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- ian-goldberg_api, 21 hours ago, 12 messages
gleaming trout
YOu can create one-off line items for Subscription invoices as well, but yes, generally there are a number of things that are one-time Invoice only because of the added complexity that Subscriptions brings in
severe zodiac
I really need to add one-off line items to our subscriptions that include a specified date, and dynamic product description.
It seems like I can easily do this on one-time invoices, but is there any way to replicate this type of functionality on a subscription invoice?
gleaming trout
If you want to do this on Subscription creation you can use the add_invoice_items parameter (https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-add_invoice_items)
severe zodiac
But I cant do something like this on a subscription
or really something like...
The "Pre-Sold Membership" product has many prices, and we want a dynamic description each time it shows up on an invoice. For example...
Pre-Sold Membership
price = $1200
Description = 123 Main Street
Dates Mar 21 2024 - March 21 2025
Pre-Sold Membership
price = $2200
Description = 234 Second Street
Dates Mar 21 2024 - March 21 2025
we want or need this data for reconciliation purposes.
gleaming trout
Yeah the problem is that add_invoice_items doesn't support the custom period like you want.
This is something you definitely want on subscription creation, right?
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severe zodiac
Yes because we only want to bill the customer once per month
and we have other items on the subscription invoice that are prorated
We provide software + service, so some things are subscription like, and others are more like one-off. But sending multiple invoices per month is tough on the customer.
gleaming trout
If it's not subscription creation you can create the invoice item and set subscription (https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoiceitems/create#create_invoiceitem-subscription) and I believe they'd automatically get pulled in to the next subscription invoice
The problem is that it doesn't work nicely for subscription creation
severe zodiac
Hmm can you explain this a bit more? We don't need those line items on subscription creation... The subscription is already created and every month we need to periodically add a line item if they use a service.
and this line item needs a period set, and need a description so that it can be reconciled.
gleaming trout
When Subscription invoices are created, they should automatically pull in any invoice items that have subscription set to the specific subscription ID. If you were creating Invoice Items through the Invoice Items API (https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoiceitems) you could set period, description, etc and as long as you also set subscription they should get added to your invoice
I'd suggest trying it out in test mode to see how it works