#wannalearn-ids
little dew
hi! That seems sensible enough, customer IDs cus_xxx are the unique identifier in Stripe so it makes sense to use those. (multiple customers can have the same email in Stripe)
small hemlock
hi! That seems sensible enough, customer IDs cus_xxx are the unique identifier i...
can't I just use the same one for each discord ID?
each discord ID is basically a person
as it never changes
little dew
not sure really, I don't completely follow what you're trying to do
a Customer is someone who pays you on Stripe; traditionally the flow is
- customer visits your site
- they pay for your service and you create a cus_xxx Customer for them and associate the payment with that
- in your database you save the Stripe cus_xxx in your "users" table and mark them as 'paid' which gives them access to your product
that's the high-level traditional way of doing online payments
small hemlock
not sure really, I don't completely follow what you're trying to do
can I dm you as I don't want to tell publicly what I am trying to build?
little dew
this is a public support channel, sorry
ultimately you don't have to tell me
just let me know what the specific problem you have with the Stripe API is and I can try to help
small hemlock
alright
simple question then
will there be any issues if my DB looked like this:
{
"_id": 306037627675607041,
"stripe_cus_id": "cus_abcdefg"
}
so that every time 306037627675607041 wants to make a purchase, an invoice with cus_abcdefg as customer id gets sent to him?
little dew
seems reasonable I think
assuming this Discord user is the same person and you want that same person to be charged each time
small hemlock
correct