#kevin-r_payment-element-customer
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stiff breach
I have a paymentIntent and use elements to get the card info, then call confirmPayment(). This creates a customer (right?)
No it does not. It only confirms the payment
The event you provided, https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_mndSLdHgPqhiiV, was triggered from a direct API request to /v1/customers
deft plaza
Interesting. When I look at the paymentIntent on dashboard.stripe.com, there's a customer attached to the intent. I'll get the PaymentInent ID.
stiff breach
Can you share more about your Elements integration
deft plaza
Stand by - I found something that might mean I'm looking in the wrong place.
OK. Can you see the details of this? pi_2SG60VWSZAydrGSw08lK84rA
stiff breach
This payment intent was created with a Customer specified
That Customer was created in a separate API request.
deft plaza
Yep, so it was. Disregard.
stiff breach
Both came from your PHP server
Looking at your logs, it looks like you are using the Payment Element. You can read more about what data this does collect and how it all works here.
deft plaza
Yeah, that's my mistake. Yeah, I have been working off of that page for a while. I've been re-wiring an app that's 5+ years old to use the newer PaymentIntent system.
So we have a few steps, from selecting a product , gathering customer info, (including some things that Stripe doesn't need but we do) and then payment, and I'm trying to make this use all the Stripe-recommended components and methods without entirely starting from scratch on the checkout app.
stiff breach
Gotcha
You can use the Address Element to collect and save customer addresses as part of your payment flow but I don't think we have an element that creates a Customer for you.
deft plaza
somehow I got the impression that if you added the setup_future_usage parameter and set it to off_session, it would implicitly create a customer as well. I guess that's not the case.
stiff breach
Nope
deft plaza
Is there a best practice for finding and removing customer accounts who never end up paying or subscribing? I know we can just leave them, but I figure that could get kind of wasteful if we're not careful.
stiff breach
Not really, that's kind of up to each merchant and their business model. There's no limit on the number of Customer records you can have.
deft plaza
OK. I'll deal with that later, then. Thanks!
stiff breach
Sure thing! Happy to shed what 💡 I can 🙂