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white sonnet May 23, 2022, 5:24 PM

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Hi there

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Are you hitting an error when attempting to remove it?

dense trench May 23, 2022, 5:25 PM

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I have tried setting it to "null" which returns "Invalid decimal:"
I have tried undefined, which does nothing to the application_fee_percent, it stays the same as it was before

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I tried 0 but it doesn’t actually remove the %fee

white sonnet May 23, 2022, 5:27 PM

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Hmm give me a moment to dig

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Sorry, server is busy. Still looking into this!

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 5:42 PM

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@dense trench taking over here. Give me a few minutes to test this on my end

dense trench May 23, 2022, 5:42 PM

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Thanks!

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 5:52 PM

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@dense trench are you using transfer_data.amount_percent or application_fee_percent?

dense trench May 23, 2022, 5:53 PM

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I am actually trying to migrate away from transfer_data.amount_percent to use applicatoin_fee_percent

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Because you can only have one of either application_fee_percent or transfer_data.amount_percent I am trying to unset the transfer_data before I then set the transfer_data.destination again and then set the application_fee_percent.

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But I cannot do this.. because if an application_fee_percent already exists, you cannot unset the transfer_data. Which basically puts me in a chicken and egg problem..

so.. I think I am going to have to do a "get" on the subscription FIRST before any of this and see which it has set, remove transfer destination if application fee isn't set, and then set it.

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 5:54 PM

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Ahhhh okay. What language are you using?

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And what API version are you on?

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I was able to unset it using an empty string. Can you try that and see if it works?

dense trench May 23, 2022, 6:00 PM

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javascript/node

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2020-08-27

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 6:01 PM

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I was able to unset it using an empty string. Can you try that and see if it works?
This should unset the value for you

dense trench May 23, 2022, 6:01 PM

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ah i didn't try a string bc it is a number. I'll check

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 6:02 PM

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You have to pass the empty string into transfer_data, not transfer_data.amount_percent

dense trench May 23, 2022, 6:02 PM

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oh yeah I got that part.

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 6:04 PM

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Apologies, I just saw this

But I cannot do this.. because if an application_fee_percent already exists, you cannot unset the transfer_data. Which basically puts me in a chicken and egg problem..

dense trench May 23, 2022, 6:04 PM

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the next weird part is when I try and do the same logic (e.g. unset transfer_data completly then set it with just the destination, and add an application fee) on a subscriptoin that already has an application_fee_percent set, it fails bc you cannot unset transfer_data if there is an applicatoin_fee_percent

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 6:05 PM

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Let me dig a bit more

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So this is definitely a limitation of the API. IMO you should be able to unset application_fee_percent and update the destination account, but right now (even if you set it to 0%), the API disallows it. I can reach out to the product team to request they update it, but in the meantime are you able to recreate the Subscriptions instead?

dense trench May 23, 2022, 6:17 PM

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i suppose I could recreate it -- all of this is currently in dev enviorment. trying to figure out the right way to migrate over to application_fee.
I think for now, I'll just do a get on the subscription and check if application_fee_percent is set, if it is, I'll just update it, if it isn't I'll unset the transfer_data, and then set it all like I want.

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Thanks for the help on this!

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(I do agree however, not being able to unset something kind of breaks the API model)

gleaming sinew May 23, 2022, 6:18 PM

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Alright awesome! Let me know if you run into any other snags

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