kratos6753-subscription schedule

[fossil orchid]

👋 happy to help

you can always start by creating a subscription and then create a subscription schedule from that https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/create#create_subscription_schedule-from_subscription

or you could simply use the default_settings https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/create#create_subscription_schedule-default_settings

it's really up to you

[rough quartz]

ok, what is the benefit of creating a schedule then? Can I create future dated subscription using create subscription api?

[fossil orchid]

subscription schedules is meant to be used to describe a more complicated with subscriptions that uses different plans/prices inn each phase

Can I create future dated subscription using create subscription api?
yes you can

but it would be another subscription

for each phase

which is sometimes not the desired result

[rough quartz]

Ok. What I'm thinking for my use case is. Create a schedule with creates subscription on future date, whenever subscription is created, I would listen for that event and then update subscription to have payment behavior to default_incomplete. So, it will be incomplete until my first invoice payment happens. How does it sound? Basically, I want to associate active status with current billing paid.

Also, please let me know the difference between default_incomplete vs allow_incomplete ---> these are payment_behavior options. When to use what?

[topaz cave]

This is highlighted in the API reference: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-payment_behavior

I would listen for that event and then update subscription to have payment behavior to default_incomplete. So, it will be incomplete until my first invoice payment happens
Not sure if that would work as the initial invoice will already have been generated. You should try testing it!

[rough quartz]

Ok, will test it.