#oconnor0-checkout-session
boreal wigeon
Hi there 👋 I believe that's correct. Let me double-check
Yup, the balance transaction is created immediately after a charge is successful.
frigid stone
Excellent. Then I have a way to get the information I need when I need it.
I assume later the balance_transaction gets updated with the payout reference?
boreal wigeon
I don't think so. AFAIK each transaction that results in money-movement should have its own associated Balance Transaction. You can see by the type property all the different things that might result in a Balance Transaction being created: https://stripe.com/docs/api/balance_transactions/object#balance_transaction_object-type
frigid stone
Hm, OK, there must be some other connection between the balance_transaction and the payout because when I run stripe balance_transactions list --payout po_1K..., I get the charge and the payout balance transactions listed.
boreal wigeon
Oh, interesting. I didn't realize we allowed payouts to be returned via the Balance Transaction list
If you need to get the Payout from the Balance Transaction, though, I don't think you can do it via a single list API call
What specifically are you trying to do? Do you just want to get Payout information for an associated Balance Transaction?
frigid stone
Well, two different things.
- When a checkout session completes, I want to get the Stripe fee so I can record that.
- When I get a payout, I want to find all the balance transactions in the payout so I can "check them off" in my system.
So the balance transaction not getting updated with the payout doesn't matter since I can list the balance transactions for a given payout.
Which is what I care about.
boreal wigeon
Ah, okay. So it sounds like your set with the above methodologies. Any outstanding questions or concerns?