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tim gNew Member
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Do I need to store data in a database

I am writing an app with the choice to subscribe to premium features on a monthly or yearly basis. I’ve been wondering if I need to store webhook data that comes from revenuecat into my database. What would be the benefit of this? I thought that the revenuecat API (i.e. javascript API) lets us see if a user (i.e. alex@mywebsite.com) is subscribed to our iOS/Android/Stripe app. Maybe I’m missing the point somewhere here. If I did store the data in a SQL db, how would the schema be best designed?  I see @ryan from RevenueCat replied to a similar post but I’m not 100% sure how to implement this best. I see the /subscriber endpoint docs mention a subscriber object, entitlement object, subscription object, non-subscription object, subscriber attribute object - would I want SQL tables for each of these?

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FirstlogicHelper
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webhook event when changing plans

Hi, I received  BILLING_ISSUE and CANCELLATION webhook event when I changed our subscription plan in the Manage Subscription page on iOS. (I changed my plan from monthly to yearly)‘cancel_reason’ in CANCELLATION webhook  is ‘UNKNOWN’.I received a PRODUCT_CHANGE webhook 1 minute after CANCELLATION Why are these webhooks being sent? I'm testing in a sandbox environment.

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Hiren GujaratiNew Member
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how to export CSV transactions data from one account and import to new account?

We are migrating from application created in Account A to application created in Account B. So need to export data from application created in Account A and import it in Account B. Exporting customers data does not have all required fields as below:app_user_id receipt (the raw receipt file) product_id price introductory_price (if not a free trial) currencyWe need to do export data from Account A and need to import in Account B for one specific reason.In 2019, Apple introduced Mac catalyst but at that time no way to unlock app by purchasing in app purchase from iOS. So we integrated RevenueCat and it done really nice job. Both iOS and Mac app has different bundle id and both have different in app purchases. Purchasing on one platform will unlock features on another. As we migrating from one account to another account, it might be like if user don’t update on other platform it might lock user’s unlocked feature as it will not get chance to sync receipts to new account. So better is to im

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HansNew Member
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GDPR export of user data

Hi,We have received a GDPR request from a user for insight into their data, and as such we also need to provide them with the data sent to RevenueCat about them.What tool in RevenueCat will allow me to export all data about a user?GreetingsHans

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sharif
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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saiwai_acountNew Member
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user can not buy subscription on iOS

I was build an appplication by Flutter, when I release it to Android it is run well, when I put it to TestFlight it also run well,but when I release it to appstore(iOS) it will load subscriptions list fail.what am I missed? help me! my Application name 「幸いな人」

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Chang LeeNew Member
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Entitlement Status is Always Showing Active

Dear Community,My application was working fine for a couple weeks.  That is, the following codes would fetch the entitlement status.  However, since April 4, 2022, the customer entitlement .isActive kept returning true even when I don’t have a subscription.  Please help.  Thanks. View Model      @Published var allAccess = false        init () {        Purchases.shared.getCustomerInfo { (customerInfo, error) in            //check customerInfo parameter for active entitlement            if customerInfo?.entitlements[Constants.entitlementIdentifier]?.isActive == true {              // Unlock that great "pro" content                self.allAccess = true            }        }    } Louis

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LydiaMember
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introPrice.periodNumberOfUnits returning 7 on iOS

Hi there,We have started seeing a really weird issue on our production app since about mid April where sometimes the offering data is returning 7 under the introPrice.periodNumberOfUnits value for ios. As far as I understand it is impossible to get a 7 for this value from the app store because Apple only offer certain distinct introductory offers as shown in the screenshot I sent. Currently for the product being displayed it should be a 1 week free trial and some of the time it is returning 1 as expected but sometimes it returns 7. This started happening after no changes on our side suddenly about in the middle of April (according to our data). I was wondering if your team has been making any changes around this as we just dispplay the value that we get from Revenuecat SDK, we don’t fiddle with it or hardcode any values.Thanks,Lyia

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FirstlogicHelper
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What happens to the grace period for BILLING_ISSUE?

Hi, I'm testing in the Play Store sandbox environment.When I receive a BILLING_ISSUE webhook, its expires_date and grace_period_expires_date is 2 weeks later. (The grace period is set to 2 weeks on  on the Play Store)However, I receive an EXPIRATION webhook 15 minutes after BILLING_ISSUE. Is this a sandbox specific issue? Or am I configured incorrectly?I want to receive the webhook after the end of the grace period. Thanks

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ryan
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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UlanNew Member
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Transferring app to another App Store account

Hi. There are other posts about transferring apps, but they don’t have enough details and don’t answer my questions.I’m going to transfer my app to another App Store account and I’ll have access to it as a developer or even as an Admin. When should be a new App Specific Shared Secret created? How can I update the Shared Secret? What else should I do?Could you provide me with step by step guide? Thank you.  

