 9:10 AM

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got it. yeah using Quotes can be tricky, it's often simpler to build something yourself or directly use Invoices/Subscriptions depending on your needs.

wanton needle Jan 12, 2024, 9:12 AM

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i know a lot of people use Quickbooks api for stuff like that but i wanted to avoid my customers from having to pay a monthly fee to quickbooks and my app so i figured the small price of Stripe would be better. Thanks again for the clarification

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