#emak_emac-subscription-unpause-payinvoice
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hazy garnet
Hey there, this is continuation on a conversation already started in #dev-help message ; I'd like to ask more questions about the option provided at the end. Thanks
runic warren
Hi 👋
What about the last step described is confusing here?
hazy garnet
Hey there. The part that I was unsure about is how this might be more benificial then making an API call to pay the invoice directly? I generate a invoice already via the resume subscription flow which I don't think supports passing in auto_advance
runic warren
My colleague was suggesting you update the generated Invoice and set auto_advance=True
But you could also use the API to pay the invoice directly
hazy garnet
I would still need to make an another API call to perform the auto_advance update? So I was why it may be beneficial over paying directly via the API call directly.
runic warren
They are two different approaches that could accomplish your goal.
Do you have a valid payment method at the time you are unpausing the subscription?
hazy garnet
Yep
We are trying to unpause and activate their subscription at the sametime to get the customer active when they put in their payment information and collect.
runic warren
What is the collection method?
hazy garnet
I think auto, but how can I check that?
runic warren
It's on the Subscription object https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/update#update_subscription-collection_method
hazy garnet
One moment I'll check
runic warren
Are you setting the new payment method as the default for the Subscription?
But we describe in our doc here: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/pause-payment#pausing-subscription-schedules. that you need to manually update any invoices in draft status if you want to collect payment for them.
hazy garnet
charge_automatically is on the subscription
runic warren
Okay and are you wanting to collect payment on an existing Invoice that is in draft?
hazy garnet
When I resume the subscription, the invoice is in the "open" state so I was looking for a way to collect that payment to resume the subscription.
runic warren
In that case it might make the most sense to just use the Pay API
hazy garnet
Gotcha, so I hear that my flow is sufficient for getting the outcome we want.
Just wanted to make sure I'am not doing anything too strange and there wasn't a more clever way to use the API
Appreciate your help 🙂
runic warren
That's understandable. We offer a number of ways to do things with Billing because so many people have slightly different use-cases that we need to support. But it can make finding the right approach for you difficult
hazy garnet
Yeh but glad to have this medium to ask questions to you folks. Appreciate it
runic warren
Sure thing! It's why we're here 🙂