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lavish jettyBOT May 28, 2025, 2:53 PM

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atilla_api, 5 days ago, 21 messages
atilla_api, 6 days ago, 15 messages

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covert cloak May 28, 2025, 2:54 PM

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invoice = stripe.Invoice.upcoming(
subscription=self.subscription_id,
)
lines = invoice["lines"]["data"]
if len(lines):
for line in lines:
if "Unused" in line["description"]:
stripe.InvoiceItem.delete(line["invoice_item"])

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 2:54 PM

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Hi yes the latest api version had a ton of breaking changes. You should always read the changelog thoroughly before upgrading

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https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/basil/2025-03-31/invoice-preview-api-deprecations

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 2:54 PM

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can you tell me what options there is?

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cuz i see no option :\

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 2:55 PM

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Did you click the link above

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It's the changelog

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And explains in detail what the alternative is

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You really should read the entire changelog before upgrading an api version

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There's a ton of breaking changes besides this

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 2:56 PM

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can you help me understand the alternative

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i did read that before coming here

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thats how i know was removed

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but i dont see giving other endpoint

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 2:57 PM

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It's the first sentence

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`We’re removing the GET /v1/invoices/upcoming API in favor of the Create Preview Invoice API.

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The create preview invoice api

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That's the alternative

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https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/create_preview

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 2:59 PM

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i need to remove items that are made by subsption

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so creating the invoice does not apply here , its made by stripe when i change the invoice to have less items

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:00 PM

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Where did I say you have to create an invoice?

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:01 PM

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create preview invoice

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:01 PM

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It functions the same as upcoming invoice

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Please read the links I send you

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:01 PM

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🙂

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reading now

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i dont get it

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how to i do retrive/list for an preview invoice ?

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based on a subscription

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please point it out for me

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:04 PM

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covert cloak how to i do retrive/list for an preview invoice ?

I don't understand the question

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I shared the api spec

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What specifically don't you understand

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:05 PM

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i have this invoice

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its an upcoming/preview invoice

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how do i retrive this object ?

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using an api (rest or python sdk)

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:06 PM

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I shared the api endpoint with you...

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You call it and pass the subscription id: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/create_preview#create_create_preview-subscription

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Same as you did with upcoming invoice

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:07 PM

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okey i get it now

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thats so confusing jezz

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the name is "create"

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but i can see now saying "The identifier of the subscription for which you’d like to retrieve the upcoming invoice. I"

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thats what i needed

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thx

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all set

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i guess editing it will be using the same endpoint

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:11 PM

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What do you mean by editing it

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:13 PM

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i will need to remove some items from the preivew invoice

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the unused items, e.g. in the image above

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:14 PM

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To be clear your code here:

            subscription=self.subscription_id,
        )
        lines = invoice["lines"]["data"]
        if len(lines):
            for line in lines:
                if "Unused" in line["description"]:
                    stripe.InvoiceItem.delete(line["invoice_item"])```
Does not remove items from the preview

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That code deletes the invoice items

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So they no longer will exist on the actual, real invoice (not just the preview)

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You want to do the same thing?

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:15 PM

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i'm pretty sure the code deletes items from preview

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:15 PM

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It does not

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:15 PM

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upcoming *

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:16 PM

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Oh wait

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Yes

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You're right

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I wasn't aware InvoiceItem.delete worked with preview line items

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Recommend testing it, but it should function the same with the new endpoint

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:16 PM

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okey will give it a try, if works from dashboard will work from api

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stripe._error.InvalidRequestError: Request req_omWzqJHOID9DBe: No such Invoice Item: 'il_tmp_1RTkLjJVbFQb3xmWWUHGc1Vk'(livemode=false)

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does not work

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:19 PM

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Ah yeah so I guess it's not supported

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I didn't think it was tbh

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I'm surprised this worked in the upcoming invoice api

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Why do you need this functionality

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What are you building

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:21 PM

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we build already

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we are doing an upgrade

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for zerobounce

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:22 PM

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Can you explain the use-case for deleting invoice items from an upcoming invoice

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I don't get it

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:22 PM

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sure

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here is the main flow we had

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customer has bought in past few days a monthly sub of 45$ with 4 items

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same month customer decided to change the sub to one item that costs 49$
we are changing the sub without charging but we create a payment intent for 4$ on the side

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so now the customer can use the 49$ item directly

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the problem is with the next invoice that shows 0$

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it should be 49$

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we want to keep same flow, without canceling, reseting the billing cycle etc

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so maybe its in the subscription modify that we need to look into

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:32 PM

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covert cloak the problem is with the next invoice that shows 0$

This is odd to me

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How are you updating

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Can you share a sample subscription id so I can take a look and maybe make a suggestion

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:32 PM

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sub_1RTkLKJVbFQb3xmWQXZOIJbM

sage smelt May 28, 2025, 3:36 PM

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I don't really understand what you're doing here

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You don't seem to be changing the subscription's price

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Why don't you do https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/change-price

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To change the price

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And just disable the proration

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:43 PM

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reading

lavish jettyBOT May 28, 2025, 3:44 PM

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covert cloak May 28, 2025, 3:45 PM

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subscription = stripe.Subscription.modify(
"sub_xxxxxxxxx",
items=[{"id": "{{SUB_ITEM_ID}}", "deleted": True}, {"price": "{{NEW_PRICE_ID}}"}],
)

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actually i think its fine if we add deleted

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testing now

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we already do exactly that

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"proration_behavior": "none",

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if we add deleted might work

vapid summit May 28, 2025, 3:50 PM

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Hello 👋

I am stepping in as my colleague has to go. I strongly recommend you follow the guidance our docs provide for modifying subscriptions that my colleague has already provided.

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 4:06 PM

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still can't figure it out, can you help continue this edge case ? @vapid summit ?

vapid summit May 28, 2025, 4:06 PM

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Are you following the guide we provided?

covert cloak May 28, 2025, 4:07 PM

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yes but its a bit more than that

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we have a legacy code that was doing strange things and we can migrate it to new version

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cant&

vapid summit May 28, 2025, 4:07 PM

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I recommend you revise your integration to follow our best practices for updating subscriptions

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