#dharmesh_api
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lean pecan
👋 Hi there! Let me take a look
lethal jasper
ok sure
lean pecan
Yes, the nickname is not shown to customers: https://docs.stripe.com/api/prices/create#create_price-nickname
lethal jasper
this is the invoice
if you see here , its showing product name instead of price nicknames
My implementation uses one product with four different prices.
which are recurring
lean pecan
Setting a description on a line item will show on the invoice
But I'm not sure whether this also works when using subscriptions
Are you creating a Subscription for these recurring prices?
lethal jasper
yes
like 1 product(The real feel company) is there and 4 prices(basic, pro, standard and addon)
i want this names
I checked on ChatGPT , when a product has multiple prices and we use Stripe Checkout in embedded mode, the invoice always displays the product name — not the price name. Stripe doesn’t allow overriding this in embedded mode. So if we want the invoice to show the actual plan name, we need to create separate products for each plan/price.
lethal jasper
Are you creating a Subscription for these recurring prices?
Yes
lethal jasper
Setting a description on a line item will show on the invoice
I’ve verified the implementation, but it is still not working as expected.
lean pecan
Can you share a request ID where you're creating the Checkout Session?
lethal jasper
lethal jasper
I checked on ChatGPT , when a product has multiple prices and we use Stripe Chec...
after subscription creation, i havenupdated the invoice items
const subscriptionItemUpdateResponse = await stripe.subscriptionItems.update(item.id, {
metadata: {
display_name: displayName
}
});
but it wont work
lethal jasper
I checked on ChatGPT , when a product has multiple prices and we use Stripe Chec...
could you confirm this ?
lean pecan
Yeah, it looks like when using Checkout Sessions that each line item uses the product.description: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/migrating-prices#mapping-table-server-one-time
lethal jasper
Could this behavior be due to a limitation of Stripe’s embedded mode?
lean pecan
It's not related to embedded mode, but it's how Checkout Sessions work
Typically different plans like Basic/Pro should be modelled as separate Product objects
lethal jasper
but as per documentation , we can create multiple prices in 1 product
lean pecan
Yes you can, but different tiers should be modelled as separate Products: https://docs.stripe.com/products-prices/pricing-models#flat-rate
lethal jasper
My question is simple: since our product is already live, are we still able to update the invoice description? It appears this may be a limitation of the embedded mode, correct?
lean pecan
You cannot update the description of a finalised invoice
This is not related to embedded Checkout mode
lethal jasper
So can we make changes before the invoice is finalized? If we target invoice.finalized, will it be possible or not?
lethal jasper
This is not related to embedded Checkout mode
ok
lean pecan
Yes, you can update an invoice before it is finalised. You would have to listen for invoice.created as invoice.finalized is already too late
lethal jasper
If I generate the checkout session and later need to update the invoice description, which specific Stripe webhook event should I target?
can you provide me which API or method i need to call
vivid sageBOT
lethal jasper
any updates ??
glass depot
You cannot update the description of a finalised invoice
I think we already answered that question, right?
lethal jasper
Yes, you can update an invoice before it is finalised. You would have to listen ...
If I proceed with this approach, it should work as expected, correct?
glass depot
Yeah but that won't work with Checkout as they're ~immediately finalized
lethal jasper
can you provide me which API or method i need to call
inside invoice.created which methos i need to call
so what i need to do ?
this is my question
we already in production
glass depot
Well, normally you'd call the update invoice endpoint
But, as stated, it likely won't work as the invoice will be immediately finalized by the time you receive the .created event
lethal jasper
I’m still unclear about the next steps. Since embedded mode doesn’t allow invoice customization with a single product containing multiple prices, what should be the alternative approach?
To resolve this issue, do I need to restructure the setup?
glass depot
I think we spoke about this the last time right? You'd generally model each 'plan' (e.g. Basic, Pro) in your app as a product in Stripe and then each of those products would have a price for each internal (e.g. yearly, monthly)
See the image here: https://docs.stripe.com/products-prices/pricing-models#flat-rate
Sounds like you've done everything under one product
lethal jasper
Sounds like you've done everything under one product
exactly
glass depot
Yeah then that explains the issues you're having with the invocie lines as they use the product details as we've explained
You're going to need to model it differently, like above
lethal jasper
Since we are already in production, do we need to move to a one-product-one-price architecture?
glass depot
That is our recommendation yes, just like it was last week
lethal jasper
That is our recommendation yes, just like it was last week
what
glass depot
I thought I spoke to you last week, maybe not
lethal jasper
no