API Test Keys

Create a Subscription

POST

/v1/subscriptions

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Use this endpoint to create a Subscription.

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Curl

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1curl -u [YOUR_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_KEY_SECRET] \
2-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/subscriptions \
3-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
4-d '{
5   "plan_id":"plan_00000000000001",
6   "total_count":6,
7   "quantity":1,
8   "customer_notify": true,
9   "start_at":1773461489,
10   "expire_by":1773547889,
11   "addons":[
12      {
13         "item":{
14            "name":"Delivery charges",
15            "amount":3000,
16            "currency":""
17         }
18      }
19   ],
20   "notes":{
21      "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
22      "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
23   }
24}'

Success

Failure

1{
2  "id": "sub_00000000000001",
3  "entity": "subscription",
4  "plan_id": "plan_00000000000001",
5  "customer_email": null,
6  "status": "created",
7  "current_start": null,
8  "current_end": null,
9  "ended_at": null,
10  "quantity": 1,
11  "notes": {
12      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
13      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
14  },
15  "charge_at": 1773461489,
16  "start_at": 1773461489,
17  "end_at": 1776450600,
18  "auth_attempts": 0,
19  "total_count": 6,
20  "paid_count": 0,
21  "customer_notify": true,
22  "created_at": 1773394958,
23  "expire_by": 1773547889,
24  "short_url": "https://rzp.io/rzp/Dqdqx3h",
25  "has_scheduled_changes": false,
26  "change_scheduled_at": null,
27  "source": "api",
28  "remaining_count": 6
29}

Request Parameters

plan_id

string

The unique identifier of a plan that should be linked to the Subscription. For example, plan_00000000000001.

total_count

integer

The number of billing cycles for which the customer should be charged. For example, if a customer is buying a 1-year subscription billed on a bi-monthly basis, this value should be 6.

quantity

integer

The number of times the customer should be charged the plan amount per invoice. For example, a customer subscribes to use software. The charges are $100 /month/license. The customer wants 5 licenses. You should pass 5 as the quantity. The customer is charged $500 (5 x $100) monthly. By default, this value is set to 1.

start_at

integer

Unix timestamp that indicates from when the Subscription should start. If not passed, the Subscription starts immediately after the authorisation payment. For example, 1581013800. For Subscriptions with a future start_date, frequency is considered as_presented.

expire_by

integer

Unix timestamp that indicates till when the customer can make the authorisation payment. For example, 1581013800. The default value is 30 years. Do not pass any value if you do not want to set an expiry date.

customer_notify

boolean

Indicates whether the communication to the customer would be handled by businesses or Razorpay. Possible values:

true (default): Communication handled by Razorpay.
false: Communication handled by businesses.

addons

object

Array that contains details of any upfront amount you want to collect as part of the authorisation transaction.

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offer_id

string

The unique identifier of the offer that is linked to the Subscription. You can obtain this from the Dashboard. For example, offer_JHD834hjbxzhd38d.

notes

object

Notes you can enter for the contact for future reference. This is a key-value pair. You can enter a maximum of 15 key-value pairs. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

Response Parameters

id

string

The unique identifier of the subscription created. For example, sub_00000000000001.

entity

string

The entity being created. Here, it will be subscription.

plan_id

string

The unique identifier for a plan that is linked to the created subscription. For example, plan_00000000000001.

customer_id

string

The unique identifier of the customer linked to the subscription. This is populated automatically once the customer completes the authorisation transaction. For example, cust_00000000000001.

status

string

Status of the subscription. Refer to the

life cycle section

for more details. Possible values:

created
authenticated
active
pending
halted
cancelled
completed
expired

current_start

integer

Unix timestamp. The start time of the current billing cycle of the subscription. For example, 1581013800.

current_end

integer

Unix timestamp. The end time of the current billing cycle of the subscription. For example, 1581013800.

ended_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription was completed or was cancelled. For example, 1581013800.

quantity

integer

The number of times the plan should be linked to the subscription. For example, if the plan is $100/user/month and the customer has 5 users, you should pass 5 as the quantity to have the customer charged $500 (5 x $100) monthly. By default, this value is set to 1.

notes

object

Notes you can enter for the contact for future reference. This is a key-value pair. You can enter a maximum of 15 key-value pairs. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

charge_at

integer

Unix timestamp. This indicates when the next charge on the subscription should be made. For example, 1581013800.

offer_id

string

The unique identifier of the offer that should be linked to the subscription. For example, offer_JHD834hjbxzhd38d.

start_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription should start. If not passed, the subscription starts immediately after the authorisation payment. For example, 1581013800.

end_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription should end. For example, 1581013800.

auth_attempts

integer

The number of times that the charge for the current billing cycle has been attempted on the card. For example, 2.

