Joe A - charges-error | Stripe Developers | Page 1

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:30 PM

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Hi! I'm taking a look right now

wheat iris Dec 10, 2021, 6:31 PM

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Thanks!

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I can provide the real customer id, I didn't post it here

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:33 PM

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Can I get the request ID for this request to /v1/chargs?

wheat iris Dec 10, 2021, 6:33 PM

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req_LxyqioNaHyjurB

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:34 PM

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Thanks!

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Okay so the issue is the /v1/charges API is looking for an account ID acct_ not a customer ID.

wheat iris Dec 10, 2021, 6:37 PM

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Okay, would that be a stripe account?

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Like, my own stripe account?

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:39 PM

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Well it looks like you are using destination charges so you're collecting on behalf of someone. It would be the account ID of that someone.

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Here are the docs for destination charges: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges

wheat iris Dec 10, 2021, 6:40 PM

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Okay, I see. This is a test environment. Do you know if there's a test account_id I can use?

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Never mind, I found the information on creating connected accounts. I believe that's the route I want to go down. Feel free to correct me otherwise, I'll attempt this. Thank you so much!

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:44 PM

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What are you trying to build (in general)?

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Connect is a powerful but complicated system and we want to make sure you are using the right products for your business.

wheat iris Dec 10, 2021, 6:46 PM

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My company uses the v1/charge endpoint to handle customer-to-customer transactions. I'm just testing our code

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I am trying to hit the endpoint we use in postman, and our repo is poorly documented so I wasn't sure what account id meant

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:47 PM

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Okay so you have some customers who are paying other customers?

wheat iris Dec 10, 2021, 6:47 PM

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Yes

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:49 PM

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Okay so here's a good overview of Stripe Connect: https://stripe.com/docs/connect

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Secondly I want to strongly recommend you avoid the Charges API and instead utilize our Payment Intents API: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-intents

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It is much more robust with better handling of authentication, retries, and other useful workflows

wheat iris Dec 10, 2021, 6:51 PM

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I will make the suggestion I am a lowly junior dev lol

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I know we intend to move away from our current payment handling. I really appreciate your help though.

soft kiln Dec 10, 2021, 6:52 PM

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Well hopefully you can suggest these alternatives, seem exceptionally smart, and avoid a lot of technical debt on your end.

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