#bruno - subscription prorate
noble berry
Okay so you want to issue a refund rather than a credit note?
And you cannot delete the draft invoice like so?
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/delete
gaunt zenith
No, that's a subscription invoice.
The API is returning this message "You can't delete invoices created by subscriptions"
Yes, I want to issue a refund, not a credit to customer's balance.
noble berry
Can you try marking it as uncollectible?
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/mark_uncollectible
gaunt zenith
So, that invoice is in "draft" status. When I try to "mark it uncollectible", I'm getting this error "You can only pass in open invoices. This invoice isn't open".
So, I try to get the invoice to "open" status by finalizing it, but then it automatically moves to "paid" status...
gaunt zenith
Ok
noble berry
You want to cancel the sub and refund the user. You do not want to use the default flow provided by subscriptions.
gaunt zenith
Yes, that's right.
noble berry
You can preview the invoice that would be generated with those changes, use the prorated amount to generate the refund, then cancel the sub without proration and avoid the credit invoice
noble berry
Here's the info on canceling the sub:
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/cancel?dashboard-or-api=api
And when you make this API request, you can pass in the changes to the subscription and see the invoice it would generate.
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/upcoming
noble berry
Happy to help 🙂