set tracked item upon subscription update

amit weinblum's Avatar

amit weinblum

03 Jan, 2018 05:30 PM

Hi,
our paying subscriptions are all configured to be billed immediately when updated.
there is a tracked item with configured overage that i sometimes want to set when updating to a paying subscription.
my problem is that the subscription update API doesn't support setting tracked item like create Customer API does.
I can't set the item before the subscription update because i don't have the user's credit card details yet.
if i set the item after the subscription update, it only affects the next invoice (only next month),
can this be done in a single invoice?

thanks,
Amit

  1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Meghan Turner on 04 Jan, 2018 04:47 PM

    Meghan Turner's Avatar

    Hi Amit,

    Yes, you can use the changeBillDate param to give yourself time to set the item before the first invoice on the new plan transacts. The changeBIllDate param in the customers/edit-subscription call will override the pricing plan settings, so even if the customer is subscribing to a plan that bills on signup, you could set the customers fist bill on their new plan to run sometime (minutes or even days) after the plan change and make a follow-up /customers/add-item-quantity/ call to update the pending invoice before it runs.

    Hope that helps, Amit, but let me know if I can answer any follow-up questions!

    Meghan

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