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Paystack Subscription API

The Subscription API from Paystack — 6 operation(s) for subscription.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 7

POST /subscription Create Subscription #

GET /subscription List Subscriptions #

GET /subscription/{code} Fetch Subscription #

POST /subscription/disable Disable Subscription #

POST /subscription/enable Enable Subscription #

POST /subscription/{code}/manage/link Generate Update Subscription Link #

POST /subscription/{code}/manage/email Send Update Subscription Link #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Paystack Accept Payments Balance Subscription API
  description: Initialize, verify, charge, and manage one-time card, bank, USSD, mobile money, and QR payments. The core API for accepting payments through Paystack across Africa.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Paystack Support
    url: https://support.paystack.com
    email: support@paystack.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.paystack.co
  description: Base API endpoint
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Subscription
paths:
  /subscription:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Create Subscription
      operationId: subscription_create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - customer
              - plan
              properties:
                customer:
                  description: Customer's email address or customer code
                  type: string
                plan:
                  description: Plan code
                  type: string
                authorization:
                  description: "If customer has multiple authorizations, you can set the desired authorization you wish to use for this subscription here. \nIf this is not supplied, the customer's most recent authorization would be used"
                  type: string
                start_date:
                  description: Set the date for the first debit. (ISO 8601 format) e.g. 2017-05-16T00:30:13+01:00
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: List Subscriptions
      operationId: subscription_list
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: perPage
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Number of records to fetch per page
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The section to retrieve
      - in: query
        name: plan
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Plan ID
      - in: query
        name: customer
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Customer ID
      - in: query
        name: from
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The start date
      - in: query
        name: to
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The end date
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/{code}:
    parameters:
    - name: code
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Fetch Subscription
      operationId: subscription_fetch
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/disable:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Disable Subscription
      operationId: subscription_disable
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription~1enable/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription~1enable/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/enable:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Enable Subscription
      operationId: subscription_enable
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription~1enable/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - code
              - token
              - authorization
              properties:
                code:
                  description: Subscription code
                  type: string
                token:
                  description: Email token
                  type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/{code}/manage/link:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Generate Update Subscription Link
      operationId: subscription_manageLink
      parameters:
      - name: code
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/{code}/manage/email:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Send Update Subscription Link
      operationId: subscription_manageEmail
      parameters:
      - name: code
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

Paystack Subscription API

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