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humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:08 AM

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@south lichen Retrieving the balance is something you can only do server-side with your Secret API key. Never do it in a mobile app

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:08 AM

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I am lol

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do i need to narrow it down server side?

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:09 AM

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not sure what you mean, you mentioned React Native which is almost always client-side in a mobile app

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Like what language do you use server-side? What is blocking you from the documentation https://stripe.com/docs/api/balance/balance_retrieve ?

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:10 AM

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im using amplify lamda for stripe

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server side

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server side code


// event
// {
//   "typeName": "Query" | "Mutation", /* Filled dynamically based on @function usage location */
//   "fieldName": "createPaymentMethod", /* Filled dynamically based on @function usage location */
//   "arguments": { amount  /* GraphQL field arguments via $ctx.arguments */ },
//   "identity": { /* AppSync identity object via $ctx.identity */ },
//   "source": { /* The object returned by the parent resolver. E.G. if resolving field 'Post.comments', the source is the Post object. */ },
//   "request": { /* AppSync request object. Contains things like headers. */ },
//   "prev": { /* If using the built-in pipeline resolver support, this contains the object returned by the previous function. */ },
// }
exports.handler = async (event) => {
    const { typeName, arguments } = event;

   

    // create payment intent
    const balance = await stripe.balance.retrieve({
        stripeAccount: 'acct_1JSu3Q2XrkSfqCJb',
    });

    return {
        driverpayBal: balance,

    }
};

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I want to be able to just get available bal, and pending

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:12 AM

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I've ~never heard of amplify lambda. You seem to return the entire balance client-side which is not something I'd do/recommend. I'd parse the information server-side (in that lambda) and return what I want the mobile app to access in the format I expect

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:12 AM

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yea i need help parsing.

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:13 AM

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What have you tried?

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like you can do balance.available[0].amount and balance.available[0].currency to get the first balance.

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:13 AM

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humble tree I've ~never heard of amplify lambda. You seem to return the entire balance clien...

aws amplify lambda

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:13 AM

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depending on your country you could have more than one currency

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:14 AM

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humble tree like you can do `balance.available[0].amount` and `balance.available[0].currency...

Yea see thats what i needed.

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US

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:14 AM

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sure, but you ask questions regularly here, I'm just tring to nudge you to try things first

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like it's a simple array/object

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if you move away from lambda for a sec and run this in node.js locally on your laptop you can quickly debug code like this directly

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:14 AM

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humble tree like it's a simple array/object

Yea i know im new to coding but sorta know lol

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:15 AM

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yep that's why I'm nudging you to try things for yourself first locally (separate from the lambda call). Way easier to make sense of it all

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:15 AM

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u know docs to run it on node.js

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never done that

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that would help me alot cuz to change stuff on aws i got wait for it to upload.

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:16 AM

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I'd start by googling how to install node locally and then it's mostly running it on the command line

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depends on your laptop/OS and such

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https://nodejs.org/en/download/ likely is a good first step, though if you're on Mac OS you can use brew install node if you use Homebrew

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and then you can install stripe-node and run it

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way easier than debugging on the mobile app with calls to AWS that's for sure

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you likely can even build your mobile app to talk to a Node.js server that runs on your laptop to make debugging way faster, but I've never built a React Native mobile app myself

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:18 AM

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im on windows

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ill take a look cuz i need something easier then doing it all though the app to see if it works.

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but

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CheckBalance:
driverpayBal: "900"

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what u gave me works

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:19 AM

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it's similar though I'm less familiar with Windows dev, haven't done this in 10 years

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and yay

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one thing that you need to understand: our library already creates objects in memory

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:19 AM

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I havent grasped objects yet

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:19 AM

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so you can mostly change . and [xxx]`

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so balance is an object, it has properties documented on https://stripe.com/docs/api/balance/balance_object or what you see in the raw json

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do you can do balance.object => that's the string balance

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balance.available => it's the array you saw in your output [{amount=900, currency=usd, source_types={card=900}}]

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and so balance.available[0] is the first element in your output => {amount=900, currency=usd, source_types={card=900}}

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and so balance.available[0].amoun is the amount property here so 900.

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etc. etc.

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:21 AM

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Oh okay gotcha so on these balances which are important to a end user?

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:21 AM

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What I do when I'm lost is that I basically log every layer, until I see what I get/what errors. You can use console.log(JSON.stringify(balance.available)); for example and read the logs

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Well it really depends, I don't know what you are building and why your mobile app would show anyone's balance

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are you integrating Connect?

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:21 AM

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like my app is like a uber

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:21 AM

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ah yeah

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:21 AM

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yup connect

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:22 AM

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If so you want to show the amount/currency in available as that's what they can pay themselves (assuming you leave them on manual payouts)

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:22 AM

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humble tree What I do when I'm lost is that I basically log every layer, until I see what I ...

i just dont know how to parse objects yet im working on that

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:22 AM

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and also the amount/currency in pending which is funds that will be available later

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:23 AM

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okay good better understanding of the balances.

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:23 AM

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And yeah I commend you. I have been coding for 20 years. I think I'm good overall, but I can not imagine learning all of this at once. I still barely grasp React Native myself and you''re doing that + server-side Node.j + HTTP + parsing objects + Stripe.
I know it's a lot, just go one step at a time, and try to always try something first

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:24 AM

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humble tree And yeah I commend you. I have been coding for 20 years. I think I'm good overal...

yup lol thanks!! youtube videos i usually mess with websites and html and php is my go to. lots of info on it on the web.

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:25 AM

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yep I hear the struggle, but you'll get there

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the speed at which you just added my code and then confirmed it works is a good sign 🙂

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:25 AM

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My code might not be the nicest looking but its working with the help of the react native on discord.

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:25 AM

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that's awesome 🙂

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:26 AM

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thanks! yea aws has it where i can test the functions on the web for output

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balance.pending[0].amount so to get to the pending would that be what i use

humble tree Sep 11, 2021, 2:27 AM

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correct

south lichen Sep 11, 2021, 2:29 AM

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okay dokie thanks

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