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civic mapleBOT Mar 21, 2024, 9:28 AM

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tawny stoneBOT Mar 21, 2024, 9:30 AM

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midnight ether Mar 21, 2024, 9:31 AM

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hi!

I've tried to create a payment intent with a payment_method of "bank_transfer", expecting the response to give me a bank account that I could send to the customer, and receive a webhook event when the payment is mad
sure, that sounds right enough!

but I get an "payment_intent_invalid_parameter" error.
what's the exact error and request ID req_xxx of the API request you made?

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obtuse spoke Mar 21, 2024, 9:35 AM

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req_jxN3WFOFWIdiLI

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    code: 'payment_intent_invalid_parameter',
    doc_url: 'https://stripe.com/docs/error-codes/payment-intent-invalid-parameter',
    message: 'The payment method type "bank_transfer" is invalid. Please ensure the provided type is activated in your dashboard (https://dashboard.stripe.com/account/payments/settings) and your account is enabled for any preview features that you are trying to use.',
    param: 'payment_method_types',

midnight ether Mar 21, 2024, 9:38 AM

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well it's not called bank_transfer, you need to follow the docs (https://docs.stripe.com/payments/bank-transfers/accept-a-payment)

https://docs.stripe.com/payments/bank-transfers/accept-a-payment?payment-ui=direct-api&invoices=without&country=eu#web-create-and-confirm-payment-intent

The specific payment_method_type is actually customer_balance

obtuse spoke Mar 21, 2024, 9:43 AM

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oh thanks, I now get an error "'You must provide a customer when creating or updating a PaymentIntent with a customer_balance PaymentMethod.',"
that means I must create a customer account (which is really me), and then make the separate transfers from this account?

midnight ether Mar 21, 2024, 9:43 AM

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no

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you need to take a step back and understand the model/read the docs.

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there's three entities here

a Customer cus_xxx which is the person paying you
an Account acct_xxx that's the connected account you might eventually transfer some funds to
your own main platofrm account

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that Customer might be 'associated' with some other connected account acct_xxx in your own database but that's entirely on your side and your mappings. In Stripe they're separate objects entirely and you onboard/create those objects separately

obtuse spoke Mar 21, 2024, 9:54 AM

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Ok I get it now, it works with

payment_method_types: ["customer_balance"],
payment_method_options: {
  customer_balance: {
    funding_type: "bank_transfer",
    bank_transfer: {
      type: "eu_bank_transfer",
      requested_address_types: ["iban"],
      eu_bank_transfer: {
        country: "FR",
      },
    },
  },
},

thank you! 🙏

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