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whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:48 PM

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👋 happy to help

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 2:49 PM

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Thanks! I guess the question boils down to "how do i confirm payment of a subscription using an existing payment method?"

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:49 PM

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is your subscription's collection_method set to automatically_charge?

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 2:49 PM

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let me see

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:50 PM

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do you have the subscription id? or the request id of the subscription creation? here's how you can find it https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

Finding the ID for an API Request : Stripe: Help & Support

Find help and support for Stripe. Our support center provides answers on all types of situations, including account information, charges and refunds, and subscriptions information. Get your questions answered and find international support for Stripe.

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 2:50 PM

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Yeah subscription is set to the default charge_automatically

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And yes i do have the subscription id

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:52 PM

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would be great if you could share it please

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 2:52 PM

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oh i'm sorry, i'm just in my test environment

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:53 PM

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when the subscription is set to automatically charge the payment method, there's no need for you to confirm the payment intent

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:53 PM

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olive cliff oh i'm sorry, i'm just in my test environment

I don't see the issue

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 2:54 PM

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Oh interesting. The subscription integration guide at this link says I should confirm payment
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscriptions?ui=elements#collect-payment

Build a subscriptions integration

Create and manage subscriptions to accept recurring payments.

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Use stripe.confirmPayment to complete the payment using details from the Payment Element and activate the subscription. This creates a PaymentMethod and confirms the incomplete Subscription’s first PaymentIntent, causing a charge to be made. If Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is required for the payment, the Payment Element handles the authentication process before confirming the PaymentIntent.

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:58 PM

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this is in the case where you're not passing a default_payment_method

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 2:58 PM

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i see! thank you!

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 2:59 PM

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basically for paying an invoice we look for the following defaults, in the following order, and use the first one we come across (as long as it’s compatible with the Subscription/Invoice):

The Invoice’s default_payment_method
The Invoice’s default_source
The Subscription’s default_payment_method
The Subscription’s default_source
The Customer’s invoice_settings.default_payment_method
The Customer’s default_source

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if none of those are set, then you could get the latest_invoice.payment_intent.client_secret and pass it to the Stripe Elements on the front-end to gather the payment info

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so when you create the Subscription you can expand on latest_invoice.payment_intent to get the client_secret

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 3:01 PM

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Got it. Great summary, thank you

whole sage Jul 20, 2022, 3:01 PM

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last thing to add

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when you do so, you can use this param https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-payment_settings-save_default_payment_method to tell the payment_intent that once the payment_method is gather to be saved on_subcription

Stripe API reference – Create a subscription – curl

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

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and this will make the upcoming invoices use that same payment method

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I think I covered it all now 🙈

olive cliff Jul 20, 2022, 3:04 PM

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ok perfect. I appreciate the help

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