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radiant void
Can you share a subscription id where this happened? Not sure I understand what you mean
abstract shadow
Right, here is the pending invoice.
in_1QguXcDOnh5qjbu12sCibfAg
Pending, because it was never charged and was suppose to attach to the subscription invoice. I honestly thought I had this working.
radiant void
That's a one-off invoice you created for the same customer
Separately from the subscription
abstract shadow
Yes
radiant void
What's unexpected?
abstract shadow
I created the invoice with these line-items, but never invoked a Pay, I then created the subscription invoice and expected the draft invoice to be paid at the same time I paid it.
radiant void
Why would you expect that?
The invoice you created is entirely separate from the subscription
You need to explicitly pay it separately
abstract shadow
Isn't there a stripe methodology similar to this that you can have pending items that are attached and paid in a final invoice? Looking for my code sample.
tidal pier
If you add the invoice items before creating the subscription, you can have them added to the subscription's invoice I believe.
radiant void
^ this
Basically you just don't want to create the invoice separately if you want the invoice items on the subscription invoice
tidal pier
Or you can create the subscription and the one time invoice items separately with the add_invoice_items parameter https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-add_invoice_items
abstract shadow
Yes, AutoAdvance = true, when I'm creating my invoice.
tidal pier
Here it looks like you created the invoice just before the subscription. Basically what happens is that the invoice items exist on the customer until some invoice claims them while being created, if you hadn't created that other invoice, I think the subscription's first invoice would have picked them up
abstract shadow
I've done it this way before, adding invoice items to the subscription creation. I was hoping to exploit more feature from the invoice as there are some limitations to the add line item request on the subscription class.
So create the subscription invoice first, then create the line-items 2nd (resulting in a draft invoice) and 3rd, Pay the subscription invoice and all line items from draft will be included in this final invoice?
tidal pier
No I don't think that would work. The first invoice on a subscription will finalize immediately if collection_method is set to charge_automatically and you can't invoke invoice payment yourself if you use send_invoice for collection method.
So it sounds like you want to:
- Create invoice items on the Customer
- Create a subscription with
collection_method=charge_automatically, this creates an invoice that picks up the invoice items - The invoice should immediately finalize and attempt to charge the customer
abstract shadow
Yes, that sounds right. I think I'm doing that. Aren't I?
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abstract shadow
9BA6C037-DRAFT, is assigned to same customer as the sub_1QguXfDOnh5qjbu12jOdpXLO, customer
tidal pier
In the example that you sent earlier, you had just created a separate one-off invoice three seconds earlier
https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_1u0LmkADUCPFEL
abstract shadow
OK, your pseudo code above, step 1, Create invoice items on the Customer. I'm confused, isn't that what I did?
What is a "one-off" invoice, vs. creating invoice items on the customer?
You mean, create invoice-tems without creating an actuall invoice?
tidal pier
The request that I linked to is what I am talking about. You had already created invoice items, but that call told us to create an invoice that isn't linked to a subscription. That invoice picked up the existing invoice items that you had already created
If you remove the call to /v1/invoices but keep your calls to /v1/invioceitems you should have the behavior that you are going for
abstract shadow
OK, I'm going to mess with this. Leave this open please. I'll be back maybe with questions.
bright lance
Stepping in for my teammate. We typically leave threads open for ~20 mins. If you don't have any new questions within that time frame, I'll archive the thread. You can still return to #help should any new questions come up
abstract shadow
All right. I'm testing now..
OK, I see that I am adding promo and discount codes to the original invoice I created. I guess I can't add promo and discount codes without an invoice to attachem them to, or do I have to attach them to the invoice which is ultimately my subscription invoie?
bright lance
You can add promo/coupons (via the discounts hash) when creating the Subscription: https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-discounts
So you can still work with the pseudo code above:
- Create invoice items on the Customer
- Create a subscription with collection_method=charge_automatically and add any discounts. This creates an invoice that picks up the invoice items
- The invoice should immediately finalize and attempt to charge the customer
abstract shadow
OK. The logic in my code was: Create and invoice, attach line items, apply promo and discounts, leave it as a draft, pay everything in the next invoice, the subscription invoice.
That doesn't work??
bright lance
You shouldn't create an Invoice directly. Creating the Subscription will automatically create an Invoice and pull in any pending invoice items for a customer
abstract shadow
OK, it is just that I tested this a couple of weeks earlier and I thought it was working.. I will rework my code.
Question: if you are just creating Items, so now Invoice, how is this associated with a customer?
Nevermind, I see a customer id on the invoice item create request.
bright lance
You'll create items for a specific customer then create a Subscription for that same customer
abstract shadow
Yep, testing new code now...
Think I got it, although I need to improve my line item descriptions: in_1QgwE7DOnh5qjbu1pVWIs09t
bright lance
Yep, this looks like you're on the right track. That Invoice was created automatically after you created a Subscription for this customer
abstract shadow
OK, onto the subscription now. I need to add both promo code(one) and discount(1-many)
bright lance
If you know these values up front, these should be added to the discounts hash when creating the Subscription: https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-discounts
bright lance
@abstract shadow do you still need help? I can close this thread if you're done testing for the day. You can always return to #help if you have any more questions.
bright lance
No worries!