rreydan | Stripe Developers | Page 1

sudden wedgeBOT Feb 20, 2024, 8:14 PM

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true lodge Feb 20, 2024, 8:14 PM

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Hello 👋
How can I help?

thin wolf Feb 20, 2024, 8:15 PM

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Hey. Last week I attempted to modify the capabilities of an express account through the API and I distinctly remember getting an odd error. Something along the lines of Express accounts can't be modified after they have been created

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This week I tried similar steps and magically it works.

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At this point I'm trying to figure out if that was perhaps a fluke, or if I'm going crazy and imagining things.

true lodge Feb 20, 2024, 8:17 PM

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As far as I know, you can update express account capabilities after creation.

There might be certain properties like business type etc which are immutable and can't be updated

thin wolf Feb 20, 2024, 8:19 PM

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Thank you, that's what I was expecting too. I wish I had taken a screenshot of the error.

true lodge Feb 20, 2024, 8:20 PM

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You could look at your logs 🙂
https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

thin wolf Feb 20, 2024, 8:23 PM

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This was so helpful

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I think I realize what my mistake was, I sent a different api request than what I think was sending: I was getting Cannot create an edit link for the account xxxxxxxx, which is not an Express account.
In fact, I was trying to create a login link to a custom account by mistake.

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The fact that I thought I was editing an express account, combined with the fact it says "edit link" in the error messages, reinforced the wrong perception.

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