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tulip mica
Hello
PaymentIntents API does not support promo codes or discounts.
That endpoint only expects an amount to be passed in.. So your application can track any discounts/promocodes on your app side and then pass in the appropriate amount to the API
Ah which is what you're doing already
my bad, I read really quickly and missed that you mentioned that
steady raft
yeah, trouble is there is way to increment a promo code via the API
tulip mica
Hmm yeah. I don't think there's a way to increment the redemption on Stripe using the API.
An alternative could be that you maintain the redemptions done using PaymentIntents API on your database separately.
steady raft
I'm surpised that there is no better way
I will need to build an entire promo code remeption and creation module for my backend
tulip mica
The other option could be that you update the metadata on the promotion code and track the redemption count there?
https://docs.stripe.com/api/promotion_codes/update
steady raft
you mean something like this?
"metadata": {
"times_redeemed": "1"
},
tulip mica
Correct
steady raft
the issue is that sometimes we allow uses to enter the promo code directly into checkout
if they are a guest
any way to request an update to the post API?
to allow for
times_redeemed=+1
or
times_redeemed=-1
etc
tulip mica
I assume you're listening to checkout.sessions.completed event as well, in which case you can check what promo code was used for the checkout if any and update the metadata to stay consistent..
any way to request an update to the post API?
you can file a feature request via https://support.stripe.com/?contact=true
steady raft
I am very surpised this isnt a common issue for dev's
ok, I guess we will need a table to track the remptions and then to invalidate a promo code should it reach its max-redemptions
not idea but thanks for the idea
tulip mica
NP! 🙂 happy to help
tulip mica
I think you can ask the chat bot or just file an email ticket
steady raft
ok