Welcome to the Stripe Overdue Invoice Cleaner! This handy Python script helps you automatically void those pesky overdue invoices with ease, saving you time and effort.
Voiding invoices is a crucial task for maintaining clean and accurate financial records. Here are some cases where voiding invoices can help:
- Avoiding Confusion: Overdue invoices can clutter your financial records and lead to confusion during audits or bookkeeping.
- Preventing Unintentional Payments: Voiding overdue invoices ensures that customers do not accidentally pay old invoices that are no longer valid.
- Improving Cash Flow Management: By voiding overdue invoices, you can focus on collecting payments for current invoices, thereby improving your cash flow management.
- Maintaining Customer Relations: Clearing up old, unresolved invoices can help maintain a good customer relationship by avoiding disputes over outdated charges.
- Void Overdue Invoices: Automatically voids overdue invoices based on their status and due date.
- Error Handling: Catches and displays errors for smooth execution.
- Easy Setup: Just plug in your Stripe API key and a list of invoice IDs, and you're good to go!
- Python 3.x
- Stripe account with API key
First, you'll need to install the Stripe Python library. Open your terminal and run:
pip install stripe
- Set Up Your API Key: Replace
"your_stripe_secret_key"
with your actual Stripe secret key. - Add Invoice IDs: Populate the
invoice_ids
list with the IDs of the invoices you want to void. - Run the Script: Execute the script in your Python environment.
Here's the script you need.
To run the script, use the following command in your terminal:
python void_invoices.py
If you run into any issues or have questions, feel free to open an issue or reach out via Twitter or LinkedIn.