Add reference field in recurring invoicing

Bigbug

Hi
it would be very helpful to add a reference field in recurring invoices to put in the stripe subscription id

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wrongecho

Not sure I follow? When you take a payment you input the reference. If the payment was via integrated Stripe, it puts the Stripe PI ref in for you.

What is the stripe subscription id, and why does a customer need to know it?

Bigbug

wrongecho the subscription ID is the one that starts with sub_

wrongecho

Oh, you're charging clients in Stripe via a subscription?

Bigbug

wrongecho yes

And having the auto-pay feature which would send a receipt (paid invoice) every month automatically would make it more seamless

wrongecho

Bigbug

Is there a reason that can't go in the notes / scope?

If/When automatic payments are added, they would create and charge a new payment intent for a specific amount against a saved card, rather than a subscription. The flow of the data is ITFlow > Stripe > ITFlow in a single

Payments to subscriptions look like they're fully handled on the Stripe side, which probably means we'd have to upload all the invoice items per subscription, somehow keep them in sync and then make automated calls to check if they're paid. The data flow then becomes really separated:

Upload invoice as subscription: ITFlow > Stripe
Subscription charged: ITFlow > Stripe (periodically checks Stripe for payments) or Stripe > ITFlow webhook
Invoice updated: ITFlow > Stripe
Subscription changed on the Stripe side: ???

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I'm sure we'll get round to automatic payments eventually, meaning you won't need subscriptions.