#andy_invoice-metadata
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- andrewandyandy_api, 3 days ago, 17 messages
clear vine
@flat thunder you siad you asked this before, so I assume we gave you some options. And I assumethe problem is for the first Invoice on a Subscription which gets finalized synchronously, in which case this is just not possible unless you put it on the Subscription.
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flat thunder
yes the original issue was that the first invoice finalized instantly and did not have that 1 hour delay
Dealing with a race condition, since I try to change the invoice at invoice.created event and the integration is listening for invoice.payment_succeeded
options given were
1/ You can put metadata on the subscription and the generated invoice will get a snapshot of that automatically, but its under subscription_details:
https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-subscription_details-metadata
This is likely impractical because you don't control the other integration to change where they look
2/ As a workaround, you can add a short trial period to the subscription using trial_end={a few minutes from now} this will create an initial free trial period then renew with the paid invoice and the async finalization you're looking for.
clear vine
yes that's mostly not possible with the first Invoice, no real way around it if you use the Subscriptions API unless you use the trial trick
Alternatively you can use the SubscriptionSchedules API instead as that one does not finalize the first Invoice automatically
flat thunder
the trial trick didnt work since, it would create two invoices, am I missing something there?
would I know the upcoming invoice when the trial trial is created?
clear vine
yes it creates two Invoices and lets you do exactly what you want for the second Invoice. It's a trick, it's not perfect, it's just a viable workaround that you have to adapt to
flat thunder
okay i understand now
clear vine
My trick is likely better for you and what you really want
flat thunder
this would trigger the 1 hour draft time? (with the trial trick)
clear vine
Use the Create SubscriptionSchedule API https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscription_schedules/create instead. This will automatically make the first Invoice a draft and it's not finalized immediately which lets you add metadata to that first Invoice before it's paid.
flat thunder
okay thank you for the trick
clear vine
sure thing!