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Sylar
Sylar

Reputation: 12072

You cannot use a Stripe token more than once

I cannot seem to charge a card then create a customer on the fly in Rails 4.

def charge
 token = params[:stripeToken] # can only be used once.
 begin
  charge = Stripe::Charge.create(
    :amount => 5000,
    :currency => "gbp",
    :source => token,
    :description => "Example charge"
  )
 rescue Stripe::CardError => e
  # The card has been declined
 end

 if current_user.stripeid == nil
  customer = Stripe::Customer.create(card: token, ...)
  current_user.stripeid = customer.id
  current_user.save
 end
end

I have looked at this but there is no such thing as token.id as token is just a String.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3965

Answers (1)

Anthony E
Anthony E

Reputation: 11235

It looks like you're using the token in two locations:

charge = Stripe::Charge.create(
    :amount => 5000,
    :currency => "gbp",
    :source => token,
    :description => "Example charge"
  )

And also here:

customer = Stripe::Customer.create(card: token, ...)

In fact, creating a Stripe charge from a token should also create a customer along with the card, if it didn't already exist. Your step of creating a customer is unnecessary. Therefore, just fetch the Stripe customer from the source:

current_user.update_attribute(:stripeid, charge.source.customer)

Relevant Stripe documentation: https://stripe.com/docs/api/ruby#create_charge

EDIT

If you want to have more control over the charge process, create each object independently:

customer = Stripe::Customer.create(
  description: "Example customer",
  email: current_user.email
)

card = customer.sources.create(
  source: "<stripe token>"
  customer: customer.id
)

Stripe::Charge.create(
  amount: 5000,
  currency: "gbp",
  source: card.id,
  customer: customer.id
)

Upvotes: 0

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