#Aditya-invoicing
coral ridge
Hi there, creating an invoice requires at least one invoice item, the item can be an existing or ad-hoc.
near wing
I see that it’s possible on the stripe dashboard - https://www.loom.com/share/3df71b9193c9480c9a70165ada542a60
coral ridge
This video shows the way to create a draft invoice object, and you will need to call invoiceItems.create API to add items to the draft invoice https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoiceitems/create?lang=node
near wing
Yeah. I want to reverse it a little bit and create invoice(draft) without invoice items first. As it happens in the dashboard.
coral ridge
Sure, that's totally possible.
near wing
Can you help out with that, because I’m getting an error while creating a draft invoice which doesn’t have invoice items, “Nothing to invoice for customer”
coral ridge
Sure thing, can you give me invoice ID?
near wing
I can give you a customer id, because the invoice didn’t get created.
Customer id: cus_L1O8znGBXqukmi
coral ridge
OK, give me a sec, let me read the logs
From this log, the invoice object is created successfully https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/logs/req_oeVLOqgSpk8vfR
near wing
Hey jack this seems to be some other invoice, because the customer is not the same as I shared.
coral ridge
Can you send me the request ID then?
near wing
I tried again, it gave me this error, although I’m not able to see it in the logs (Request req_XNGNHyu7LIXHSG) No upcoming invoices for customer: cus_L1OC0UKknM8WZc>>
coral ridge
Can you find the request to create an invoice object for customer cus_L1O8znGBXqukmi ?
near wing
I can’t seem to find it in the logs. I’m using stripe connect for each request.
The stripe account I’m using is - acct_1JzunAQ7Vcs0maxV
coral ridge
Hmm, if you don't have the log, where did you see the “Nothing to invoice for customer” error message?
near wing
The error comes in response to the failed invoice creation request.
coral ridge
Can you send me the request ID of that request?
near wing
Yeah sure, here you go - req_XNGNHyu7LIXHSG
coral ridge
Thanks, btw this request is to preview the upcoming invoice, not create a new invoice.
Btw, I'd like to make a correction. You need to have pending invoice items before creating an invoice. As per the doc mentions -> Returns the invoice object if there are pending invoice items to invoice. Returns an error if there are no pending invoice items or if the customer ID provided is invalid.
In another words, you need to use /v1/invoiceItems to create pending invoice items, and then use /v1/invoices to create a draft invoice, not the other way around.
near wing
Ah, okay. I was unsure if this happens that’s why this was the first thing I asked. No worries. Thanks for the help.
Is it possible that you help out with one more thing, I’m unable to view many of the recent stripe api requests in the logs.
req_XNGNHyu7LIXHSG like this one.
coral ridge
What's the problem with this request?
near wing
Unable to search for it in the logs for “req_XNGNHyu7LIXHSG”
coral ridge
You can find this request in the Connected account's log instead of your (Platform) logs
near wing
Okay. Thanks jack got it.