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blissful meadow
$stripe->invoices->create([
'description' => 'Alpaca AI Credits',
'customer' => '{{CUSTOMER_ID}}',
'collection_method' => 'charge_automatically',
]);
$stripe->invoiceItems->create([
'customer' => '{{CUSTOMER_ID}}',
'currency' => 'usd',
'unit_amount' => 10000000,
]);
trying to write this code with php sdk but the old way of writing
I have the latest php sdk installed
lucid cedarBOT
hard olive
Hi there 👋 in the code you shared initially, you're trying to pass collection_method in a request to create an Invoice Item, which isn't supported. Only Invoice creation requests accept that parameter.
blissful meadow
I am trying to do this
$stripe->invoices->create([
'description' => 'Alpaca AI Credits',
'customer' => '{{CUSTOMER_ID}}',
'collection_method' => 'charge_automatically',
]);
$stripe->invoiceItems->create([
'customer' => '{{CUSTOMER_ID}}',
'currency' => 'usd',
'unit_amount' => 10000000,
]);
like stated in the documentation found here https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/pricing-models?dashboard-or-api=api&shell=true&api=true&resource=invoices&action=create#credit-burndown-model
Am I doing something wrong
hard olive
That's different from what you shared in your initial post:
'description' => 'Credits',
'customer' => $customer_id, // Replace with actual customer ID
'collection_method' => 'charge_automatically',
]);```
That snippet is for creating an Invoice Item (the second part of the snippet you shared above).
The endpoint to create an Invoice Item doesn't accept the `collection_method` parameter:
<https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoiceitems/create>
That is instead provided when you create an Invoice by calling this endpoint:
<https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-collection_method>I also think the code in that doc is missing some pieces.
It's not a flow I've personally walked through, but if you're creating the Invoice first and then creating Invoice Items, you'll want to provide the ID of the Invoice in the Invoice Item creation request:
https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoiceitems/create#create_invoiceitem-invoice