#nukesforbreakfast_error
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- rccausey_billing-passfees, 7 hours ago, 16 messages
- nukesforbreakfast_best-practices, 1 day ago, 15 messages
cinder sluice
👋 hi there, please give me a moment to catch up on the question
You'd need to pass the payment_method parameter too
So the request you'd want to make should look like this:
email: 'test@email.com',
invoice_settings: {
default_payment_method: "pm_card_visa",
},
payment_method: "pm_card_visa",
round fjord
stripe.error.InvalidRequestError: Request req_K9jmmBTYVsVwbC: Received unknown parameter: payment_method
cinder sluice
Oh because you're updating a specific customer object ; would it be possible for you create a new test customer with the snippet above? It's more straight-forward.
Otherwise, you'd need to attach "pm_card_visa" to cus_USprKjSEIchPoy first using https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_methods/attach, then after that set it as default using invoice_settings.default_payment_method
round fjord
I already am attaching it and then updating it.
subscription_start_time = timezone.now()
# Create the test clock.
test_clock = stripe_create_test_clock(
name="test_update_subscription_cancel_at_no_final_month_proration",
frozen_time=int(subscription_start_time.timestamp()),
)
# Create the customer.
customer = stripe_create_customer(
name="test_update_subscription_cancel_at_no_final_month_proration", test_clock=test_clock.id
)
# Attach the test payment method using Stripe's build in testing payment methods.
# https://docs.stripe.com/testing?testing-method=payment-methods#cards
stripe_client.PaymentMethod.attach("pm_card_visa", customer=customer.id)
# Update the customer to have this as their default payment method.
customer = stripe_client.Customer.modify(
customer.id, invoice_settings={"default_payment_method": "pm_card_visa"}
)
I also don't know where this payment_method parameter is coming from. There's no such parameter on the create or modify customer API docs:
Request logs in order:
req_6dZc7WnWtO6ZfTreq_Jl7GvfpmAVBt8Vreq_11DDitV252fRkKreq_K9jmmBTYVsVwbC
cinder sluice
I see, thanks for sharing your code snippet.
At this section: stripe_client.PaymentMethod.attach("pm_card_visa", customer=customer.id) — when the payment method is attached, the customer's payment method already takes the form of a new payment method ID (which is why you saw pm_1TTu1AA9yDCrR6n1j55ABG5A)
So if you're attaching payment method to a customer first then setting them as default later, you'd need to add an additional step in between to lookup the customer's payment method to obtain the actual pm_ ID by using https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_methods/customer_list
Once you obtain the actual Payment MethodID (e.g. it should have random characters after the pm_ prefix, like pm_1TTu1AA9yDCrR6n1j55ABG5A, and not pm_card_visa ), passing the following should work
invoice_settings: {
default_payment_method: "{{actual payment method ID}}",
}
how can I create this customer with the default payment method already attached?
every time I try, I get the error that the payment method isn't attached to the customer.
# Retrieve the test payment method.
# https://docs.stripe.com/testing?testing-method=payment-methods#cards
payment_method = stripe_client.PaymentMethod.retrieve("pm_card_visa")
# Create the customer.
customer = stripe_create_customer(
name="test_update_subscription_cancel_at_no_final_month_proration",
test_clock=test_clock.id,
invoice_settings={"default_payment_method": payment_method.id},
)
stripe.error.InvalidRequestError: Request req_xaoN4QLNjPMB3K: The customer does not have a payment method with the ID pm_1TTuTfA9yDCrR6n14QvzbM02. The payment method must be attached to the customer.
cinder sluice
That's because stripe_create_customer is not passing the payment_method param: https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/create#create_customer-payment_method
You're currently only setting a default payment method when creating the customer
the customer creation call should look like this if you want to attach pm and set it as default in 1 step
email: 'test@email.com',
name: "test name",
invoice_settings: {
default_payment_method: "pm_card_visa",
},
payment_method: "pm_card_visa"
ah I see, it's only available at customer creation time, not update time.
cinder sluice
yes
round fjord
let me try that
ah yes, that worked! Thanks for clarifying that I have to retrieve the test card to get the actual ID.
cinder sluice
Happy to help 🙂
round fjord
that information might be good to add to the docs. I didn't see it there when I looked.
cinder sluice
which pages were you looking at?
round fjord
cinder sluice
Ah I see, it's actually here: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/customer#manage-customers
round fjord
oh, so I don't actually need to retrieve the actual ID?