One-liner

This tutorial video demonstrates how to add a new subscription for a customer in Stripe using the Integromat platform, which necessitates navigating the Stripe API documentation and making specific API calls.

Synopsis

Getting Started with Integromat and Stripe

The video begins by highlighting the various modules available in Integromat for Stripe, such as updating prices and creating invoices. The presenter, Dominic Laynette, sets an objective to demonstrate how to add a new subscription for a customer on Stripe via Integromat.

Fetching Customer Information

The first step involves using the 'Search Customers' module in Integromat to fetch the customer's details for whom the subscription will be added. The customer ID from this search is essential for the subsequent API call.

Setting Up the API Call

Dominic explains the process of setting up a connection to the Stripe API, including how to make a test connection. With the connection established, he guides viewers through the Stripe API documentation to understand the information required by Stripe to create a subscription. The following components are used:

The HTTP POST method
The endpoint URL for creating subscriptions
The necessary parameters in the API body, such as the customer ID and the product price ID (not the actual product price, but the API ID related to the specific product).

Executing the Subscription Creation

After setting up the necessary parameters, Dominic executes the API call by sending the request through Integromat. The process is slow but eventually successful, and the response from Stripe confirms that the new subscription has been added to the customer's account.

Reviewing in Stripe

To validate the operation, Dominic navigates to the Stripe dashboard and locates the customer to verify the added subscription. The video concludes with the subscription successfully added and a prompt to support Dominic’s content creation through “buy me a coffee” contributions.

Key quotes

"One thing that's sadly missing so far is how do I add a new subscription to one of my customers."
"You probably want to fetch the customers first so you can use the search customers module."
"We can see here that the module in Integromat is basically expecting it from this part here so we can remove all of that so just this remains."

Make it stick

"Adding a Stripe subscription via Integromat is like baking a cake – gather your ingredients (customer ID and price ID), follow the recipe (API documentation), and watch it rise (execute and verify the API call)."
"Using Integromat for API tasks: Connect, Construct, Call, and Confirm!"
"Remember: In Stripe's API, the 'price' actually refers to the price object that includes product details, not just the numerical cost."

Talking points

I was surprised that creating a subscription isn't a pre-built module in Integromat but requires a customized API call.
What are your thoughts on using Integromat to integrate with APIs for automations? Have you tried it before?
Did you know that in Stripe, the 'price' is actually an identifier for products, which includes pricing and product information

This summary contains AI-generated information and may have important inaccuracies or omissions.

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