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mild crownBOT Mar 28, 2024, 9:22 AM

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bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 9:22 AM

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        await stripe.subscriptionItems.update(seatItem.id, {
          quantity: orgMemberships.length,
          proration_behavior: "none",
        });

        console.log({ seatItem });

        const invoice = await stripe.invoices.create({
          customer: subscription.customer.toString(),
        });

        // TODO(abhishek): create invoice and charge immediately
        await stripe.invoiceItems.create({
          customer: subscription.customer.toString(),
          price: "price_id",
          invoice: invoice.id,
        });

        console.log({ invoice });

        await stripe.invoices.pay(invoice.id);

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Here's the code snippet I'm using, I'd love to get some support as to what's wrong?

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Do I have to pass subscription id while creating an invoice?

lapis tulipBOT Mar 28, 2024, 9:29 AM

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golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 9:29 AM

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Hi! The error implies that seatItem.id in your code is nullish

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What specifically are you trying to do? What you describe isn't really possible – you can't add a one-time item to a subscription or 'add' an invoice to a subscription

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If the intention is to add a one-time item to the next invoice on the subscription, then use this parameter in your update call: https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/update#update_subscription-add_invoice_items

Update a subscription | Stripe API Reference

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

mild crownBOT Mar 28, 2024, 9:33 AM

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abhishek-kumar_subscription-one-time-item

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 9:46 AM

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So, I have a product with 2 prices:

Metered pricing - Based on number of Requests made
Per seat pricing - $10 / seat based on users invited

Per seat pricing is a flat-price pricing
And upon every addition, I want to charge the user upfront.

eg.

1 Jan,
User subscribes to product and pays $10 for 1 seat.

10 Jan,
User adds another seat, I want to collect the payment immediately.
To do this, I've added another one_time pricing in my product and when user adds seat then I want to immediately charge them with $10 by creating an invoice and calling the /pay endpoint.

I want charge the user for this seat right when they add it, and if possible show it in subscription as well.

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 9:47 AM

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User adds another seat, I want to collect the payment immediately.
Then you just need to increment the quantity for that item

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 9:48 AM

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golden oriole > User adds another seat, I want to collect the payment immediately. Then you ju...

But that wouldn't charge immediately right?

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I'm setting proration_behaviour to none while updating the quantity

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 9:50 AM

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Do you have an example request ID (req_xxx)?

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 9:51 AM

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Can you please tell me where can I find it?
I'm in developers section of dashboard right now

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 9:52 AM

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https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

Finding the ID for an API Request : Stripe: Help & Support

Find help and support for Stripe. Our support site provides answers on all types of situations, including account information, charges and refunds, and subscriptions information. Get your questions answered and find international support for Stripe.

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 9:53 AM

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checking

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 9:55 AM

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golden oriole Do you have an example request ID (`req_xxx`)?

alright, got the req_id section
You want a request in which I'm getting the error I mentioned above right?

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 9:55 AM

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I'd like to see the request where you incremented the quantity as I described but it didn't charge immediately

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 9:56 AM

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got it, jsut creating another for the same and giving

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 9:58 AM

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Passing proration_behaviour: 'none' will likely be the issue:

To bill a customer immediately for a change to a subscription on the same billing cycle, set proration_behavior to always_invoice. This calculates the proration, then immediately generates an invoice after making the switch. Combine this setting with pending updates so the subscription doesn’t update unless payment succeeds on the new invoice.

https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade#changing:~:text=To bill a,the new invoice.

Upgrade and downgrade subscriptions

Learn how to upgrade and downgrade subscriptions by changing the price.

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:00 AM

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yeah, correct but with this the customer will be billed with prorated amount. for how many ever days they can use the seat.

if just 5 days left for billing then they'll be charged around: $3 ( example )

But I want full seat to be charged.

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This is the req_id for the subscription updation

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:02 AM

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bold fulcrum yeah, correct but with this the customer will be billed with prorated amount. fo...

That's just not really possible today

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:03 AM

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correct, so for this I'm charging the customer with a one_time pricing.
Generate the invoice and have it paid.

And update the subscriptino with the same quantity so that from next month onwards the updated quantity is billed

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But I'm facing some issues with the invoice generation and payment.

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:04 AM

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You'd need to reset the billing anchor to now in the same update, but that will charge the full amount for all items on the subscription

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:04 AM

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yeah, that'd change the billing period itself

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:04 AM

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bold fulcrum ``` await stripe.subscriptionItems.update(seatItem.id, { quant...

OK, so coming back to this. What's the issue?

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:07 AM

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I saw the tip you gave to check the seatItem making sure it's not nullish and tried that. it worked but I got few queries:

I see a default_payment_method has to be present to be able to charge the invoice automatically, when a customer adds a card can we set that as default automatically? Or can we pick the first payment method from whatever the customer has added and use it to charge for the invoice?

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:08 AM

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when a customer adds a card can we set that as default automatically?
No, you need to update the invoice_settings[default_payment_method] field on the Customer object

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:08 AM

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While creating an invoice, if I pass the subscription Id then that'd just bill the metered product as well right? Is there any way around it?

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:10 AM

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golden oriole > when a customer adds a card can we set that as default automatically? No, you ...

Okay, and this is something to be done by us right?
No default option or a way where we can query all the payment methods of a customer and pick the first method to process this invoice?

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:10 AM

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, if I pass the subscription Id then that'd just bill the metered product as well right? Is there any way around it?
That parameter doesn't work like you expect:
If set, the created invoice will only include pending invoice items for that subscription. The subscription’s billing cycle and regular subscription events won’t be affected.

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:11 AM

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bold fulcrum Okay, and this is something to be done by us right? No default option or a way w...

Yes, you'd make an API call to update the field. You can list all PMs saved for a Customer sure: https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_methods/customer_list

List a Customer's PaymentMethods | Stripe API Reference

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

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And then pass the pm_xxx to the payment_method field when calling /pay

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:11 AM

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got it awesome!
this'll help me get the invoice paid

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:11 AM

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bold fulcrum 2. While creating an invoice, if I pass the subscription Id then that'd just bil...

Can you please give me some more clarity on this?

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:13 AM

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I already did

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Why not just try the API and see how it behaves?

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:14 AM

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alright, I'll check it out.

I tried it but ig my metered usage wasn't billable hence didn't get any extra costs

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:16 AM

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You likely just need to omit the subscription parameter. It's not relevant really as there's no pending items on it

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:20 AM

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Got it

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I just wanted to link the invoice to subscription if it was possible

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:22 AM

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No, that's not possible

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Perhaps you can leverage metadata on the Invoice

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But no 'official' way to link it

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:26 AM

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ahh, I see

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metadata can help yes

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but alright, this solves most of it.

Create an invoice with one time pricing and charge with the appropriate payment method from customer's payment method.

and update the quantity in subscription as well for next month's payments.

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This would help me charge the customer immediately for the seat in the current billing cycle itself.

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right?

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wanted to confirm this

golden oriole Mar 28, 2024, 10:28 AM

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It'll generate an invoice to be paid for the amount you specify yes

bold fulcrum Mar 28, 2024, 10:39 AM

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gg ser, this should do it!
I'll try this out and reachout here again if I'm stuck

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