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grizzled solstice
Hi sam, continuing this thread from before
The issue was that i would like to conditionally render an address element if the country selected is india, but the onchange event doesn't tell me any information
heady trellis
Hi! As per my last reply, it looks like the billing details in the value parameters will only be populated for saved payment method. So if it's a new customer you cannot get the billing details.
The only other alternatives we can think of are:
- Call stripe.createPaymentMethod (https://docs.stripe.com/js/payment_methods/create_payment_method_elements) within the on("change') listener so that you can get the billing_details.
- Or inspect the payment method since you're using confirmation token and then based on the country show either your own UI to collect a postal code or use Address Element
grizzled solstice
Yikess, this is not ideal
Because they require a backend call to determine whether a frontend element should be rendered. I wouldn't even be able to detect when this should happen during the frontend flow.
heady trellis
The first option is a frontend method.
grizzled solstice
I see
But it would have be called on every onchange
When someone is typing out their credit card it would be called 30+ times
Unless i am missing something
heady trellis
You can look at the complete parameter (https://docs.stripe.com/js/element/events/on_change?type=paymentElement#element_on_change-handler-complete). Only create the payment method when complete is true.
grizzled solstice
Unfortunately it appears you can only create the payment method after the customer presses submit
heady trellis
In that case, for your specific scenario, option 2 is the only way.
grizzled solstice
Confimation token is also created after the customer submits payment. The address element is supposed to be filled out before submission. I can't have a failed payment submission be a prerequisite for a successful one.
heady trellis
The only way left is to either use Address element or provide your own UI just for the postal code from the beginning.
grizzled solstice
Unfortunately this is an untenable situation as a developer. I would disable indian cards entirely but that is not an option either. I have no choice but to leave indian cards broken in production. I'm confident this situation is an oversight based on the docs. If there is a place to submit a bug report i would do so.
heady trellis
This is not a bug. We specifically do not collect the postal code for India. I will provide a feedback internally however, currently the only way around this are the options we dicussed.
grizzled solstice
Address element: it shouldn't have to render address element for 50+ countries just because only india does not display zip field
Custom zip field: this is complicated because many countries don't have zip. Since there's no way to detect which country is currently selected: if i have my own zip field, it will always be rendered, even though many times it should not be asked in the first place.
So i can't see how this isn't a bug, honestly. I appreciate the internal feedback.
heady trellis
So i can't see how this isn't a bug, honestly.
Payment Element only collects postal code when necessary for address verification checks, i.e. US, UK and Canada: https://docs.stripe.com/disputes/prevention/verification#avs-check
You require the postal code for tax calculation purposes which is not supported by Payment Element
Custom zip field: this is complicated because many countries don't have zip. Since there's no way to detect which country is currently selected: if i have my own zip field, it will always be rendered, even though many times it should not be asked in the first place.
The only alternative is to inspect the payment method details from the confirmation token.
I appreciate the internal feedback.
I will file a feedback. 👍