#victoria - invoice custom field
chilly ore
Custom fields are a bit tricky in their shape
oh hang on, there are two things here
first, you're trying to set that within metadata -- metadata values can only be strings (not objects)
If you want to set the custom fields you should be updating the custom_fields parameter:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/update#update_invoice-custom_fields
Note that this is an array of hashes with name and value
so you'd need to send:
custom_fields=[{"name": "payment_identifier", "value": "01"}]
or something similar
Or if you do mean to use metadata, then you need to flatten the value to a string
ionic flare
first, you're trying to set that within `metadata` -- metadata values can only b...
oohh right!
ionic flare
so you'd need to send:
```
custom_fields=[{"name": "payment_identifier", "value"...
ok, that makes sense now!
im going to test this way and see if it works
chilly ore
👍
ionic flare
thanks in advance!
chilly ore
NP!
ionic flare
ok, this works! but where can i see this custom field in my stripe dashboard?
chilly ore
Hmm it doesnt appear to be on the invoice page, but you can see it on the invoice pdf:
ionic flare
and how can i get this pdf?
chilly ore
Or you can get the URL in the Invoice object: https://stripe.com/docs/api/invoices/object#invoice_object-invoice_pdf
chilly ore
Great, happy to help 🙂
ionic flare
hey another question!
now im trying to get this payment_identificator from the event response in my webhook method (webhook is working just fine already)
im getting the attribute payment_identificator in the right way?
lunar kernel
HI 👋 I'm stepping in for @chilly ore . What is it you are trying to accomplish here? I don't think customer_fields is a valid parameter on any Stripe objects. Based on the description above you need to reference metadata first.
ionic flare
HI 👋 I'm stepping in for <@837053243242446919> . What is it you are trying to...
i dont think i get it, im trying to use this attribute for invoice object
it is not correct?
lunar kernel
Right, sorry I was thinking Payment Intents. In that case I think your approach will work but I'd advise testing it.
ionic flare
yeah, it works already
lunar kernel
This will fail if the object returned is not an invoice though
ionic flare
now im trying to get this payment_identificator from the event response in my we...
im just having trouble to retrieve this attribute here
lunar kernel
and it looks like you include an event that will return a payment intent
ionic flare
ok, so i saw earlier that if my payment suceeded i will receive a payment intent object on my event, right? and if fail i will receive an invoice object
the payment intent doesnt have an invoice inside? or i get it wrong?
lunar kernel
We identify the object returned in data.object for each of our events. For payment_intent.succeeded in is a Payment Intent. You can review our list of events to see which objet is returned for each of your events.
https://stripe.com/docs/api/events/types#event_types-payment_intent.succeeded
ionic flare
ok, going to test somethings in here, thanks in advance
lunar kernel
But circling back to your earlier question, a Payment Intent that is generated from an Invoice will have an invoice property that contains the ID of the related invoice. You can still access the Invoice custom fields but you would need to make a second API call to retrieve that invoice object first.