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ryan
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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Joshua SardinhaNew Member
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Flutter - Consumable Purchase Validation on Server

Our Flutter app has subscriptions and consumables that are wired through RevenueCat.For this specific new feature, after a consumable purchase, some entries must be updated on the server-side. We do have endpoints to inform the back-end that a purchase was made, however, this purchase needs to be validated in the server so that malicious users won't abuse that endpoint.I found another thread with a similar issue, mostly described in this comment. We do have differences, however, which are that we need to send specific parameters (related to the purchase) to that endpoint and also that the Client must see the results with little to no delay, so using webhooks does not look like a good solution.We require some sort of purchase/transaction ID that is received by the client right after the purchase and that can be sent to the server for validation. What would be the best way to achieve this?Thank you in advance.

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ryan
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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MohitNew Member
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Cancellation done directly from app store & play store are not getting updated even after receiving S2S notifications.

Hello,We have set up our apps perfectly with RevenueCat and are currently testing in the SANDBOX mode.A customer purchases an in-app subscription from the app andAfter sometime cancels it directly from the app store / play store. Re-subscribes it directly it from the appstore.In both the cases revenue cat is informed by S2S notifications but still these events are not updated in revenue cat.Are we missing something? How do we do this?? 

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ryan
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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ParkNew Member
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the difference between 'total revenue' and 'proceeds'

Hello,I have a question.What is the difference between ‘total revenue’ and ‘proceeds’ in the revue chart?Why are there so many differences between the two? Thank you.

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Nic DeaneMember
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SwiftUI syncPurchases

Hi all, I could not find much information regarding syncPurchases in SwiftUI.I am releasing a big upgrade to my app and have changed my RC SDK from V3 to V4 to take advantage of StoreKit2To make the transition smooth I wish to sync my users purchases and am doing so via my AppNameApp.swift file .onAppear method.is calling Purchases.shared.syncPurchases {} on the first launch of my upgraded version sufficient for this? Thanks so much

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David KrebsHelper
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Subscriber get returning a 401

When I test the /subscribers/{app_user_id} endpoint on the API reference page using my public key, I get a 200 response.However, when I run the same code from my Node cloud function, I consistently get back a 401.Any ideas as to why this is? 

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Mauricio José de LimaNew Member
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Android Java example removed?

Error 404 When I try to access the sample using android java

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cody
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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FocusedAppsMember
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User sees only 1 of 2 subscription prices, how to get approval on App Store

I’m submitting an update that add subscriptions. We offer full price, and sale price. A user only sees 1 at a time, controlled by our logic. So when Apple tests, they will only see full price.Do you have any advice how to get Apple to approve? I’m concerned that they will reject the subscription at the sale price that they won’t be able to see in the app. (This is an app that already has many approved IAPs.)Do I need to submit with 1 of the subscription IAPs, get approval, and then submit again with the other subscription IAP? (I can control server side which price point they see.)thanksMark J

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NicoNew Member
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Subscription gone after uninstalling the app?

Hi,If Ive an auto-renewable subscription and uninstall the app. after reinstalling again the sheet to subscribe pops up. Is that correct? And if you assumed again click on subscribe that the money isnt debited?And when Im testing, the subscription of my app isnt displayed in the Apple ID under Subscription. Is this all correct and is this only due to testing?

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cody
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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Emanuel DellsénNew Member
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Bulk purchases support

Hello RevenueCat community!I work in a company where we are integrating RevenueCat in our React Native application. I have a scenario where a user are able to buy a monthly subscription, but also several products. At the moment a user adds items (can be consumables or subscriptions) in a cart and then does a checkout. This flow results in us looping over all items in the cart and using PurchasePackage(package) for each individual item in the cart, this flow causes one popup (on iOS) per item which in a UX world is quite annoying. My question is: Is there a way to do some kind of a bulk purchase so that the user only has to accept on the pop-up once instead of “times equal to products in cart”?Best regards,Emanuel

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cody
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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AnhNew Member
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Handle subscriptions with external accounts?

I’m building an iOS app with a backend providing user accounts. Not sure what the best practice to integrate it. Each user is supposed to have an active subscription (with a free trial in the beginning). I set this up in App Store Connect. The backend includes a webhook that is triggered by RevenueCat. When anything happens, I refresh the latest customer info and update the User table. In the iOS app, I use the RC API to retrieve the customer info and active subscriptions. I set the Transfer behavior to Block to make sure one subscription is good for one user account only. Whenever the user logs in, I updated the RC id with the proper user id. Do I miss something? How to properly handle Restore purchase?

