0. create a customer 1. retrieve selected plan 2. charge a customer ISSUE: 1. Stripe charges twice the user with ±3 seconds delay between the charges 2. The second charge' token isn't not displayed on the web server logs

customerPaysPlanWithStripe.js

    app.post('/stripeGotoStep02', function (req, res) {

        var transaction = req.body;

        var newCustomer = {
            email: transaction.stripeCustomer.email,
            plan: transaction.selectedStripePlan.id,
            card: transaction.stripeToken,
            description: transaction.stripeCustomer.email,

            metadata: {
                myTxUniqueID: 'to generate a transaction.myTxUniqueID ',
                stripeShippingName: transaction.stripeShippingName,
                stripeShippingAddressLine1: transaction.stripeShippingAddressLine1,
                stripeShippingAddressZip: transaction.stripeShippingAddressZip,
                stripeShippingAddressCity: transaction.stripeShippingAddressCity,
                stripeShippingAddressState: transaction.stripeShippingAddressState,
                stripeShippingAddressCountry: transaction.stripeShippingAddressCountry
            }

        };


        stripe.customers.create(newCustomer, function (err, customer) {
            if (err) {
                res.render('stripe-error.html', {
                    error: 'stripe.customers.create: ' + err,
                    obj: newCustomer,
                    objName: 'newCustomer'
                });
                return;
            }
            else {

                //retrieve the plan details
                stripe.plans.retrieve(transaction.selectedStripePlan.id, function (err, plan) {
                    if (err) {
                        res.render('stripe-error.html', {
                            error: 'stripe.plans.retrieve: ' + err,
                            obj: transaction.selectedStripePlan,
                            objName: 'transaction.selectedStripePlan'
                        });
                        return;
                    }
                    else {
                        // set the charge
                        var newCharge =
                        {
                            amount: transaction.selectedStripePlan.amount * transaction.selectedStripePlanQuantity,
                            currency: transaction.selectedStripePlan.currency,
                            customer: customer.id 
                        };

                        stripe.charges.create(newCharge,
                            function (err, charge) {
                                if (err) {
                                    res.render('stripe-error.html', {
                                        error: 'ERROR: stripe.charges.create: ' + err,
                                        obj: newCharge,
                                        objName: 'newCharge'
                                    });
                                    return;
                                }
                                else {
                                    res.render('stripe-payment-step99-done.html', {
                                            stripeToken: req.body.stripeToken,
                                            stripeEmail: req.body.stripeEmail,
                                            stripeTransaction: transaction,
                                            stripeCustomer: customer,
                                            selectedStripePlanDetails: plan,
                                            charge: charge
                                        }
                                    );
                                    return;
                                }
                            }
                        );
                    }
                });
            }
        });
    });