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lavish stormBOT Feb 21, 2024, 8:55 PM

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tight wren Feb 21, 2024, 8:56 PM

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@marble furnace If you have a PaymentMethod pm_123 you can call the Update PaymentMethod API https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_methods/update and pass the new address in billing_details

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marble furnace Feb 21, 2024, 8:57 PM

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But that would require me to send the address to my backend and process it there, correct?

tight wren Feb 21, 2024, 8:58 PM

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correct not other way than doing that

marble furnace Feb 21, 2024, 8:59 PM

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I saw that when tokenizing a card element I can pass an address object like here: https://docs.stripe.com/api/tokens/create_card. Does that update the billing address or only apply to the card for connect and tax purposes?

tight wren Feb 21, 2024, 9:01 PM

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I think you might be mixing up multiple completely separate concepts here. A Token, a Card, a PaymentMethod are all completely separate API Resources and all work differently.
If you are using PaymentMethod (the pm_123456) in the API, then Card and Token are completely unrelated/separate

marble furnace Feb 21, 2024, 9:06 PM

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Aren't tokens supposed to be used to attach new credit card information to a payment method without processing any sensitive data on non stripe servers?

tight wren Feb 21, 2024, 9:11 PM

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Not really no, that's a vocabulary mix up I think. Yes a Token can be created client-side to collect card details securely and get a Card Token tok_123. But so can a PaymentMethod (pm_123).

If you are using PaymentMethods and PaymentIntents then you would never look at Card Tokens.

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@marble furnace does that make sense?

marble furnace Feb 21, 2024, 9:23 PM

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Yes, I guess. Its just confusing that the web elements do not provide an update functionality but just a create functionality for payment methods. It looks like the correct flow to update the card or address for an active subscription is to create a new payment method and detach the old one I guess?

tight wren Feb 21, 2024, 9:26 PM

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If you are collecting brand new card details from scratch then yes that's what I would do. If you are just updating the address then I would use the Update PaymentMethod API I mentioned earlier, where you send the address to your server and then call that API to set the new one

marble furnace Feb 21, 2024, 9:28 PM

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Okay, and what would be the flow to update payment information? I dont want to break PCI compliance by sending any credit card information to my server.

tight wren Feb 21, 2024, 9:30 PM

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What you were saying earlier. In that case you create a new PaymentMethod pm_123 and attach it to the Customer for future payments and detach the old one (or keep both)

marble furnace Feb 21, 2024, 9:34 PM

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Okay, many thanks for your patience and explanation. I will try my best at implementing it. Have a nice day 👍

tight wren Feb 21, 2024, 9:36 PM

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Sure thing, have a great day too!

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