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eternal stoneBOT Oct 10, 2024, 11:04 AM

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brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:04 AM

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Let me know if my question is clear. Might be a bit tricky to understand

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This is how I report the usage (spent ad budget):

const meterEvent = await stripe.billing.meterEvents.create({
    event_name: 'ad_budget',
    payload: {
        value: spentAdBudgetLast7DaysInCentsIncludingFees.toString(),
        // @ts-ignore: invoice.customer is a string
        stripe_customer_id: invoiceOrSubscription.customer,
    },
})

golden merlin Oct 10, 2024, 11:07 AM

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Maybe you can configure it top how you need via: https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/invoice-rendering-template

Invoice Rendering Templates

Use Invoice Rendering Templates to personalize your invoice appearance for different customers

brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:13 AM

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Hi @golden merlin , I checked it out but it seems not to be possible to add more positions to the calculations at the bottom?

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golden merlin Oct 10, 2024, 11:15 AM

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Yeah that's not possible I'm afraid

brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:19 AM

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Okay no worries. And what about the invoice position of the usage subscription? It's a bit weird when we display 500 quantity / price per unit 0,01€. It would be better if we could display it like this:
"Ad Budget spent" / Taxes/ Amount: 5€"

Is this possible?

golden merlin Oct 10, 2024, 11:20 AM

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AFAIK, no. The invoices aren't really customisable to that extent unfortunately

brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:21 AM

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Last question: Do you think I could listen to a invoice.created webhook, then intercept this invoice and create a new one via API as desired?

golden merlin Oct 10, 2024, 11:22 AM

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Yep, totally feasible! A lot of merchants do that who want more control over the invoice PDF

brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:22 AM

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Okay, and when I do that the money will still be deducted from the credit card on file? (that belongs to the subscription)

golden merlin Oct 10, 2024, 11:23 AM

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To be clear you wouldn't create a new invoice via the API – you'd just use some API/tool to generate a PDF in the layout you want from the existing invoice

brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:26 AM

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So I would need to generate the invoice myself, I can't just generate a new invoice via Stripe API?

Because I was hoping I could do something like:

intercept the invoice with the weird layout (quantity 500 / price per unit 0,01€) and get it's data
Generate a new invoice like Stripe.createInvoice({ item: 'Ad Budget', amount: 500 }) which will then be displayed similar to this one:

golden merlin Oct 10, 2024, 11:27 AM

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I mean, sure. But then you have the issue of duplicate invoices within Stripe which may cause accounting issues for you

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And you're still stuck then within the confines of our invoice customisation. Where as you can in theory use some third-party tool to design the PDF however you need using the data from our API

brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:31 AM

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Hm, yeah but it seems a bit overkill to implement a third party invoice tool.
If we could display this invoice position like "Ad Budget" / "Quantity 1" / "Amount": 5€ we would be already satisfied.

And I thought I might be able to "delete" / archive the invoice from the invoice.created hook and just create a new, final invoice... So there wont be any accounting issues

Does this make sense? 😅

Sounds hacky but it's the best possible solution I came up with.

golden merlin Oct 10, 2024, 11:32 AM

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Like I said, makes sense but if it was me and I wanted greater control over the PDF layout/design then I'd reach for another tool to handle that

brave wolf Oct 10, 2024, 11:35 AM

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Alright, I will keep that in mind... Even if I would rather not to, because another tool means additional complexity 😅

Thanks for your time! I have all the answers I needed

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