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cody
RevenueCat Staff
1 month ago
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CodyRHelper
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Getting Invalid Product Identifiers

I’m running on a real device connected to Xcode, and I’m getting this error when first launching my app:Invalid Product Identifiers - (    "rw_beta_elite_19_1m_2w0",    "rw_beta_elite_99_1y_2w0")2021-09-05 17:43:04.367091-0400 Rewire Beta[29316:9415860] [Purchases] - DEBUG: ℹ️ 2 completion handlers waiting on products2021-09-05 17:43:04.367210-0400 Rewire Beta[29316:9415594] [Purchases] - WARN: 🍎‼️ Could not find SKProduct for (    "rw_beta_elite_99_1y_2w0",    "rw_beta_elite_19_1m_2w0")There is a problem with your configuration in App Store Connect. I’ve verified that my identifiers match up to what’s in App Store Connect:https://share.getcloudapp.com/04uxEz42 I’ve also verified API key is correct, iTunesConnect App-Specific Shared Secret is correct, etc. Made sure the in-app purchase capability it enabled in Xcode for my target. Any ideas?

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PeterNew Member
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Stripe payment issue leads to cancellation? And missing payment success events?

Hi, I have a very similar issue to  However, my issue is with Stripe, not Apple, so I created a new post. This user https://app.revenuecat.com/activity/4f1862c1/event/3f78f0bd-5bed-4de8-8772-8e4be182707d had a billing issue and cancellation on 2/1. While on Stripe, they had several more events and no cancellation event.payment failed on 2/1. This matches with revcat payment failed again on 2/8. Not found in revcat payment succeeded on 2/12. Not found in revcatNo cancellation event is found in Stripe. Can you clarify if there was an error on Revcat’s side, or if this is intended behavior? If it’s intended, what’s the recommended way to handle this scenario?

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Matteo GobbiNew Member
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Same user subscribing from multiple platforms

Hello everybody, How is handled the case where a user subscribe from platform A (i.e. iOS) and then login and subscribe from platform B (i.e. Android)? There’s any check we should do or recommendation we should consider to avoid that the same user subscribe and pay twice from 2 different platforms? Thank you.

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ZakMember
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Sharing subscriptions between existing app and new app

I have an existing app (“Cameras”) with a subscription product and lifetime product that share the same entitlement. I’m creating a new app (“Lenses”) and I want to share subscriptions between them, but not lifetime purchases. I believe I can do this without having to make a new entitlement, and just checking the allPurchasedProductIdentifiers. For example, here’s what it might look like in the Cameras app:Purchases.shared.getCustomerInfo { (purchaserInfo, error) in    if let allProducts = purchaserInfo?.allPurchasedProductIdentifiers {        if allProducts.contains("com.grayhour.cameras.lifetimeaccess") {            // lifetime access to Cameras was purchased at some point            unlockContent = true        } else if allProducts.contains("com.grayhour.cameras.monthlysubscription") && purchaserInfo?.entitlements["Full Access"]?.isActive == true {            // subscription access to Cameras was purchased and is still active            unlockContent = true        } else if

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RDivNew Member
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[Purchases] - WARN: Empty Product titles are not supported.

Here goes - first question!My SwiftUI app being built in Xcode and using purchases set up from WeatherUI example is returning the below error message despite reading the product identifiers correctly -[Purchases] - WARN: ⚠️ Empty Product titles are not supported.I therefore get no products displayed in the PackageCellView Any ideas? How do I set Product title? Where do I set Product title?Very confused.

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kevincarbonNew Member
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Best way to introduce a cross platform offer code affiliate program?

We are playing with the idea of introducing an affiliate program that revolves around using offer codes to track purchases. Very much in the same way that you see podcasts doing it by telling their listeners to enter code “PODCAST” to get 10% off, which in turn allows the company to track sales and measure campaign performance. I know that iOS and Android both have offer codes, but I think this type of thing would require a more custom solution. Has anyone done this before? I know we could easily build our own system that generates codes, and let users enter a code in the app, which we verify, then display alternate pricing and tag the user with the offer code. But then we have to figure out the best way to track sales, retention, life time value, refunds, etc. to determine how to pay affiliates. Would we be able to utilize any of the integrations for this purpose? Has anyone done this in combination with a promotional service like https://www.talon.one/?Any insight here would be appre

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