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frozen relic Oct 28, 2021, 8:49 PM

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I do get an upcoming invoice payload back using the customerID, however, the amounts for the invoice are $0.
can you share a subSchedule ID so I can see how you're creating int

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 8:50 PM

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sub_sched_1JpfT9K4OwuAC0l72VAlMUXt

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It's saying that the upcoming invoice will be created at 5:27PM CST (1 hour after the created date). So is this why?

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Is there a way I can get it to pull upcoming invoice amounts before it finalizes things and charges the card so we can eyeball and make sure it's correct and fix if not?

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Check in to see if you have anything.

frozen relic Oct 28, 2021, 9:05 PM

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I'm stepping away but a team member is stepping in and should catch up soon, give them a sec

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:05 PM

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Hello! Give me a moment to catch up...

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I don't believe you can get the upcoming Invoice for a Subscription that doesn't exist yet (like a Subscription that will be created by a Subscription Schedule in the future).

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:07 PM

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It shows the sub in the dashboard after I create the schedule, but yeah it doesn't list an upcoming invoice. So is there no way to verify price on a schedule until it actually bills the client card???

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:10 PM

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It shows the Subscription? As in there's a Subscription ID (sub_) immediately after you create the Subscription Schedule?

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If so can you provide the Subscription ID?

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:12 PM

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Actually, the dashboard section says Subscription details, but when you click into it it lists the sub_sched ID instead.

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So there's no way to preview amount before charging the card?

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:14 PM

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Not if the Subscription has not been created yet, no. I mean, you could calculate the total/preview on your end, but you can't get the info from Stripe.

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:16 PM

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I'm creating these subs from the api in bulk and so that's why I want to verify. So when does the actual sub get created from the schedule whereby I could get the upcoming invoice in it? So if I set the start date to be today at 10PM EST but actually run the api call at 6PM EST, will the sub get created 1 hour from 6PM EST or 10PM EST?

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:18 PM

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The Subscription will be created on the start_date you specify (which is Thu, 28 Oct 2021 21:27:00 +0000 for the example Subscription Schedule you shared above).

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:19 PM

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In the details of that sub sched in the dashboard it says will be created Oct 28, 5:27PM

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:20 PM

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Yep, that time is in whatever timezone you have configured in the Dashboard.

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The timestamp above is UTC, as indicated by the +0000 part at the end.

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:21 PM

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ok, gotcha. So why can't I retrieve whatever object it is that I'm looking at there in the dashboard that's telling me that? Or can I using the upcoming invoice call with the customer ID? Maybe I'm just getting $0 because there's some kind of balance be applied.

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:22 PM

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You can't get an upcoming Invoice because the Subscription does not exist yet. The Subscription Schedule exists, which will create the Subscription later.

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Let me check on something, hang on...

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:23 PM

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So how come I can view that info in the dashboard then right away, even before the sub has been created?

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:24 PM

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Oh, you know what, I was wrong! We added a schedule property on the upcoming Invoice API endpoint that allows you to get the upcoming Invoice for a Subscription Schedule with a Subscription that hasn't started yet: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/upcoming#upcoming_invoice-schedule

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So if you hit that API with the Subscription Schedule ID specified in the schedule property it should give you want you need.

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:24 PM

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Bam that's what I'm talking about! Go Stripe! Hahaha

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:26 PM

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Sorry I steered you wrong in the beginning there!

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:27 PM

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Wait, so do I not need to use the customer property then? It says you need that if subscription is unset.

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No worries! Thanks for sticking with me here!

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:27 PM

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I think you probably do need customer, but try it without and see if you get an error or not.

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Well, actually, it will probably work without now that I think about it.

snow sand Oct 28, 2021, 9:31 PM

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Yeah, it worked without. Thanks again!

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I somehow glossed over that reference to schedule in the api docs when looking at them earlier

abstract spear Oct 28, 2021, 9:33 PM

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I did the same thing! I think I was expecting subscription_schedule. 😅

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