jstawski - API Invoice | Stripe Developers | Page 1

frozen geode Mar 25, 2022, 4:39 PM

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You need to create line items and the invoice in separate API calls. It's up to you whether you create the items first or the invoice first

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 4:40 PM

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how do I make sure the Invoice is in draft mode?

frozen geode Mar 25, 2022, 4:43 PM

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When you first create an invoice it is in Draft mode by default. If you run into an issue where it auto-advances you can set auto_advance to false

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https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-auto_advance

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 4:44 PM

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perfect, thanks

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will try it

frozen geode Mar 25, 2022, 4:45 PM

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Sure thing 🙂

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 5:26 PM

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so i'm creating the invoice first, but i'm getting the exception: "Stripe.StripeException: Nothing to invoice for customer"

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Invoice Create Options have AutoAdvance = false

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and a Customer

sage venture Mar 25, 2022, 5:31 PM

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Hello! You need to set pending_items_invoice_behavior to exclude to create an empty Invoice with the API: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-pending_invoice_items_behavior

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 5:34 PM

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testing now

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worked! thanks

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 5:54 PM

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almost there

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I now get, "This property cannot be expanded (PaymentIntent)."

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after trying to Pay an invoice

sage venture Mar 25, 2022, 5:54 PM

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Can you give me the request ID showing that error? Here's how you can find a request ID: https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 5:55 PM

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anyway I can review a log on the dashboard?

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I don't have the request available anymore

sage venture Mar 25, 2022, 5:56 PM

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Yeah, if you go into the Developer section of the Dashboard you'll find Logs there.

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 5:56 PM

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found it

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req_ofCwezWoGQAnY5

sage venture Mar 25, 2022, 5:57 PM

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Ah, okay, so PaymentIntent is not a valid value for expansion. Try payment_intent instead.

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The API reference shows you the property names on objects you can expand: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-payment_intent

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 5:58 PM

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trying...

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and it worked

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thank you!

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 6:47 PM

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Does paying the invoice generate a receipt/invoice email automatically?

sage venture Mar 25, 2022, 6:53 PM

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If you have Stripe configured to do that, yes.

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

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it didn't do it on test mode

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is that expected?

sage venture Mar 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

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That's expected, we do not send emails in test mode.

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 7:05 PM

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ok, good to know

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the settings within the portal says "Email finalized invoices to customers"

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I am not finalizing, instead i'm paying... in other words I'm using the Pay API

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I assume it is the same thing

silver gull Mar 25, 2022, 7:13 PM

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Those are two seperate things but test mode won't send emails for either.

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Finalizing an invoice is when the invoice moves from a draft state to an open state where your users can pay it

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Paying the invoice is, well, paying the invoice

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Test mode mostly does not send emails. Are you just confirming that this is the expected behavior? Or are you trying to see something about this email.

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 7:18 PM

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I want to make sure that in production, when my system automatically pays for the invoice (through stripe API), the customer will receive an email to the email on file

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I create a draft invoice
I add Invoice Items to the Invoice
I pay the invoice

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Will the customer receive an email with a receipt/invoice if we do the above?

silver gull Mar 25, 2022, 7:19 PM

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Yes, an email will be sent when that happens in production https://stripe.com/docs/receipts#receipts-with-billing

rough plume Mar 25, 2022, 7:19 PM

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when I say "I Pay the invoice" I mean the code calls PayInvoice

silver gull Mar 25, 2022, 7:19 PM

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Sadly the email itself is not testable in test mode right now

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Slight correction: that email will be sent in production as long as you have "email customers for successful payments" turned on in your email receipt settings https://dashboard.stripe.com/account/emails

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