mathankumar-plan | Stripe Developers | Page 1

severe beacon Jul 22, 2022, 3:47 AM

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What plan are you referring to exactly?

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 4:05 AM

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I mean subscription plan!

severe beacon Jul 22, 2022, 4:06 AM

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You mean updating the Subscription billing cycle? I am asking because plan is a term used for Plan API vs Price API which is slightly different

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 4:10 AM

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No, not updating the subscription plan, its upgrading (changing plan)!

severe beacon Jul 22, 2022, 4:13 AM

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Yes then the old setup will be discarded. You can easily confirm it by the Upcoming Invoice API

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 4:16 AM

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discarded ?? Okay, that current will be expired?

severe beacon Jul 22, 2022, 4:19 AM

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I meant the previous setup. Not sure if I am following. Could you give a detail example? What subscription id, what change do you make? And what's the expectation?

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 4:42 AM

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for example, I subscribed to one plan and I need to change to another plan so In this scenerio, do I need to cancel that previous subscription plan or expire that current_period_end date from my product?

severe beacon Jul 22, 2022, 4:44 AM

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So, just upgrading would work. Stripe will calculate the proration if any

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You can find detail here: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/update

Stripe API reference – Update 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.

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 4:56 AM

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It's okay but I used usage-based billing with a flat_amount?

severe beacon Jul 22, 2022, 5:01 AM

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So it will be proration between old-new usage-based plan.

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Hmm I am not sure what would be the result. Can you try in test mode?

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 5:05 AM

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No how can try this scenario from my product for example do I send proration_behavior with my next plan?

severe beacon Jul 22, 2022, 5:06 AM

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You simply simulate your use case, no? Create Sub with usage-based + flat fee, then advance the time into middle of billing cycle, then make the change, then observe the result

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If you wish to not do proration at all, you can pass proration_behavior = none and forget all the headache

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I am stepping down but my colleague @idle gazelle will take over!

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 5:07 AM

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okay I will try and let you know !

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but its shows two subscriptions??

idle gazelle Jul 22, 2022, 5:23 AM

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👋 Taking over from Orakaro, catching up now

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Can you share the request ID req_xxx that you update the subscription? Here’s how you can find it: https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 5:26 AM

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Request ID => req_oflae5GghGjiOy

idle gazelle Jul 22, 2022, 5:32 AM

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From this request, you created a new subscription instead of updating one

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Updating a current subscription should use Subscription Update API: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/update

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 5:41 AM

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okay, but I need to change my subscription what I do in this scenario?

idle gazelle Jul 22, 2022, 5:46 AM

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Here's the doc to upgrade or downgrade the subscription: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade

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You'll need to use \Stripe\Subscription::update(...) with the new price ID on the existing LineItem ID, and update proration_behavior accordingly

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 6:31 AM

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yes, it's working, that previous plan invoice will create?

idle gazelle Jul 22, 2022, 7:10 AM

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it should if there's any unpaid balance

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 7:29 AM

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i did not understand from doc for using this code 'id' => $subscription->items->data[0]->id in subscription update, i need good explanation ?

idle gazelle Jul 22, 2022, 7:33 AM

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Stripe supports multiple items (each item contains a price) in a subscription. When you update a subscription, this 'id' => $subscription->items->data[0]->id indicates which Item ID that you would like to update

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 7:37 AM

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okay I understood.

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when a subscription is auto-renowned which contents will be changed like current_period_start,current_period_end?? and also I need to update this change to my database how can I do that?

idle gazelle Jul 22, 2022, 7:53 AM

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When you update a plan, it will still be the same billing cycle and only the field you update will change

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 8:16 AM

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but in auto renowned?

silver pollen Jul 22, 2022, 8:19 AM

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Hi! I'm taking over this thread.

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Can you clarify your question?

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 8:23 AM

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if the customer renewed or auto-renowed what are the column changes happening (like current_period_start, current_period_end) ? and also i need to change that update in my product DB?

silver pollen Jul 22, 2022, 8:24 AM

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So you have a subscription, and you want to know which properties of the subscription will change when it is renewed?

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 8:25 AM

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yes that's my question,which properties i need change my local db?

silver pollen Jul 22, 2022, 8:27 AM

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The three main changes are current_period_end, current_period_start, and latest_invoice.

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which properties i need change my local db?
That's completely up to you.

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 8:35 AM

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okay I use the "customer.subscription.update" webhook to update my local DB? how do I know it's renowned from the webhook data(its shows a general update object)?

silver pollen Jul 22, 2022, 8:36 AM

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When you receive the customer.subscription.update, you can check the status of the subscription to know if it's active, past_due, canceled, unpaid, etc.

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You can learn more about this here: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/overview#subscription-statuses

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 8:40 AM

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yes good, but how can I confirm that's renowned from the update webhook (customer.subscription.update)?. is there any key to check that?

silver pollen Jul 22, 2022, 8:41 AM

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What do you mean by "renvewed"? That the customer paid, or that a new billing cycle started?

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 8:43 AM

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i mean "subscription renowned " that a new billing cycle started

silver pollen Jul 22, 2022, 8:47 AM

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Then you can check that any of these fields changed: current_period_end, current_period_start, and latest_invoice.

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 8:50 AM

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okay, that's good. if I need to change my plan i just use this code \Stripe\Subscription::update(...) but customer upgrade the plan in the Customer portal its also the same process in stripe?

silver pollen Jul 22, 2022, 8:56 AM

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okay, that's good. if I need to change my plan i just use this code \Stripe\Subscription::update(...)
Yes
but customer upgrade the plan in the Customer portal its also the same process in stripe?
what do you mean by "same process"?

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:01 AM

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what do you mean by "same process"?
updating in previous subscription and item id!

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:08 AM

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👋 taking over for my colleague. Let me catch up.

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:09 AM

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Okay I am tired your fourth 😅 bro

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okay, that's good. if I need to change my plan i just use this code \Stripe\Subscription::update(...) but customer upgrade the plan in the Customer portal its also the same process in stripe?

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:10 AM

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unkempt jasper Okay I am tired your fourth 😅 bro

that's the good thing about discord, you get to meet all the team 🙂

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:11 AM

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Yes its fun😇

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:11 AM

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but customer upgrade the plan in the Customer portal its also the same process in stripe?
should be. but could you be more precise the question is a bit vague

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:14 AM

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when customer upgrade their subscription in the customer portal what will happen is that same API process (like... "\Stripe\Subscription::update(...)" )?

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:16 AM

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yes under the hood it is updating the subscription

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:20 AM

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Can I get these changes from webhook (customer.subscription.update) with the change of subscription ID?

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:24 AM

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yes

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:26 AM

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Okay great ! thanks

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:27 AM

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let me know if you need any more help

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:28 AM

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Not now bro...

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one question !

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when update subscription, can i check this keys "current_period_end, current_period_start" in "previous_attributes" => ??

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:33 AM

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I'm pretty sure you can since these values change

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let me double check

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:34 AM

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Okay i am waiting..

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:36 AM

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yes they are present in the case where there's a new cycle

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either through upgrade or normal cycle iteration

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:38 AM

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okay, that's great... I can easily check that to know the action

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:41 AM

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yes 🙂

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let me know if you need any more help

unkempt jasper Jul 22, 2022, 9:49 AM

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OKay bro, i will

vale forge Jul 22, 2022, 9:53 AM

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sorry but I have to ask you to refrain from using gender-specific and familiar language such as bro it's not really appropriate for this channel

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