#admiralking_invoices-dynamic-prices
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spare flare
Hello 👋
The Stripe Invoice Items API requires the use of Prices and Products. This is not something we are planning on changing. What is the use case you have for this flow?
proven tree
my invoices are variable all the time so i cant make products, so the integration doesnt help me at all unfortunately
spare flare
The reason I ask is we have another product, Stripe Checkout, that allows you to dynamically provide price_data and product_data instead of creating Products and Prices.
Checkout can also be configured to generate an Invoice for your Customers upon successful payment.
The line_items.price_data parameter allows you to specify the pricing details rather than create a Price object.
I guess my question was more focused on why you are choosing to use Invoices. If it's for the line items (which Checkout supports) or for other reasons.
proven tree
im just following how i do it manually, i get an invoice from a vendor, i go to the customer, manually create it line by line (we mark them up 20%) and then send that invoice to client.... its super manual and that is what im trying to automate
spare flare
Right, so my question is do you NEED to use an Invoice object? Checkout seems like it would support this flow much better. What are the constraints that make you try to use Invoices?
proven tree
im unsure of checkout, i would have to take a look at that
spare flare
That is what I recommend, unless you have specific reasons to use Invoices.
proven tree
ok ill look into that, appreciate the guidance!
oblique harborBOT
admiralking_invoices-dynamic-prices
spare flare
Sure thing, happy to help 🙂