#paulc7053_api
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gray iris
If a user wishes to upgrade, I want to charge them instantly with the difference betweeen the subscription prices (no proration). if they downgrade, I change the subscription price for the next billing cycle. if they are still in trial, I just want to change the subscription price, because I assume it will be charged the new price when it becomes active
what do you think?
tardy light
I want to charge them instantly with the difference betweeen the subscription prices (no proration)
why no prorations? that doesn't really make sense. it means the user would be loosing money?
tardy light
I'm confused by your code. why are you creating an Invoice? the Subscription should create the Invoice for you.
tardy light
I recommend reading thsi guide: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade
tardy light
to trigger an immediate payment, use: proration_behavior: always_invoice. but it's true this will create prorations. thinking...
gray iris
thanks! please let me know when you figure it out
tardy light
can you try proration_behavior: none and subscription_billing_cycle_anchor: "now"?
gray iris
yes
but does subscription_billing_cycle_anchor not change the date when the subscription should renew?
as in, if a user upgrades today but they started their subscription 3 weeks ago, doesn't subscription_billing_cycle_anchor: "now" move their rebill date to today?
tardy light
true, is that an issue?
gray iris
today + period **
yes... as it's an yearly subscription and moving the rebill time can be really problematic
how would you solve this?
tardy light
not sure, thinking
gray iris
alright
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gray iris
hello
torn pilot
Hi! I'm taking over from my colleague. Please, give me a moment to catch up.
torn pilot
To clarify:
- A user upgrades their subscription from a cheeper option to a more expensive one, in the middle of the billing cycle.
- They already paid for the cheeper one this
monthyear. - After upgrade, they will be paying for the expensive one from next
monthyear. - At the moment of the upgrade, you want to charge them the difference in price, correct?
... as if they paid for the expensive one from the beginning of this month year, right?
gray iris
- it's a yearly subsciption - after upgrade, they immediately pay the difference, and the upgraded price the next billing cycle
basically I just want the subsciption reBill date unchanged, while the customer is immediately charged the difference in price
torn pilot
I understand.
There's no way to implement it out of the box. Instead, you have to:
- Upgrade the Subscription with
proration_behavior=none, and - Create a standalone Invoice with the difference of the amounts.
torn pilot
What do you mean by "not charged"?
gray iris
the customer's card is not being charged and no payment successful event is being sent
torn pilot
the customer's card is not being charged and no payment successful event is bein...
What happens to the Invoice?
torn pilot
You should see it in your Dashboard and be able to investigate what's the issue.
gray iris
okay, I;ll look it up right now
torn pilot
what should happen?
It should charge the customer the difference of the amounts, no?
gray iris
yes
torn pilot
But the difference is not charged
I think your Invoice total amount is 0, because the InvoiceItem is not attached to the Invoice. This is because you create the InvoiceItem before creating the Invoice. You should instead create the Invoice first, and then create the Item with the Invoice ID: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoiceitems/create#create_invoiceitem-invoice
gray iris
it's possible, I cant seem to vind any invoice with this amount in the dashboard
1 minute please, trying right now
basically create a draft invoice and then attach it
torn pilot
Yes, this looks better.
Does it work?
gray iris
I'm testing it right now
2 minutes please
doesn't work....
the thing is I don't see any invoice under the invoices tab
I mean any invoice that should correspond to the charge
torn pilot
Could you please share the Invoice ID?
torn pilot
When you create it, you can print the ID or the whole object into console.
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torn pilot
Are you looking in Live mode?
torn pilot
Are you looking at the correct account?
gray iris
yeah, I only have this one
torn pilot
What happens if you search by ID?
last egret
You are connected with what Stripe Account Id?
gray iris
where can I see the account ID
last egret
gray iris
acct_1NlxwiJ4ILijjURS
last egret
It starts with acct_
gray iris
What happens if you search by ID?
I get see it now
now it also appears under all invoices (which is weird because I refreshed that page multipe times)
may I ask why is it open?
as I would expect it to be paid
torn pilot
You have to either send a request to pay it: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/pay
Or set auto_advance=true https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-auto_advance
gray iris
within the dashboard, it still looks as open, and it says "Payment will be retried 1/30/26, 5:05 PM. If the original failure was non-retryable, the payment will only be executed if the payment method is updated."
I used the 4242... test card
the ID is in_1QlqInJ4ILijjURSru4jeQFN
last egret
You have to either send a request to pay it: <https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoic...
You have created the invoice with auto_advance false, which means you need to pay the invoice manually. You need to call one of these endpoints