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hybrid sigil Sep 15, 2021, 10:23 AM

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@lethal mirage you don't need the third call to /v1/charges no

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creating the subscription immediately creates an invoice and charges the customer for the first billing period, so if you did that you would be charging them twice

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https://stripe.com/docs/billing/invoices/subscription#new-subscription-invoices

lethal mirage Sep 15, 2021, 10:33 AM

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Thanks Karllekko,
the documentation states that CUSTOMER_ID and ITEMS are
REQUIRED in the call for subscriptions. What are ITEMS? a valid product_id, or price_id from the stripe account?

hybrid sigil Sep 15, 2021, 10:42 AM

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I'd suggest following a guide and not just the API ref

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e.g. https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/elements

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items is an array of hashes with the price ID and an optional quantity

lethal mirage Sep 15, 2021, 12:09 PM

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Thanks again karllekko,
I have inherited a project, coded in C #, maybe based on references that are no longer current, but even though I am new to C #, I believe I will succeed, because I will continue ...
Can we make it even more impractical?

I created the customer via the call to https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers

Now I have to "just" change the code so that it calls / subscriptions / but it has to "just" be called with the parameters:
Customer =

and

Price = a present product or price id, created within the dashboard?

hybrid sigil Sep 15, 2021, 12:11 PM

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there are other parameters you'd generally need, but at a minimum you need a Customer and a Price (https://stripe.com/docs/billing/prices-guide) yes

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the Price defines the amount the subscription is for and how it recurs, and is something you can create on the Dashboard or through the API

lethal mirage Sep 15, 2021, 12:34 PM

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Thanks again karllekko,
I would like to move on and based on your answers, I think it is possible 🙂

If my call to / subscriptions / contains these parameters then is that enough?

customer_id from the call to / customers / and the price the customer subscribes to?

example:
// create cutomer
i call "https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers"
get customer_id returned

// create subscription AND charge for first month
i call "https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions"
with customer_id = returned from previous call AND Price = "price_1JZF8B2eZvKYlo2CmPWKn7RI" (the apikey from dashboard) ??

hybrid sigil Sep 15, 2021, 12:38 PM

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I'd suggest just testing the code in test mode!

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but yep price_xxx is the right value

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but you don't pass it as price=price_xxx , it has to be inside items

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if you use our .NET library the link to the guide I shared earlier shows how to do it e.g.

{
        Customer = customerId,
        Items = new List<SubscriptionItemOptions>
        {
            new SubscriptionItemOptions
            {
                Price = req.PriceId,
            },
        },
        PaymentBehavior = "default_incomplete",
    };

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