In-App purchase events

Need help
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Is there an In-App purchase event that triggers when a user changes their subscription level; i.e. switches from a Basic to a Pro plan?

I need to make some database changes when this happens. It doesn’t seem to trigger on the Subscription Created trigger…at least not in test. I haven’t tried it in a live build.

My only idea right now is to run a check periodically to see if the subscription changes, then run the workflow.

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I’d personally avoid relying only on a periodic check if there’s any cleaner subscription-status event available, because then you’re constantly asking the app to check something that may not have changed.

What I’d probably do is:

  • keep the user’s current plan/status in the database
  • whenever Bubble/store subscription data updates, compare the new value with the saved one
  • only run the database changes when those two values are different
  • keep a slower periodic check as a fallback, rather than the main trigger
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hey, Bubble has a backend In-app purchase event for this.

it runs when Bubble receives a billing update. use the event type and subscription purchase data to detect the plan change, then run your DB updates.

docs: Bubble IAP events

imo, polling shouldn’t be your main trigger. keep it as a fallback if needed.