Laravel Cashier (Stripe): You must provide at least one recurring price in subscription mode when using prices. while trying both subscription and one-time charge

[devhoussam1998]

I have a product in Stripe with multiple prices, some recurring and a one-time price. (eg. $10/month, $100/year, $1,000 one-time)

For the recurring prices I use $request->user()->newSubscription() with stripe_product, and stripe_price it works well but when I try to handle the one-time price I get this error:

You must provide at least one recurring price in subscription mode when using prices.

What is the correct way to handle a recurring and one-time charges.

SubscriptionCheckoutController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\SubscriptionPlan;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class SubscriptionCheckoutController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle the incoming request.
     */
    public function __invoke(Request $request, string $priceId)
    {
        // Find the subscription plan by the given price ID
        $plan = SubscriptionPlan::where('stripe_price', $priceId)->firstOrFail();

        // Create a new subscription builder for the user
        $subscriptionBuilder = $request->user()->newSubscription($plan->stripe_product, $plan->stripe_price);

        // Set trial days if they exist
        if ($plan->trial_days !== null) {
            $subscriptionBuilder->trialDays($plan->trial_days);
        }

        // Allow promotion codes if enabled
        if ($plan->allow_promotion_codes) {
            $subscriptionBuilder->allowPromotionCodes();
        }

        // Perform checkout with specified URLs
        return $subscriptionBuilder->checkout([
            'success_url' => route('success-url'),
            'cancel_url' => route('cancel-url'),
        ]);
    }
}

[joy2362]

are you want to achive with one time payment is it something like life time payment ? correct me if i'm wrong

[devhoussam1998]

Thanks @joy2362 i will give it a try now and let you know

[joy2362]

1st option?

[devhoussam1998]

@joy2362 I try to update the price from stripe dashboard in Billing period I use custom but I get the error message:

Billing period must be between 1 day and 3 years

[joy2362]

sorry about that here is the full conversion that i made with stripe

[devhoussam1998]

so the idea is to create One-off price from stripe dashboard I already do that.
next i check the laravel cashier docs exactly in Single Charges

I made this example but I get this error message once a user logged in with no subscription and try to select lifetime price.

Error Exception is:

You must provide at least one recurring price in subscription mode when using prices.

SubscriptionCheckoutController.php

class SubscriptionCheckoutController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle the incoming request.
     */
    public function __invoke(Request $request, string $priceId)
    {
        // Find the subscription plan by the given price ID
        $plan = SubscriptionPlan::where('stripe_price', $priceId)->firstOrFail();

        if ($plan->periodicity_type !== PeriodicityType::Forever) {
            // Create a new subscription builder for the user
            $subscriptionBuilder = $request->user()->newSubscription($plan->stripe_product, $plan->stripe_price);

            // Set trial days if they exist
            if ($plan->trial_days !== null) {
                $subscriptionBuilder->trialDays($plan->trial_days);
            }

            // Allow promotion codes if enabled
            if ($plan->allow_promotion_codes) {
                $subscriptionBuilder->allowPromotionCodes();
            }

            // Handle successful subscription
            return $subscriptionBuilder->checkout([
                'success_url' => route('home'),
                'cancel_url' => route('billing'),
            ]);
        } else {
            // Handle one-time payment for "Forever" plan
            if ($plan->periodicity_type === PeriodicityType::Forever) {
                // Skip subscription creation and directly charge the user
                $singleCharge = $request->user()->charge(
                    $plan->price,
                    $request->paymentMethodId
                );

                // Handle successful charge
                return redirect()->route('home');
            }
        }
    }
}