kado-kaelan-subscription-trial

[mental stone]

Where are you trying to access that client secret?

[brazen slate]

subscription.latest_invoice.payment_intent.client_secret,

this worked before i added trial_period

I looked in the subscription object and couldnt find it anywhere. may have missed it though

[mental stone]

If you have a trial there is no payment due immediately, so there is no payment intent on the trial invoice.

Instead, the subscription should have a pending_setup_intent with a client_secret you can use with confirmCardSetup

[brazen slate]

got it, so instead of using confirmCardPayment I use confirmCardSetup. and will charging the card be taken care of on your side? or do I have to set up a webhook

[mental stone]

You'll need to set the default payment method, either for the subscription or the customer invoice settings: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscription?ui=elements#default-payment-method

like that, but based on the successful setup intent

you can do this by listening to webhooks, or from the response from confrimCardSetup. We recommend webhooks, but it's up to you.

[brazen slate]

gotcha thanks! let me give this a try

I see this

thats the client_secret?

[mental stone]

That's the setup intent -- when you create the subscription you can expand it like you're doing wiht the invoice & payment intent

https://stripe.com/docs/api/expanding_objects
expand[]=pending_setup_intent

[brazen slate]

ahhhh got it!

[mental stone]

Are you all set here, or need more help?

[brazen slate]

I've gotten to the point where a customer is created, subscription is created with trial and associated with customer, card payment is collected

now they will be billed at end of trial correct? unless they cancel

and those two actions can be handled with webhooks?

[mental stone]

assuming you set the default payment method, then yes

(note there is always the chance they hit an extra 3ds authentication and you'll need a recovery flow for that)

and those two actions can be handled with webhooks?

which tow actions, specifically?

[brazen slate]

subscription cancellation and the user payment confirmation

[mental stone]

Gotcha. The cancellation has a webhook, yes: customer.subscription.deleted https://stripe.com/docs/api/events/types#event_types-customer.subscription.deleted
and you can use Stripes automatic help for invoice payment recovery: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/automatic-collection
but if you need to manage payment authentication yourself: invoice.payment_action_required (or payment_failed) https://stripe.com/docs/api/events/types#event_types-invoice.payment_action_required

[brazen slate]

Awesome, thanks for all the help. AMAZING service! I'm going to set the default payment method, look into 3d authentication, and webhooks

[mental stone]

You're very welcome! Glad I was able to help 🙂