Create a Stripe subscription with a trial period

domain: stripe.com · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed

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Steps

Create or reuse a Customer (POST /v1/customers)
Attach a default payment method via SetupIntent flow
POST /v1/subscriptions with customer, items[0][price], and trial_period_days
Handle customer.subscription.trial_will_end webhook (fires 3 days before trial ends)

Known gotchas

A trial subscription with no payment method silently cancels at trial end unless trial_settings.end_behavior.missing_payment_method is set
Proration defaults to 'create_prorations' on plan changes — set proration_behavior=none if you bill flat

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