#Ajith Selvakumar-webhook-metadata
ember lodge
Hey, what parameter did you pass to set the metadata?
What events are you subscribed to?
ember lodge
Yes, so that metadata parameter will on be set on the Checkout Session object, not the underlying subscription object
You should instead use the subscription_data.metadata parameter: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-subscription_data-metadata
green heron
is this correct? And i need the meta data on all the invoice events
Will this work for that use case?
ember lodge
is this correct? And i need the meta data on all the invoice events
That looks right, yep!
For the invoice.* events, the Subscription object won't be included by default. You'll need to expand that field: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-subscription
ember lodge
You'll need to make an API call to retrieve the Invoice object, passing the expand: ['subscription'] parameter
green heron
Okay do you have any code examples for this
I am not a great developer just 1 year of experience, i am finding it too difficult
ember lodge
With stripe-node?
const invoice = await stripe.invoices.retrieve(
'in_xxx', {
expand: ['subscription']
}
);
Okay in order to get metadata, i need to retrieve the session. Won't i get them in the response body of the webhook where we can get the event.
ember lodge
No, as explained the subscription field on the Invoice object is just the sub_xxx ID. If you need the metadata field from the Subscription object you'll need to expand (using that API call ☝️ ) and it'll be in the response
green heron
is this fine?
ember lodge
Why are you retrieving the Checkout Session?
You should retrieve the Invoice in your webhook that is receiving the invoice.* events
There won't be any Checkout Session context in those event payloads
ember lodge
event.type isn't the parameter you need to pass there. It'll be event.data.object.id
green heron
Fine?
ember lodge
.id
green heron
Oops
ember lodge
Are you testing this webhook code locally via the Stripe CLI?
green heron
Yes i am trying to do so, but it says "No signatures found matching the expected signature for payload"
ember lodge
You need to use the webhook secret whsec_xxx that the CLI prints out
Not the one from the Dashboard
green heron
Yes I gave the secret key from the cli only, still it says that error
ember lodge
My guess is whatever framework/library you're using is manipulating _req.body
The constructEvent function expects the raw request object
green heron
Ohh okay
ember lodge
green heron
Can you assist on checking this webhook with a trigger to setup subscription?
ember lodge
I'm not sure what you mean
green heron
I have the webhook running locally and it will be called while any trigger.
I need to set a trigger to test it. So that i can confirm that we are getting the metadata in the webhook
ember lodge
stripe trigger invoice.paid
green heron
I think first we need to give metadata in some format right?
ember lodge
If you have a pre-existing subscription with the metadata, you can just re-send a related event to the webhook