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Creating a Subscription with an Existing Plan

You can shows how to create a subscription with a standard plan.
The start date must be in coordinated universal time (UTC) in this format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ. The T separates the date and the time. The Z indicates UTC. For example,
2023-08-11T22:47:57Z
 indicates August 11, 2023, at 22:47:57 (10:47:57PM). For subscriptions created on the start date, set the time to the current time and day in your time zone.

Basic Steps

Follow these steps to create a subscription:
  1. Create the request with the required API fields.
  2. Send the request to one of these endpoints:
    • Production:
      POST https://businesscenter.visaacceptance.com/ebc2/rbs/v1/subscriptions
    • Test:
      POST https://businesscentertest.visaacceptance.com/ebc2/rbs/v1/subscriptions
  3. Verify the response messages to make sure that the request was successful. A 200-level HTTP response code indicates success.

Required Fields

These fields are required for creating a subscription with an existing plan:
paymentInformation.customer.id
subscriptionInformation.name
subscriptionInformation.planId
Required when you are using a standard plan.
subscriptionInformation.startDate

Optional Field

subscriptionInformation.originalTransactionId
Including this field ensures better authorization rates and Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) compliance where necessary.

REST Example: Creating a Subscription with an Existing Plan

This example shows how to create a subscription with an existing plan.
This example shows how to create a subscription with an existing plan.
Request
{
    "subscriptionInformation": {
        "planId":"1619214515",
        "name": "Daily Gym Subscription",
        "startDate": "2023-04-15T17:01:42Z",
        "originalTransactionId”: “016153570198200"
    },
    "paymentInformation": {
        "customer": {
            "id": "C09F227C54F94951E0533F36CF0A3D91"
        }
    }
}
Response to a Successful Request
{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "/rbs/v1/subscriptions/1619214690",
            "method": "GET"
        },
        "update": {
            "href": "/rbs/v1/subscriptions/1619214690",
            "method": "PATCH"
        },
        "cancel": {
            "href": "/rbs/v1/subscriptions/1619214690/cancel",
            "method": "POST"
        }
    },
    "id": "1619214690",
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "subscriptionInformation": {
        "code": "AWC-47",
        "status": "PENDING"
    }
}
Response to a Failed Request
{
    "status": "INVALID_REQUEST",
    "reason": "INVALID_DATA",
    "message": "One or more fields in the request contains invalid data.",
    "details": [
        {
            "field": "subscriptionInformation.startDate",
            "reason": "INVALID_DATA"
        }
    ]
}