jmaat-subscription | Stripe Developers | Page 1

mellow sapphire Mar 8, 2022, 9:49 AM

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Hi! If you have a trial period, then there's nothing to pay, so there's no PaymentIntent and no associated client_secret.
But you can solve that by looking at the pending_setup_intent of the subscription that also has a client_secret https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-pending_setup_intent

desert galleon Mar 8, 2022, 10:06 AM

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When pending_setup_intent is obtained, how does the client initiate a subscription?

mellow sapphire Mar 8, 2022, 10:10 AM

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What do you mean exactly? You use the client secret on the frontend to collect the payment information, and then confirm the setup intent.

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I guess my first question should have been: why aren't you using Checkout Session to create the subscription? That would be much simpler.

desert galleon Mar 8, 2022, 10:13 AM

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Because our business needs, we need to directly fill in the card information to pay. So JS V3 is used.

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Documentation on JS doesn't seem to be complete

mellow sapphire Mar 8, 2022, 10:24 AM

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I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do. If you create a subscription with a trial, then there's no PaymentIntent. So if you use pending_setup_intent, then you get a SetupIntent (not a PaymentIntent).

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On the frontend you pass the pending_setup_intent.client_secret to the Payment Element in order to collect the payment information. And then you confirm the SetupIntent.

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This way, when the trial ends, the customer will have a payment method set and will be able to pay.

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