Integration

Tier works by orchestrating the management of your existing Stripe account, according to a model defined in your pricing.json configuration, and provides commands that can be used to manage schedules and report usage.
As everything is mapped into Stripe objects with unobtrusive metadata conventions, you may of course always use features of Stripe as you see fit. This guide will help show how to get the most out of Tier as a single source of truth in your PriceOps architecture.
Defining a Model
Create a pricing.json file or define a model in the Model Builder, and push it to Stripe using the tier push command.
Tier Org IDs vs Stripe Customer IDs
Tier is designed to work with the identifiers that you already have for your customers and features, rather than requiring you to track multiple identifying strings which can get out of sync.
However, when interfacing with Stripe directly (for example, to collect payment information using Stripe.elements and SetupIntent objects), you will need the Stripe customer ID.
You can get this from the tier whois command, or at run time using the whois() method from a Tier SDK.
Tier org IDs are always prefixed with org:.
Feature Identifiers
Each feature of your application is referenced by an identifer that starts with feature: defined in your pricing model.
Creating a Customer
Use the tier subscribe command to provide an org ID and a versioned plan identifier. At run-time, use the subscribe() method in the Tier SDK.
This creates their Schedule in Stripe, and enables reporting usage of features.
Checking for Feature Entitlement
In order to determine if a customer has access to a given feature, use the tier limits command, or the limits() or can() method provided by a Tier SDK.
Note that the used amount may be higher than the limit amount! Depending on your circumstances, you may wish to allow customers to exceed their plan limits, or cut off their access to a given feature immediately.
Reporting Feature Consumption
When a user consumes some amount of a feature, record the usage in Stripe using the tier report command, or report() method provided by a Tier SDK.
Note that this should be done using the feature identifier in your model. Tier will attach the usage to whichever price object in Stripe corresponds the specific customer's subscription.

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