# Is it possible to make a subscription use-case using payment-API only without subscription-API

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**Created:** [December 28, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-subscription-use-case-using-payment-api-only-without-subscription-api/4673 "2021-12-28T05:15:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-subscription-use-case-using-payment-api-only-without-subscription-api/4673/2 "2021-12-28T17:46:00Z")

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👋 Currently, subscriptions can’t be paid for with the Payments API. Once you have the card saved on file you can either create a subscription with the Subscriptions API or you could programmatically handle the cadence you’d like to charge your customer in your application with the Payments API. 🙂

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