Create a subscription

POST 
/subscriptions/subscriptions

Create a subscription

Request

Query Parameters

filter string

application/json

Body

data BuildSubscriptionrequired

external_ref ExternalRef (string)

Possible values: <= 2048 characters

A unique attribute that you could use to contain information from another company system, for example. The maximum length is 2048 characters.

account_id UUID (string)required

The unique identifier.

address_id UUID (string)

The unique identifier.

offering_external_ref ExternalRef (string)

Possible values: <= 2048 characters

A unique attribute that you could use to contain information from another company system, for example. The maximum length is 2048 characters.

offering_id UUID (string)

The unique identifier.

plan_id UUID (string)

The unique identifier.

currency CurrencyIdentifier (string)required

Possible values: <= 1024 characters

The three-letter ISO currency code in uppercase.

payment_authority object

oneOf

PaymentAuthorityStripe

type stringrequired

Possible values: [elastic_path_payments_stripe]

The name of the payment gateway facilitating the secure transmission of payment data.

customer_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The unique identifier for a customer.

card_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The unique identifier of the card used to facilitate payment of the subscription. If a card payment fails, you can use the card_id and customer_id attributes to program your front-end implementation to allow your preferred payment service provider to update a subscription with new card details. See Card declines.

PaymentAuthorityAuthorizeNet

type stringrequired

Possible values: [authorize_net]

The name of the payment gateway facilitating the secure transmission of payment data.

payment_profile_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The customer's payment profile id, unique to Authorize.net, used to facilitate payment of the subscription.

customer_profile_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The customer's profile id, unique to Authorize.net, used to facilitate payment of the subscription.

manual_payments ManualPayments (boolean)required

When configured to true, no payment gateway is used and a pending payment is created. See External Payments.

name stringrequired

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

email emailrequired

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

pending boolean

Whether a subscription is pending activation or not. See Creating a pending subscription.

offering OfferingAttributes

external_ref ExternalRef (string)

Possible values: <= 2048 characters

A unique attribute that you could use to contain information from another company system, for example. The maximum length is 2048 characters.

name stringrequired

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The name of the offering.

description string

Possible values: <= 1024 characters

The offering description to display to customers.

products ProductAttributes[]

Possible values: >= 1

Array [

external_ref ExternalRef (string)

Possible values: <= 2048 characters

A unique attribute that you could use to contain information from another company system, for example. The maximum length is 2048 characters.

name stringrequired

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The name of the product.

description string

Possible values: <= 1024 characters

The product or service description to display to customers.

sku string

Possible values: <= 1024 characters

A stock keeping unit for the product, if appropriate.

main_image uri

Possible values: <= 1024 characters

A URL from which an image or file for the product can be fetched. You can either upload your images and files to Commerce using the Commerce Files API or you can use your own content delivery network. If you are using the Commerce Files API, use Create a File to upload your file and return an HREF link in the response. An extensive range of media and file extensions are supported.

price Price

property name* object

The base price.

amount int64required

The value as a whole number of the currency's smallest subdivision.

includes_tax boolean

Indicates whether the amount includes any taxes.

price_units object

The timeframe during which the product price is applicable. For example, for a streaming service, the price is $12.99 and the unit is months and the amount is 1. In other words, the streaming service is available for $12.99 a month. You may want to specify a unit price if you have many products that all have different prices. Rather than having to create separate plans for each product, you can specify the timeframe during which the product price is applicable and then create one plan that determines the billing frequency for those products.

unit stringrequired

Possible values: [day, month]

A unit of time.

amount integerrequired

Possible values: >= 1

The number of days or months the period covers.

]

plans object[]

Possible values: >= 1

selected_plan ExternalRef (string)

Possible values: <= 2048 characters

A unique attribute that you could use to contain information from another company system, for example. The maximum length is 2048 characters.

Responses

201

Success. The subscription is created.

application/json

Schema

Schema

data Subscription

id UUID (string)

The unique identifier.

type SubscriptionType (string)required

Possible values: [subscription]

attributes SubscriptionAttributesrequired

external_ref ExternalRef (string)

Possible values: <= 2048 characters

A unique attribute that you could use to contain information from another company system, for example. The maximum length is 2048 characters.

account_id UUID (string)required

The unique identifier.

address_id UUID (string)

The unique identifier.

offering Offeringrequired

id UUID (string)

The unique identifier.

type SubscriptionOfferingType (string)required

Possible values: [subscription_offering]

attributes OfferingAttributesrequired

external_ref ExternalRef (string)

Possible values: <= 2048 characters

A unique attribute that you could use to contain information from another company system, for example. The maximum length is 2048 characters.

name stringrequired

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The name of the offering.

description string

Possible values: <= 1024 characters

The offering description to display to customers.

updated_at stringrequired

The date and time a resource was updated.

created_at stringrequired

The date and time a resource was created.

relationships Relationships

Relationships are established between different subscription entities. For example, a product and a plan are related to an offering, as both are attached to it.

anyOf

title

meta OfferingMetarequired

external_product_refs string[]required

owner stringrequired

The owner of a resource, either store or organization.

timestamps Timestampsrequired

updated_at stringrequired

The date and time a resource was updated.

created_at stringrequired

The date and time a resource was created.

plan_id UUID (string)required

The unique identifier.

currency CurrencyIdentifier (string)required

Possible values: <= 1024 characters

The three-letter ISO currency code in uppercase.

payment_authority object

oneOf

PaymentAuthorityStripe

type stringrequired

Possible values: [elastic_path_payments_stripe]

The name of the payment gateway facilitating the secure transmission of payment data.

customer_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The unique identifier for a customer.

card_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The unique identifier of the card used to facilitate payment of the subscription. If a card payment fails, you can use the card_id and customer_id attributes to program your front-end implementation to allow your preferred payment service provider to update a subscription with new card details. See Card declines.

