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[placid lynx]

This is the object that I have generated to create the subscription

{
customer: 'cus_Pz9HnjPF1gDyMT',
start_date: 'now',
end_behavior: 'cancel',
phases: [ { items: [Array], iterations: 3 } ],
metadata: {
softruckId: '4e81e1f4-eae1-4579-be3e-660b82c21fd2',
flokzuFormId: '28c517d1-6598-1129-c55c-0e5c75c95c0f',
flokzuProcessId: 'INGS-22',
type: 'Softruck'
}
}

[simple lotus]

Hi, this is expected as the metadata is not copied over between objects (with a few exceptions). We document this here: https://support.stripe.com/questions/how-metadata-works-with-related-objects.

In this case, you would need to update the payment intent, https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_intents/update#update_payment_intent-metadata object explicitly.

[placid lynx]

Is there a way to do it from the creation of the subscription?

[simple lotus]

There is not https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/create

[placid lynx]

So how could I solve my problem. Let me give you context, I am trying to reuse a hook and to do so I want to pass metadata to differentiate from my code what type of payment it refers to. When entering the subscription from the panel I cannot see the metadata either.

[simple lotus]

You can create the subscription with the metadata, and then immediately update the PaymentIntent with the metadata.

[placid lynx]

How do I do it if I still don't have a payment intent at the time of creating the subscription?

[simple lotus]

Then at that point there is not any payment so you can't 'differentiate from my code what type of payment it refers to'.

Once the payment succeeds, you can update the payment intent

[placid lynx]

Is there any other event triggered by subscriptions that could help me?

[soft mango]

Hello
Taking over..

Let me give you context, I am trying to reuse a hook and to do so I want to pass metadata to differentiate from my code what type of payment it refers to. When entering the subscription from the panel I cannot see the metadata either.

Not sure I fully grasp the context.. Can you share an example?

[placid lynx]

I have 2 payment methods within my app, subscriptions and normal payments. I have set up a hook that notifies me whenever there is a payment_intent_succeeded.

In order to differentiate the different payments, I want to pass metadata with a "type" and from my backend I capture that "type" and perform different operations depending on it.

This is my code when creating the subscription:
const subscriptionSchedule = await this.stripe.subscriptionSchedules.create({
customer: user.paymentInformation.stripeCustomerId,
start_date: 'now',
end_behavior: 'cancel',
phases: [
{
items: [
{
quantity: 1,
price: priceId,
},
],
iterations: iterations,
metadata: { ...metadata }
},
],
});

Resulting:

{
customer: 'cus_Pz9HnjPF1gDyMT',
start_date: 'now',
end_behavior: 'cancel',
phases: [ { items: [Array], iterations: 3 } ],
metadata: {
softruckId: '4e81e1f4-eae1-4579-be3e-660b82c21fd2',
flokzuFormId: '28c517d1-6598-1129-c55c-0e5c75c95c0f',
flokzuProcessId: 'INGS-22',
type: 'Softruck'
}
}

But when the hook notifies me, the metadata is empty. pgskc told me that the metadata cannot be maintained. So I wonder, is there any event specific to subscriptions to be able to differentiate them? Or some way to keep the metadata without updating the payment_intent?

Sorry if something is not understood, my English is not very good

[soft mango]

Do you use invoicing for "normal" (one-time) payments?

If not, the easier route might be to check if the payment intent has an associated invoice: https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_intents/object#payment_intent_object-invoice

If it does, then the PaymentIntent was for the subscription versus if it doesn't then the PaymentIntent was for one-time (normal) payment

[placid lynx]

How can I check if I am using invoicing for one-time payments?

The invoice.payment_succeeded event could serve me instead of payment_intent_succeeded?

[soft mango]

How can I check if I am using invoicing for one-time payments?
If you create one-time invoices using the dashboard or use /v1/invoices endpoint to create invoices then you're likely using invoicing

The invoice.payment_succeeded event could serve me instead of payment_intent_succeeded?
Yes, you can listen to invoice.payment_succeeded or invoice.paid events

each invoice would have a billing_reason parameter: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-billing_reason

manual: Unrelated to a subscription, for example, created via the invoice editor.

subscription: No longer in use. Applies to subscriptions from before May 2018 where no distinction was made between updates, cycles, and thresholds.

subscription_create: A new subscription was created.

subscription_cycle: A subscription advanced into a new period.

subscription_threshold: A subscription reached a billing threshold.

subscription_update: A subscription was updated.

upcoming: Reserved for simulated invoices, per the upcoming invoice endpoint.

[placid lynx]

Great, I'm going to develop a solution with this information, thank you very much for your time.