#EightMegsAndConstantlySwapping - Checkout
viral blade
slim gazelle
The documentation seems to be for a recurring payment, but I want this to be a one off.
viral blade
Hello! Checkout itself doesn't support ad hoc amounts, but you can enable adjustable quantities on line items using this property when creating the Checkout Session: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-line_items-adjustable_quantity
slim gazelle
Could I create a price for each transaction and then delete it afterwards?
viral blade
Yes, you can even specify dynamic price_data for each Checkout Session instead of using an existing Price: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-line_items-price_data
slim gazelle
How do you go about removing prices after they're created?
viral blade
Prices cannot be deleted once used (they need to stick around because they're part of the payment record), but you can make them inactive by setting active to false: https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/update#update_price-active
slim gazelle
Won't that lead to thousands of prices accumulating over time?
viral blade
Yep, but that's okay, they won't do any harm. 🙂
slim gazelle
Brilliant, thank you!