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# Stripe - Create Invoice
Stripe - Create Invoice component allows to create and email/pay Stripe **Invoice**.
The Invoice creation process has the following steps:
1. Provide a Stripe Customer (can be automatically prepopulated if one of the Customer search attribute is configured). There is an ability to create a new Stripe Customer.
2. Select the Payment Collection method
1. Email invoice to the customer to pay manually - A Draft Invoice will be generated, which can either be manually Emailed to the Customer or [automatically sent](https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/send-email) if this option is enabled in the [Stripe Billing](https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/billing/automatic) settings.
2. Automatically charge a Customer's Payment Method - A Draft Invoice will be created, which will [automatically Charge](https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/automatic-charging) the default Payment Method attached to the Customer or you can also choose another one below from the Customer's Payment Methods.
3. Upon a successfull creation the link to an Invoice in Stripe Dashboard is provided to copy or open in a new browser tab. There is a button appears to Finalize the Draft Invoice and Email/Pay.
Please see the list of the attributes to configure the component:
| Attribute | Description |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Customer Id Field | The API name of the field that contains Stripe Customer Id to search a Stripe Customer |
| Customer Email Field | The API name of the field that contains the customer email to search a Stripe Customer |
| Customer Record Id Field | The API name of the field to find Customers in Stripe by rs\_pay\_recordId to search a Stripe Customer |
| Default Amount Field | The API name of the default Amount field |
| Default Description Field | The API name of the default Description field |
| Target Stripe Id Field | The API name of the field to store Stripe Invoice Id |
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