ruslan_checkout-urls

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[cinder ridge]

Hi there 👋 I'm not sure I understand the question. If you're using the {CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID} syntax, then we will replace that placeholder with the ID of the Checkout Session when your customer is directed to your success or return URL. You don't provide a value there, but rather you read the value we provide.

[spiral tartan]

Yes, but now within test function it should work the same way. Unfortunately it doesn''t.

[spiral tartan]

I mean it doesn't pull values from Stripe API to my project peace of code as it did when I ran main code

Main code - I mean code of my project where I really use API key and hit Stripe API

no test function code

[cinder ridge]

I'm going to need more context about what you're seeing. Are you logging the query params you're receiving when your success or cancel URL is hit after completing the checkout flow?

[spiral tartan]

allow me awhile please - I will print query params in code snippet

[spiral tartan]

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[uneven trellis]

ruslan_checkout-urls

[spiral tartan]

let's say it a result of logging session id

point is that is not pulled to the placeholders

aka - CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID

[uneven trellis]

Can you share an example Checkout Session id for me to look at?

[spiral tartan]

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it is just for testing purposes within my test function

it is not even real id

as you can see it shorter and not descriptive

[uneven trellis]

I need a real Checkout Session id. The cs_test_123

[spiral tartan]

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[uneven trellis]

okay so I confirmed that your code passed {CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID} properly. So what exactly is the issue? What do you see in the browser's URL bar after the redirect?

[spiral tartan]

point is that every time I try to do the same inside my test function it shows mistake aka - URL is not valid

[uneven trellis]

I don't know what those words mean unfortunately

[spiral tartan]

URL is not valid

so as conclusion - it can't see those values

[uneven trellis]

What exact error do you get with what exact parameters and which exact request id req_12345 so I can help you

[spiral tartan]

uppercase url

one sec

[spiral tartan]

raise err
stripe._error.InvalidRequestError: Request req_SLW2Yv8SxsWna9: Not a valid URL

You can see error message

[uneven trellis]

Look at the API Request though: https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_SLW2Yv8SxsWna9 you can see immediately that your success_url is not a real URL

[spiral tartan]

I turn back to my initial question - CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID - this one is not pulled inside code where I am trying to create Session object

[uneven trellis]

yeah sorry this still doesn't make any sense to me, I don't know what you are asking.

This is a "placeholder". It's in your URL so that we (Stripe) can replace it with the real Checkout Session id when we redirect the customer.

[spiral tartan]

I apologize but how can I put together this parts of logic

Allow me this

1. Initially defined placeholders in create sessin method

2. Create a real session inside my test function

on step 2 I need to pass real session id

which I subsequently pass to certain payment

payment_user = sample_payment(
borrowing=self.borrowing_1,
session_url=session.url,
session_id=session.id,
money_to_pay=self.borrowing_1.book.daily_fee
)

but prior to it I create a session itself

[spiral tartan]

session = stripe.checkout.Session.create(
    line_items=[
        {
            "price": price_data.id,
            "quantity": 1,
        }
    ],
    mode="payment",
    success_url=SUCCESS_URL + "?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}",
    cancel_url=CANCEL_URL + "?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}"
)

so, where can I get a relevant session id

let's say so

my point is (and I want to clearly expound it to you) that on the step I am creating a real session, placeholder should be automatically replaced with real value

otherwise it won't work

[uneven trellis]

you create a Checkout Session, you get a response from our API in the session variable. That is an entire Checkout Session resource, you can do session.id and see the Checkout Session id

[spiral tartan]

It reminds me cyclic dependency - I can't create real session without success_url parameter which consist of checkout_session_id. But every time I try to create session itself with placeholders (there is no session_id yet because session is not yet created) it can't pull session_id because session is not created

paradox

[uneven trellis]

yeah you seem to really misunderstand the whole thing

[spiral tartan]

How can I put real id inside PLaceholder in case when I just have no one - session is not created

I do

[uneven trellis]

It is a placeholder. You do nothing other than what you do already.

[spiral tartan]

So, it is real trap

because app doesn't pull value to placeholder place

automatically

[uneven trellis]

1. Create a Checkout Session
2. Go the the URL
3. Click on the back arrow in the top left corner
4. Notice the cs_test_123 is in the URL automatically which is exactly what you want

[spiral tartan]

black arrow where?

in browser?

[spiral tartan]

I don't undestad point

[uneven trellis]

Please do step 1 and 2 and then share a screenshot of what you see

[spiral tartan]

In this case you don't understand me - I have n access to browser - I run tests in terminal window

point 1

I can't even see URL bar

[uneven trellis]

Okay step 1 you create a Checkout Session.
Then print session.url or look at the URL property. That's the URL that you would send your customer to in a browser. Can you please share that exact URL that you see in our API response?

[spiral tartan]

Every time I try to create it complaint to URL parameter inside creation method

Request req_SLW2Yv8SxsWna9: Not a valid URL

Session couldn't be created

[uneven trellis]

But I already explained this today before.

[spiral tartan]

that is initial point of the whole discussion

[uneven trellis]

You are not passing a valid URL. You never passed https:// in your URL you passed a fake/bad value

[spiral tartan]

How can I pass real vakue

being inside test function

[uneven trellis]

You are a developer. You are writing the code. You control exactly what to pass

https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_SLW2Yv8SxsWna9 this was your request. You passed success_url: "/api/payments/payment_success/?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}"
You can see how this is not a valid URL right?

[spiral tartan]

OK, in case of real workflow how is it works

we don't need to manually put value in placeholders, do we?

It is pulled automatically on this place

[uneven trellis]

yes

[spiral tartan]

so, in my case why not?

[uneven trellis]

But please, you're still lost, so please try to do exactly what I said

@spiral tartan have you created that Checkout Session now?