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neon ginkgo Oct 4, 2021, 6:24 PM

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Hello! Are you looking for a doc link, or are you asking for general guidance about which event we'd recommend for this situation?

nocturne charm Oct 4, 2021, 6:29 PM

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I guess both. A link so I can look stuff up, and recommendations, because that's a good thing 🙂

neon ginkgo Oct 4, 2021, 6:34 PM

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👍 So if you're just looking for a webhook event specifically for subscription expiration, I'd recommend the customer.subscription.updated since that will tell you if the expiration date changed.

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As for general doc guidance we do have this doc: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/webhooks#common-uses

nocturne charm Oct 4, 2021, 6:58 PM

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So it sounds like custom.subscription.upated is the correct event to watch for all subscription updates. If it is canceled (don't renew) this will update, if it successfully renews, this will update with a new date.

Do I need to look in the changed field section or focusing on the data get me all I need?

neon ginkgo Oct 4, 2021, 7:00 PM

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It depends - if you want to know if a specific field has changed or if you want to do certain actions only if certain things have changed, then previous_attributes is useful. For example, if you have logic to email a customer after every cycle, you don't want to accidentally trigger that if the only that changed was the subscription metadata

nocturne charm Oct 4, 2021, 7:01 PM

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Okay, that makes sense. How many days before the subscription ends does the renewal go through again, I don't recall

gilded spear Oct 4, 2021, 7:05 PM

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For that you will want to check the setting on your Dashboard https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/billing/automatic

nocturne charm Oct 4, 2021, 7:11 PM

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Oh yes, it's all coming back to me now. Thank you. It's amazing how much you forget in 6 months

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