total_count

integer

The number of billing cycles for which the customer should be charged. For example, 2. We support subscriptions for a maximum duration of 100 years. The number of billing cycles depends if the subscription is daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.

paid_count

integer

This indicates the number of billing cycles for which the customer has already been charged. For example, 2.

customer_notify

boolean

Indicates whether the communication to the customer would be handled by businesses or Razorpay.

true: Communication handled by Razorpay. Defaults to true.
false: Communication handled by businesses.

created_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription was created. For example, 1581013800.

expire_by

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, till when the customer can make the authorisation payment. For example, 1581013800.

short_url

string

URL that can be used to make the authorisation payment. For example, https://rzp.io/i/PWtAiEo.

has_scheduled_changes

boolean

Indicates if the subscription has any scheduled changes. Possible values:

true: Subscription has scheduled changes.
false: Subscription does not have scheduled changes.

schedule_change_at

string

Represents when the subscription should be updated. Possible values:

now (default): Updates the subscription immediately.
cycle_end: Updates the subscription at the end of the current billing cycle.

remaining_count

integer

This indicates the number of billing cycles remaining on the subscription. For example, 2.

Errors

The requested URL was not found on the server.

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when the Subscriptions feature is not enabled.

Solution

The id provided does not exist

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when passing an incorrect plan_id.

Solution

Offer Not Found

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when you are linking an invalid/expired offer to a Subscription.

Solution

Offer not applicable for this Subscription

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when you are linking/passing an offer_id to a Subscription on which the offer doesn't apply.

Solution

The plan id field is required.

Error Status: 400

The plan_id was not included in the request body.

Solution

The plan id must be 19 characters.

Error Status: 400

The value passed for plan_id is not 19 characters long (the expected plan_<14 alphanumeric chars> format).

Solution

The plan id must be at least 14 characters.

Error Status: 400

The value passed for plan_id is shorter than the minimum-id payload length. Returned for short or malformed plan ids.

Solution

The total count field is required when end at is not present.

Error Status: 400

Neither total_count nor end_at was included in the request body. At least one is required to bound the subscription.

Solution

The total count must be at least 1.

Error Status: 400

total_count was passed as 0 or a negative value.

Solution

The total count must be an integer.

Error Status: 400

A non-integer value was passed for total_count.

Solution

The quantity must be at least 1.

Error Status: 400

quantity was passed as 0 or a negative value.

Solution

start_at cannot be lesser than the current time.

Error Status: 400

start_at is set to a past UNIX timestamp.

Solution

The customer notify field must be true or false.

Error Status: 400

A non-boolean value (for example a string like "maybe") was passed for customer_notify.

Solution

{any extra field} is/are not required and should not be sent.

Error Status: 400

The request body contains fields that are not part of the Subscriptions API schema.

Solution

Create a Subscription

POST

/v1/subscriptions

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Use this endpoint to create a Subscription.

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Request Parameters

plan_id

string

The unique identifier of a plan that should be linked to the Subscription. For example, plan_00000000000001.

total_count

integer

The number of billing cycles for which the customer should be charged. For example, if a customer is buying a 1-year subscription billed on a bi-monthly basis, this value should be 6.

quantity

integer

start_at

integer

expire_by

integer

customer_notify

boolean

Indicates whether the communication to the customer would be handled by businesses or Razorpay. Possible values:

true (default): Communication handled by Razorpay.
false: Communication handled by businesses.

addons

object

Array that contains details of any upfront amount you want to collect as part of the authorisation transaction.

Show child parameters (1)

offer_id

string

The unique identifier of the offer that is linked to the Subscription. You can obtain this from the Dashboard. For example, offer_JHD834hjbxzhd38d.

notes

object

Notes you can enter for the contact for future reference. This is a key-value pair. You can enter a maximum of 15 key-value pairs. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

Response Parameters

id

string

The unique identifier of the subscription created. For example, sub_00000000000001.

entity

string

The entity being created. Here, it will be subscription.

plan_id

string

The unique identifier for a plan that is linked to the created subscription. For example, plan_00000000000001.

customer_id

string

The unique identifier of the customer linked to the subscription. This is populated automatically once the customer completes the authorisation transaction. For example, cust_00000000000001.

status

string

Status of the subscription. Refer to the

life cycle section

for more details. Possible values:

created
authenticated
active
pending
halted
cancelled
completed
expired

current_start

integer

Unix timestamp. The start time of the current billing cycle of the subscription. For example, 1581013800.

current_end

integer

Unix timestamp. The end time of the current billing cycle of the subscription. For example, 1581013800.

ended_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription was completed or was cancelled. For example, 1581013800.

