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• bragma_best-practices, 23 hours ago, 10 messages
• bragma_best-practices, 5 days ago, 36 messages

[raven stream]

Hi, let me help you with this.

AutoAdvance will move the Invoice into the next state automatically, i.e. draft -> open -> send/pay (depending on the type of the Invoice). You can find more info here: https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/integration/automatic-advancement-collection

[earnest nest]

Ok, if I understand correctly, for payment via app (I don't want to send the request by email) I need to set CollectionMethod = "charge_automatically". Supposing the customer has a payment method attached, will AutoAdvance = true cause the invoice to grab the money automatically if I finalize it from api?

[raven stream]

Supposing the customer has a payment method attached, will AutoAdvance = true cause the invoice to grab the money automatically if I finalize it from api?
Basically yes, it will also finalize automatically after 1 hour: https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/integration/automatic-advancement-collection#toggle-auto-advance

What do you mean by "payment via app" exactly?

[earnest nest]

We have added mobile SDKs (iOS and Android) and use elements to ask cards etc. In our setup we used payment intents and everything was ok. But now I want to create (server sid) an invoice instead of a pi and I am unsure how to configure the invoice

So now I am testing with invoices... AutoAdvance false, invoices are not finalized (by api/server), still if I create an ephimeral key everything works. But I am unsure if this is ok

[raven stream]

You can configure it to charge_automatically, but if Invoice and Customer doesn't have a default Payment Method set, you will need to grab the attached PaymentIntent, and collect the payment details via your app's checkout, as with standalone PaymentIntents.

invoices are not finalized
The difference with AutoAdvance=true is that you just need to send an extra request yourself to finalize the Invoice.

[earnest nest]

Ok I didn't know about this. Still, it's puzzling because now I have AutoAdvance = false, I never finalize invoices but still the flow you explain above seems to work

It seems finalization is not required... Unless the SDK finalizes it and I don't know

Also I have another doubt. What happens if the customer already has a default payment method? Will it grab the money without passing through the app?

I,e. customer has default card, AutoAdvance=true, CollectionMethod = "charge_automatically" ---> pay without asking the user?

[raven stream]

Do you have an example Invoice ID?

[raven stream]

The Customer.invoice_settings.default_payment_method is charged when an open Invoice is instructed to "pay": https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/pay

With auto-advance=true, this happens as soon as it's finalized.

[earnest nest]

Ok thanks, it is more clear. I mean, the documentation is good, but the topic is complex

[earnest nest]

I can create an invoice in test mode and share the link, sure

[static pewter]

Hey, taking over here. Let me know if there's any follow-up Qs I can answer!

[earnest nest]

No I think everything is clear, now I have to write some code. I'll let you know, thanks have a nice day!