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- amfpaulo_api, 21 hours ago, 87 messages
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sullen beacon
What's the invoice id where you see this
true pollen
This is my invoice code
My code failed so I did not get the invoice Id, but I can , I'll do right now, just a second
I just got another error now: Must provide customer or from_invoice.
I am creaing a FromInvoice empty
What is the way I should create a invoice that has no customer
I altered the code like that:
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.CustomerId) && !request.CustomerId.Equals("walk-in"))
options.Customer = request.CustomerId;
else
options.FromInvoice = new InvoiceFromInvoiceOptions
{
};
What should I fill on the InvoiceFromInvoiceOptions object ?
Ya, this is not making sense, I do not want to clone a invoice, I just want to sell to with out having a Customer on the invoice ?
Am I going to need to create a generic customer in order to create a invoice for walk in sales ?
sullen beacon
Do you have the invoice id?
you said:
when the invoice has no client from my understanding I need to return the Invoice Intent to the front end to collect the payment however invoice.PaymentIntent.Id and invoice.PaymentIntent.ClientSecret are null
So I just want to look at that
Customer id isn't required to create an invoice afaik
true pollen
yes, informing a customer, this is my invoice id: in_1PjMAYDn6CAQGXZnFPtv0YY9
but this one I informed a customer
If I do not inform a customer I get the error: Must provide customer or from_invoice.
sullen beacon
Ah ok yeah I'm wrong
sullen beacon
Am I going to need to create a generic customer in order to create a invoice for...
So you'll need to do this then
true pollen
Cool, no problem , I have this down, now, knowing that I need to return the Intent secret to the front end to collect payment
however the invoic intent is null
are these the correct filed to retrieve a intent from a invoice ?
sullen beacon
Payment intent is expandable: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-payment_intent
So you need to expand it to get id and client secret
true pollen
What do you mean about that
sullen beacon
In the doc
sullen beacon
What didn't you understand?
true pollen
how to expand Intent
sullen beacon
You need to pass the expand param with payment_intent in the array
true pollen
ok, I waslooking wrong link
sullen beacon
Certain params don't come expanded in our api
payemnt_intent on the invoice is one of them
true pollen
Still not making sense to me
sullen beacon
That's why it has "expandable" next to it in the api ref
So you need to expand it when retrieving or creating the invoice if you want to access payment intent id
true pollen
Could you help me or not ? I already read the docs,
example
a example solf my problem and your problem
I got similar situation to expand another parameter to set defaul payument method to a client
the way of doing was not straight forward , even the suport person took a while to help me
I am stuck in the same situation again , but different
burnt prismBOT
sullen beacon
Expand = new List<string> { "payment_intent" }, goes in your invoice create options
Expansion works the same for all our endpoints
So if you've done it before, it's the same process
true pollen
that is what I am telling you, I did , I added this line to my invoice create options and the objct in my last screenshot still null
because for sure there are a deep opject somewhere
ruby rapids
Hi there 👋 jumping in as my teammate needs to step away soon. Please bear with me a moment while I catch up on the context here.
true pollen
this is what I did
ruby rapids
I'm still catching up, but based on the last couple messages that is expected. The Payment Intent for an Invoice is not created at Invoice creation, it's created when you finalize the Invoice. So it's expected that payment_intent is null after Invoice creation and you won't be able to expand the field.
ruby rapids
I just was
The problem is that you aren't using expand in your finalization request, when the Payment Intent is created. I think.
true pollen
Ok, lets start over
the previous guy guide me to the wrong direction for sure
he told me to expand the Intent during my invoice creation, which is wrong, correct ?
ruby rapids
This guide walks through the full process:
https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/integration?method=elements
true pollen
I am not using stripe elements, but I think I got it what I need to do
Just tell me if I am correct more over I'll test pretty quick
Intead expanding during invoice creation like the other guy tood me to do
should I expand using invoice finalize option correct ?
ruby rapids
Yup, but why do you need the client secret of the intent if you aren't using Elements?
I may be forgetting about a flow, but offhand that doesn't sound right.
true pollen
I am using stripe terminal M2
I need to collect the payment on my front end using the terminal
By the way, this works, when I finilized the invoice, which returns to me another instance of the same invoice that was created before, this instance has the Payment Intent
ruby rapids
Aahh, terminal! I was forgetting about a flow 😅
true pollen
terminal has litle to no docs, however the API is so good that I got sctuck just 3 times so far
One more question just to make sure what the other support person told is correct: Invoice has to have a client, no way to create a invoice with out client correct ?
If I want to create invoice for a walk-in* sale I need a generic customer to attach to the invoice, is this correct?
*not a recurrent customer and customer do not want have anything on file
ruby rapids
Not sure I'm grasping what you're asking, what is "client" referring to in this context?
Ah, client = customer, yup
true pollen
Sorry
ruby rapids
You have to have a Customer created for the Invoice
true pollen
Customer
ruby rapids
No worries, just wanted to make sure we were aligned before I answered wrong 😄
true pollen
Ok, Is having a generic customer a viable or may be only option if I want to have a invoice ?
ruby rapids
That's largely a business decision that is up to you. Technically I'm not thinking of any problems that would cause offhand, but I'm not sure if it would be confusing for your operational flows to have all of those grouped under one customer record or not.
true pollen
Got it. My system will anyways control invoices , etc, however my idea of always having invoice is to facilitate find problem or frauds if they arrised, so I can easily match my system invoice with stripe invoice and find out if it was a walkin sale or a customer sale, also I can keep track of discounts, etc
Anyways, I think I can take from here, I'll now try collect the payment, I believe this will not fails, if does, I'll contact you guys again. I appreciate your help and to other guy help. You guys are awesome, I never ever have a gatway integration work that was so easy and have good support, even Terminal not having great docs