quantity

integer

notes

object

Notes you can enter for the contact for future reference. This is a key-value pair. You can enter a maximum of 15 key-value pairs. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

charge_at

integer

Unix timestamp. This indicates when the next charge on the subscription should be made. For example, 1581013800.

offer_id

string

The unique identifier of the offer that should be linked to the subscription. For example, offer_JHD834hjbxzhd38d.

start_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription should start. If not passed, the subscription starts immediately after the authorisation payment. For example, 1581013800.

end_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription should end. For example, 1581013800.

auth_attempts

integer

The number of times that the charge for the current billing cycle has been attempted on the card. For example, 2.

total_count

integer

paid_count

integer

This indicates the number of billing cycles for which the customer has already been charged. For example, 2.

customer_notify

boolean

Indicates whether the communication to the customer would be handled by businesses or Razorpay.

true: Communication handled by Razorpay. Defaults to true.
false: Communication handled by businesses.

created_at

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, when the subscription was created. For example, 1581013800.

expire_by

integer

The timestamp, in Unix format, till when the customer can make the authorisation payment. For example, 1581013800.

short_url

string

URL that can be used to make the authorisation payment. For example, https://rzp.io/i/PWtAiEo.

has_scheduled_changes

boolean

Indicates if the subscription has any scheduled changes. Possible values:

true: Subscription has scheduled changes.
false: Subscription does not have scheduled changes.

schedule_change_at

string

Represents when the subscription should be updated. Possible values:

now (default): Updates the subscription immediately.
cycle_end: Updates the subscription at the end of the current billing cycle.

remaining_count

integer

This indicates the number of billing cycles remaining on the subscription. For example, 2.

Errors

The requested URL was not found on the server.

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when the Subscriptions feature is not enabled.

Solution

The id provided does not exist

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when passing an incorrect plan_id.

Solution

Offer Not Found

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when you are linking an invalid/expired offer to a Subscription.

Solution

Offer not applicable for this Subscription

Error Status: 400

This error occurs when you are linking/passing an offer_id to a Subscription on which the offer doesn't apply.

Solution

The plan id field is required.

Error Status: 400

The plan_id was not included in the request body.

Solution

The plan id must be 19 characters.

Error Status: 400

The value passed for plan_id is not 19 characters long (the expected plan_<14 alphanumeric chars> format).

Solution

The plan id must be at least 14 characters.

Error Status: 400

The value passed for plan_id is shorter than the minimum-id payload length. Returned for short or malformed plan ids.

Solution

The total count field is required when end at is not present.

Error Status: 400

Neither total_count nor end_at was included in the request body. At least one is required to bound the subscription.

Solution

The total count must be at least 1.

Error Status: 400

total_count was passed as 0 or a negative value.

Solution

The total count must be an integer.

Error Status: 400

A non-integer value was passed for total_count.

Solution

The quantity must be at least 1.

Error Status: 400

quantity was passed as 0 or a negative value.

Solution

start_at cannot be lesser than the current time.

Error Status: 400

start_at is set to a past UNIX timestamp.

Solution

The customer notify field must be true or false.

Error Status: 400

A non-boolean value (for example a string like "maybe") was passed for customer_notify.

Solution

{any extra field} is/are not required and should not be sent.

Error Status: 400

The request body contains fields that are not part of the Subscriptions API schema.

Solution

Curl

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1curl -u [YOUR_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_KEY_SECRET] \
2-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/subscriptions \
3-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
4-d '{
5   "plan_id":"plan_00000000000001",
6   "total_count":6,
7   "quantity":1,
8   "customer_notify": true,
9   "start_at":1773461489,
10   "expire_by":1773547889,
11   "addons":[
12      {
13         "item":{
14            "name":"Delivery charges",
15            "amount":3000,
16            "currency":""
17         }
18      }
19   ],
20   "notes":{
21      "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
22      "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
23   }
24}'

Success

Failure

1{
2  "id": "sub_00000000000001",
3  "entity": "subscription",
4  "plan_id": "plan_00000000000001",
5  "customer_email": null,
6  "status": "created",
7  "current_start": null,
8  "current_end": null,
9  "ended_at": null,
10  "quantity": 1,
11  "notes": {
12      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
13      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
14  },
15  "charge_at": 1773461489,
16  "start_at": 1773461489,
17  "end_at": 1776450600,
18  "auth_attempts": 0,
19  "total_count": 6,
20  "paid_count": 0,
21  "customer_notify": true,
22  "created_at": 1773394958,
23  "expire_by": 1773547889,
24  "short_url": "https://rzp.io/rzp/Dqdqx3h",
25  "has_scheduled_changes": false,
26  "change_scheduled_at": null,
27  "source": "api",
28  "remaining_count": 6
29}