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rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 10:55 AM

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Hey, you'd check the currency field on the Customer object: https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers/object#customer_object-currency

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tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 11:19 AM

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Working, thanks.
Another question : how to allow the user to see his non-subscription payment history from the billing portal ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 11:23 AM

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It doesn't support one-time payments right now. Just invoices

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 11:25 AM

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In that case, how to generate a checkout session for an invoice ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 11:26 AM

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You mean by passing a specific Invoice object ID?

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 11:26 AM

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Yes

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 11:27 AM

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You can't, you'd just the hosted page: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/hosted-invoice-page

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tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 11:27 AM

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Yes, but that one doesn't have a return URL

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 11:43 AM

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Yeah that's not supported right now I'm afraid

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 12:50 PM

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If the customer doesn't pay, we need the invoice auto-increment not to be incremented

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Or, how to generate an invoice after a checkout session is complete ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 12:55 PM

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tardy holly If the customer doesn't pay, we need the invoice auto-increment not to be increm...

You mean the sequential numbering? https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/customize#invoice-numbering-schemes

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rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 12:55 PM

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tardy holly Or, how to generate an invoice *after* a checkout session is complete ?

Well you'd use the API! But not sure why you'd need to do that?

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 12:59 PM

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In France, an invoice is only supposed to be generated once the customer has paid. No invoice must be generated if the customer did not pay.

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 1:01 PM

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Got it. I guess you'd do that via the API then mark it paid out-of-band

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 1:03 PM

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So how to generate an invoice from a checkout session ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 1:04 PM

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There's no direct way. I guess you'd listen for checkout.session.completed event and then create an Invoice via the API and mark it as paid

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 1:08 PM

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create an Invoice via the API and mark it as paid
How to do that ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 1:10 PM

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Create: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/create
Pay: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/pay (be sure to pass paid_out_of_band)

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tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 1:11 PM

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What to put in collection_method so it does nothing at all ?

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Where to put the items ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 1:12 PM

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Please read this doc which outlines the API integration path: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/integration

Integrate with the Invoicing API

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tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 1:15 PM

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You can send an email to your customer (send_invoice) or charge them automatically (charge_automatically).
How to do nothing ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 1:19 PM

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you can't – but don't they want an invoice?

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 1:20 PM

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Yes, but only once it's marked as paid.

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We don't want the customer to receive an e-mail saying they must pay an invoice that they already paid.

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 1:22 PM

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Not sure that's possible currently

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It's a bit of an edge case

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Why can you not just use invoicing?

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Without having to involve Checkout?

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 1:23 PM

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rough anchor Why can you not just use invoicing?

Because an invoice would be generated even if the customer aborts.

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Could the email be overriden for a specific invoice so that it tries to send it to a non-existing address ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 1:43 PM

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No, it's just taken from the Customer object

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 1:44 PM

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~~What about receipts ? Can those be generated manually from a checkout session ?~~
Forget it, my boss says it's legally not enough

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 2:07 PM

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Could a manually created invoice be kept as draft, therefore, not having an invoice number ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 2:08 PM

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Hmm, is that true? I thought the number was added on creation

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 2:11 PM

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Is what's before -DRAFT based on the auto-increment ?

rough anchor Dec 13, 2021, 2:15 PM

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I'm not 100% sure, easy enough for you to test

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 2:37 PM

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When a customer receives an email to pay an invoice, can he void it ?

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Or, when he visits the customer portal ?

charred venture Dec 13, 2021, 3:12 PM

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Hi there 👋 apologies for the delay, I'm pretty sure this isn't possible.

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 3:26 PM

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If I change a customer's email address to a non-existing email address before creating an invoice, then restore it once marked as paid, will it prevent the customer to receive an email asking him to pay ?

charred venture Dec 13, 2021, 3:32 PM

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Hm, can you help me understand what you're trying to accomplish?

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 3:51 PM

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charred venture Hm, can you help me understand what you're trying to accomplish?

Ultimately, I am trying to create an invoice only after a one-time payment is complete. That's it.
I tried :

After a successfull checkout session, create an invoice and mark it as paid. But, it sends an email to the customer asking him to pay.
Create an invoice, then redirect the customer to the hosted invoice payment page. But, the invoice cannot be deleted if the customer aborts, and there is no way to redirect the customer back to the app.

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So, I also tried option 1 but with a customer patch before creating the invoice to change the email to a non-existing one, then restore it to the real one after. But, the invoice displays the non-existing email in the PDF, which is even worse.

charred venture Dec 13, 2021, 3:58 PM

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You can try setting collection_method to charge_automatically and auto_advance to false to avoid the emails asking for payment. Our invoices are part of the money collection flow, so you'll need to try suppressing a large chunk of our functionality in order to use our invoices as a receipt. It might be easier for you to just retrieve information from the transaction and then build the invoice yourself on your end.

tardy holly Dec 13, 2021, 4:10 PM

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You can try setting collection_method to charge_automatically and auto_advance to false to avoid the emails asking for payment
How can I make sure it will work since emails are never sent in test mode ?
use our invoices as a receipt
The thing is, in France, an invoice is a legal document that a company needs for accounting purposes, while a receipt is not enough.

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Can the response from GET /v1/checkout/sessions/:id/line_items include product metadata ?

charred venture Dec 13, 2021, 4:33 PM

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You'll need to use our expansion functionality to expand the line_items , if you do then yes you should be able to see their metadata:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/expanding_objects

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