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alex______: there is no pattern, so yeah chances are pretty slim. that said it doesn't sound like a very good idea to have a publicly available field to issue API requests

@ywain okay i see, how would i be able to have the user cancel a subscription?

@ywain, here is html: http://paste.ofcode.org/iaqja49cnMR9Lxs9fccpi5 and here is stripe.php: http://paste.ofcode.org/WNKy59EuCCBEwDgrtCjgpS

@ywain atm i am phrasing the sub id through hyperlink as a var and canceling it from there

@ywain, cat you tell me where is the mistake?

alex______: you should store the customer ID and maybe the sub ID in your database

eXalleR-: looking in a minute

@ywain i have already done that

@ywain but i am confused as to how would i setup the script to cancel the subscription

alex______: so if you have the sub ID, why do you need the user to enter it?

ywain: thanks for the answer, the link you posted is very helpful, especially that this formula isn't that simple :) The soultion should work, however it'll not be possible to display the fee to a custmer before they decide to pay, right?

@ywain what im doing atm is phrasing the sub id through hyperlink for example, cancel.php?id=sub_2342432423

@ywain and on cancel.php i am canceling the sub with the id in the link

dysk_: well when you know the total (before the fee), you could use the formula to compute the fee and display it to your customer

alex______: I think it'd be preferable to use session variables and look up the sub ID from your database without relying on GET or POST parameters

hey guys I am having a tough time figuring out how to add the product id and count to the charge so the correct info gets sent in the invoice. Im looking at the docs and I see the amount field but not product?

@ywain but then i run into the trouble of a user having multiple sub ids

@ywain how would i know which one to cancel if i am looking at the sub id from their session id

nm I found it lol

alex______: you'd retrieve the list of sub IDs from your database, maybe retrieve the sub objects from Stripe and display a list to choose from to your customer

@ywain yeah that would add extra menus

@ywain you think it would be a problem if i phrase the sub id through hyperlink as a var?

oh wait no I didnt, that was the product object..still need help with that please.

alex______: I'm not saying it'd be less work, just that it'd be (potentially) more secure

ivanthemeh: with you in a minute

@ywain alr thank you

hi ivanthemeh. what are you trying to do exactly?

ywain: ok, but before I calculate the fee I need to know the card details (credit or debit, domestic or international, visa or mastercard etc.) to apply correct calculation rules. To have this info I need to submit card details to Stripe and get response. But this happens after payment for is submitted so there is no time to display the fee before creating a charge. I can only show it to the customer afterwards.

right now I have it set to send a total amount to stripe and charge it, what I want to do is separate the items and amounts of those items and send that info in a invoice/recipt

receipt

dysk_: right. so what you can do is collect the card information with Stripe.js / Checkout, then on your server, retrieve the token object (https://stripe.com/docs/api#retrieve_token) where you can look up the card's brand and other information you need to compute the fee, and display the total to your user before actually creating the charge

ivanthemeh: so what you need to do is 1. create an invoice: https://stripe.com/docs/api#create_invoice, 2. add items to this invoice: https://stripe.com/docs/api#create_invoiceitem, 3. pay the invoice: https://stripe.com/docs/api#pay_invoice

@ywain so using this method I would not use create a charge correct?

ivanthemeh: correct, the charge would be automatically created for you when you issue the "pay invoice" call

ywain thank you, now I got it. I need to split my payment process and detach submitting card details from making a charge. It will result with an addtional step where I present the final amount and ask a customer to confirm the charge

dysk_: exactly

@ywain where do I add the product id?

ivanthemeh: product as in a product object? https://stripe.com/docs/api#product_object

@ywain I see that but Im not seeing in the invoice object where to add the products?

ivanthemeh: no, i'm asking you, when you're talking about product ID, is that what you're referring to? or are you talking about an ID in your own database

Im going to create products in the dashboard and use the id in my site and eventually create products from the site

does stripe have someone I can talk to on the phone?

Angel_: we don't provide phone support yet unfortunately

ivanthemeh: "products" as in product objets are part of the Relay API: https://stripe.com/docs/relay

ivanthemeh: so you'd need to create products, SKUs, and orders as explained in the doc I just linked. not using invoices as I said earlier

@ywain ok so this is going to be a whole different process then, not using checkout?

ok thanks. I just have a few questions and its sometimes harder to try to explain this way. My first one would be does Stripe have a mobile app - iOS and Android that our church attendees would be downloading to access this and a widget we can add to our website?

Hello, Can anyone from Stripe clarify a question on Virtual Currency prohibition ?

Angel_: I recommend you look into third party integrations, some of them probably offer the features you're looking for: https://stripe.com/docs/integrations#fundraising

ok thanks - if I've started putting info into the test dashboard, how do I delete it?

Angel_: there's "Delete all test data" button in the settings: https://dashboard.stripe.com/account/data. or you can leave it as is, it's not going to have any ill effects :)

ivanthemeh: okay, in that case, I recommend you don't bother with products and use invoices + items as I described earlier

what about my bank account info - it didn't delete that

@ywain I was missing where to add the items to the invoice, I am going to have to use an array because there will be multiple items with unique quantities.

Angel_: it's not possible to remove the bank info. you can close the account if you're worried about this (there's a "Close this account" button on the same page that I linked earlier)

ivanthemeh: an "invoice item" is just a line on the invoice. you could create an item with a description of "3 x My awesome product" and the correct amount for 3 of your awesome product :)

thanks for your help!

Angel_: you're very welcome! :)

ywain: thanks alot Im gonna work on this till I get it going today. Is there no way to test invoices other than going live and spending the minimum?

ivanthemeh: you can test invoices in test mode. the email won't be sent but in your dashboard there's a "preview receipt" link that shows you what the email would look like

ywain: ok great!

Stripe ftw!

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you guys really are SUPER helpful in here , Im hope your business thrives!

Well... so do I ;) and thanks, your appreciation means a lot!

Hi all

anyone available for chat?

hi IgorP, what's up?

Hi

I am having issues with building Stripe litest framework with xCode 7.1

I am getting error Stripe.framework/Stripe(STPCardValidator.o)' was built without full bitcode.

IgorP: I don't have much experience with Xcode unfortunately, but I know that there are cache issues with our SDK sometimes. Can you try creating a new project and importing our SDK again?

yes, but I deleted all cache related to project

but I can try that also

IgorP: https://github.com/stripe/stripe-ios/issues/234...

HI Stripe! A very quick question, let say I receive some money from Alice CC, Now that alice did her things, I want to give this money to BOB's bank account one other of my customer. is that possible on stripe even if bob never made a CC paiment?

pyweb: You would need to make Bob a Stripe account, and tell Stripe that Alice's charge is meant for Bob

Cool, is it working in canada?

yes https://stripe.com/docs/connect/managed-accounts

tnx Markin

Thank you! Finaly, I will not pay out bob before quite some time after Alice paid with her CC. is it still possible?

the maximum you could hold it would be 30 days

ok that may work! so it is impossible to take my business money and send it to bob simulating a more than 30 day holding?

like a payout of some sort

Not using Stripe, you could potentially do it outside of Stripe though there may be some legal implications with doing so

ok thank you Markin!<

So sissleandblake was looking into some api_errors, and it looks like it was partially fixed but I can reproducibly cause them req_7GBM240wRhBK6g

hey markin! thanks, I'll let her know

thanks, it looks like I can do lists up to 10 now, but anything beyond that throws the error