PaymentAuthorityAuthorizeNet

type stringrequired

Possible values: [authorize_net]

The name of the payment gateway facilitating the secure transmission of payment data.

payment_profile_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The customer's payment profile id, unique to Authorize.net, used to facilitate payment of the subscription.

customer_profile_id string

Possible values: >= 3 characters and <= 1024 characters

The customer's profile id, unique to Authorize.net, used to facilitate payment of the subscription.

relationships Relationships

Relationships are established between different subscription entities. For example, a product and a plan are related to an offering, as both are attached to it.

anyOf

title

meta SubscriptionMetarequired

owner stringrequired

The owner of a resource, either store or organization.

timestamps Timestampsrequired

updated_at stringrequired

The date and time a resource was updated.

created_at stringrequired

The date and time a resource was created.

canceled_at string

The date and time a subscription was cancelled.

paused_at string

The date and time a subscription was paused.

resumed_at string

The date and time a subscription was resumed.

end_date string

The date and time a subscription will end.

go_live_after string

The date and time a subscription will go live and become active.

go_live string

The date and time a subscription was released from the pending state and made active.

status Status (string)required

Possible values: [active, inactive]

The status of a subscription, either active or inactive.

state SubscriptionState

id UUID (string)

The unique identifier.

type SubscriptionStateType (string)required

Possible values: [subscription_state]

This represents the type of resource object being returned. Always subscription_state.

attributes SubscriptionStateAttributesrequired

action SubscriptionStateAction (string)required

Possible values: [cancel, pause, resume, pending]

The subscription lifecycle is the states that a subscription can go through when a customer subscribes to a service or a product.

A subscription can have the following states; canceled, paused, or resumed.

See Managing the subscription lifecycle.

meta StateMetarequired

created_at stringrequired

The date and time a resource was created.

manual_payments ManualPayments (boolean)required

When configured to true, no payment gateway is used and a pending payment is created. See External Payments.

canceled booleanrequired

Whether a subscription is canceled or not.

paused booleanrequired

Whether a subscription is paused or not.

closed booleanrequired

Whether a subscription is closed or not.

suspended booleanrequired

Whether a subscription is suspended or not.

pending booleanrequired

Whether a subscription is pending activation or not.

invoice_after stringrequired

The time when the subscription becomes eligible for a new invoice. The next invoice will be generated at the next billing run after this point.

Example (from schema)

{
  "data": {
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "type": "subscription",
    "attributes": {
      "external_ref": "abc123",
      "account_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "address_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "offering": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
        "type": "subscription_offering",
        "attributes": {
          "external_ref": "abc123",
          "name": "Magazine",
          "description": "A lovely magazine that is published every month.",
          "updated_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
          "created_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z"
        },
        "relationships": {
          "plans": {
            "links": {
              "related": "/offerings/:offering-id/plans",
              "self": "/offerings/:offering-id"
            },
            "data": {
              "type": "offering-plan",
              "id": "625fe958-7b4b-40a0-a2c0-dbb8f31eec0d"
            }
          }
        },
        "meta": {
          "external_product_refs": [
            "97dddc65-eabd-45d8-b45b-2ece5cfc8c50"
          ],
          "owner": "store",
          "timestamps": {
            "updated_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
            "created_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z"
          }
        }
      },
      "plan_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "currency": "USD",
      "payment_authority": {}
    },
    "relationships": {
      "plans": {
        "links": {
          "related": "/offerings/:offering-id/plans",
          "self": "/offerings/:offering-id"
        },
        "data": {
          "type": "offering-plan",
          "id": "625fe958-7b4b-40a0-a2c0-dbb8f31eec0d"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "owner": "store",
      "timestamps": {
        "updated_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
        "created_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
        "canceled_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
        "paused_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
        "resumed_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
        "end_date": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
        "go_live_after": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z",
        "go_live": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z"
      },
      "status": "active",
      "state": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
        "type": "subscription_state",
        "attributes": {
          "action": "cancel"
        },
        "meta": {
          "created_at": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z"
        }
      },
      "manual_payments": false,
      "canceled": true,
      "paused": true,
      "closed": true,
      "suspended": false,
      "pending": false,
      "invoice_after": "2017-01-10T11:41:19.244842Z"
    }
  }
}

400

Bad request. The request failed validation.

application/json

Schema

Schema

errors Error[]required
Array [
status stringrequired
The HTTP response code of the error.
title stringrequired
A brief summary of the error.
detail string
Optional additional detail about the error.
meta object
Additional supporting meta data for the error.
]

Example (from schema)

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 500,
      "title": "Internal server error",
      "detail": "An internal error has occurred.",
      "meta": {
        "missing_ids": [
          "e7d50bd5-1833-43c0-9848-f9d325b08be8"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

missing-name

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "Validation Error",
      "status": "400",
      "detail": "data.attributes.name: \"name\" is required"
    }
  ]
}

500

Internal server error. There was a system failure in the platform.

application/json

Schema

Schema

errors Error[]required
Array [
status stringrequired
The HTTP response code of the error.
title stringrequired
A brief summary of the error.
detail string
Optional additional detail about the error.
meta object
Additional supporting meta data for the error.
]

Example (from schema)

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 500,
      "title": "Internal server error",
      "detail": "An internal error has occurred.",
      "meta": {
        "missing_ids": [
          "e7d50bd5-1833-43c0-9848-f9d325b08be8"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

internal-server-error

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "Internal Server Error",
      "status": "500"
    }
  ]
}

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