b33fb0n3_best-practices

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• b33fb0n3_api, 3 hours ago, 8 messages

[bleak lintel]

Hello
What Stripe APIs are you using to create invoices and collect payment from the customers?

The payment method needs to set up for future use before you can charge them for other charges.

[graceful sedge]

I am using the customers api, the invoices api and the invoice items api

My code looks like this: https://paste.gg/p/B33fb0n3/2babbc9a24b34a09b930250c0811b46f

[bleak lintel]

Ah so you're using Invoices API directly. Hmm.. I don't think there's a way to set up the payment method from customer in the flow you currently have.

One option is to alter your flow and switch to an integration that utilizes PaymentElement - https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/integration?method=elements#accept-invoice-payment

Here you can update setup_future_usage parameter after invoice has been finalized and collect customer's payment method details - which will set up the payment method for future use.

[graceful sedge]

hmm I don't want the users to pay directly thought the website. I don't want to handle any kind of payment integration. I would like to leverage the hosted site from stripe

[bleak lintel]

Gotcha. Let me test something quickly..

Okay so I found a workaround that might work with little bit of tweaking.

In your current flow, after you finalize the invoice - the invoice would generate a PaymentIntent. Once the PaymentIntent gets generated, you can update the Intent and specify which payment method types you want to set up for future use by utilizing following param - https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_intents/update#update_payment_intent-payment_method_options

the request options would look something like

payment_method_options: {
    card: {
      setup_future_usage: 'off_session'
    }
  },

Once you update the PaymentIntent, the hosted invoice page should save and attach the card customer pays with.

You can list the attached payment method using this API - https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_methods/customer_list

And pass the payment method ID to the next invoice you create using default_payment_method param - https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-default_payment_method

[graceful sedge]

oh that's smart. I will integrate that directly. Can this thread stay open for about 10 - 15 minutes?

[bleak lintel]

Sure

[graceful sedge]

It looks like it's working! Just to get this right the collection method must also be changed, right?

[bleak lintel]

It should work with either collection methods

[graceful sedge]

I just tried it with both:
charge_automatically: in_1QXQU0GdgFrJRsM6fQqa6z0n
send_invoice: in_1QXQR1GdgFrJRsM6SkcZrq9T

For this customer: cus_RQGk29IZ4ZElAT

However, even if the payment method is attached (and made as default), it won't be fulfilled.

[chilly lily]

Hello! I'm taking over and catching up...

[graceful sedge]

sure 👍

This is what I done: #1318972011372085308 message

And you can see inside the provided ids, that everything works fine except the automatic collection of the invoice

[chilly lily]

Can you clarify what you mean by "won't be fulfilled"?

[graceful sedge]

The invoice won't be paid automatically even if there is a default payment method attached to the customer

[chilly lily]

It should be with charge_automatically as long as you don't turn off auto advance.

So you only finalized Invoice in_1QXQU0GdgFrJRsM6fQqa6z0n and auto advance is disabled on it. Have you tried finalizing it and setting auto_advance to true? https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/finalize#finalize_invoice-auto_advance

Or you can explicitly call /pay on it: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/pay

[graceful sedge]

I thought so too, however it still won't be automatically collected. This is the id to the screenshot: in_1QXQU0GdgFrJRsM6fQqa6z0n

[chilly lily]

Right, but have you tried either of the things I mentioned above?

[graceful sedge]

yes, right now I finalize it:

const finalInvoice = await stripe.invoices.finalizeInvoice(invoice.id);

When auto_advance is by default true, then yes, I am doing this

Inside the docs it's not clear what's the default value

[graceful sedge]

when I am using the pay endpoint, will I directly receive the result if it's was successful or not?

[chilly lily]

It depends on the payment method. I recommend you try setting auto_advance to true when you finalize and then see what happens first. Then, after that, try /pay and see how that works.

[graceful sedge]

What's the default value of auto_advance?

[chilly lily]

There is no default, it depends on the state of the underlying Invoice.

[graceful sedge]

ah ok. I just added the pay endpoint call and it worked 👏
Thanks!