gerarda-clone-payment-method | Stripe Developers | Page 1

wicked berry Sep 17, 2021, 8:48 AM

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You can follow this guide to clone payment_method from the platform https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-methods/connect#cloning-payment-methods

Connect platforms using the Payment Methods API

Considerations for Stripe Connect platforms adding support for new payment methods using the Payment Methods API.

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what errors are you seeing and can you share your code on cloning the payment_method?

toxic aurora Sep 17, 2021, 9:03 AM

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yeah you don't want to create a Token at all

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as I said yesterday the docs are very confusing unfortunately

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just forget about Tokens entirely, they're legacy! Instead of https://stripe.com/docs/connect/cloning-customers-across-accounts#creating-tokens you'd use https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-methods/connect#cloning-payment-methods

Sorry, this whole area is poorly documented.

patent wyvern Sep 17, 2021, 9:23 AM

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I have two connected accounts related to the platform account, I want to do two payments with these accounts with the same payment card details. So I create the stripe elements with the first connected account and mounts it stripe = Stripe(data.publicKey, {stripeAccount: "acct_1JClrVCz5n0FQ626"});
var elements = stripe.elements(); After that I create the first payment intent and confirm it, is it in succedded status

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after that I create a Payment method client side:
var paymentMethod;
stripe.createPaymentMethod({
type: 'card',
card: card,
billing_details: {
name: 'Jenny Rosen',
},
}).then(function(result) {
paymentMethod = result.paymentMethod;
fetch("/clone-paymentMethod", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify(paymentMethod)
})
});

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I create a new customer with the second connected account id and I cloned payment method and I created a new payment intent

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com.stripe.exception.InvalidRequestException: No such PaymentMethod: 'pm_1JadFbCz5n0FQ626dBwg3BRX'; code: resource_missing; request-id: req_FPWJhfvhb8pNkM

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I have the same error

toxic aurora Sep 17, 2021, 9:32 AM

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note you can't clone the payment method from one connected account to another

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only from your platform down to a connected account. That's probably why you're getting an error

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So I create the stripe elements with the first connected account and mounts it stripe = Stripe(data.publicKey, {stripeAccount: "acct_1JClrVCz5n0FQ626"});
that part is wrong since you're creating the PaymentMethod directly on that connected account, so you could never clone it elsewhere

patent wyvern Sep 17, 2021, 9:33 AM

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ok but I cannot do a payment with the platform account

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I should create only a payment method with platform account, after that should I create two payment methods, two customer and two payment intent it whit the connected accounts?

toxic aurora Sep 17, 2021, 9:35 AM

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you don't have to! usually the way it works is you do like, on the frontend :

var stripePlatform = Stripe(data.publicKey);
var stripeConnectedAccount = Stripe(data.publicKey,  {stripeAccount: "acct_1JClrVCz5n0FQ626"});

...

stripePlatform.createPaymentMethod(...)

...
// send PaymentMethod to the backend and clone it and create a PaymentIntent on the connected account
stripeConnectedAccount.confirmCardPayment(client_secret)

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a payment method with platform account, after that should I create two payment methods, two customer and two payment intent it whit the connected accounts?
yes!

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but really if you're doing multi-basket stuff like this it usually makes more sense to just do one payment on your platform and then transfer the money to the connected accounts https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges-transfers

https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges#separate-charges-transfers

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the way you're doing this now will result in the customer's card getting charged twice in a couple of seconds by two separate merchants. The customer might have to do 3D Secure twice in a row. Their bank might decline the payments as looking like duplicates. It's messy.

patent wyvern Sep 17, 2021, 9:37 AM

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yes I know, but the client won't do it for business issues

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so I didn't transfer money

patent wyvern Sep 20, 2021, 7:38 AM

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Hello @toxic aurora I tried to create a payment method with the platform account stripe.createPaymentMethod and I created a customer of connected account, passing the payment method from front end

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