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Subscriptions API

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Create subscription

POST

 /v2/subscriptions

Enrolls a customer in a subscription.

If you provide a card on file in the request, Square charges the card for the subscription. Otherwise, Square sends an invoice to the customer's email address. The subscription starts immediately, unless the request includes the optional start_date. Each individual subscription is associated with a particular location.

For more information, see Create a subscription.

Permissions:PAYMENTS_WRITE, SUBSCRIPTIONS_WRITE, CUSTOMERS_READ, INVOICES_WRITE, ITEMS_READ, ORDERS_WRITE

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Create Subscriptions

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Request body

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idempotency_key

string

A unique string that identifies this CreateSubscription request. If you do not provide a unique string (or provide an empty string as the value), the endpoint treats each request as independent.

For more information, see Idempotency keys.

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location_id

string

Required

The ID of the location the subscription is associated with.

Min Length
1
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plan_variation_id

string

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customer_id

string

Required

The ID of the customer subscribing to the subscription plan variation.

Min Length
1
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start_date

string

The YYYY-MM-DD-formatted date to start the subscription. If it is unspecified, the subscription starts immediately.

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canceled_date

string

The YYYY-MM-DD-formatted date when the newly created subscription is scheduled for cancellation.

This date overrides the cancellation date set in the plan variation configuration. If the cancellation date is earlier than the end date of a subscription cycle, the subscription stops at the canceled date and the subscriber is sent a prorated invoice at the beginning of the canceled cycle.

When the subscription plan of the newly created subscription has a fixed number of cycles and the canceled_date occurs before the subscription plan expires, the specified canceled_date sets the date when the subscription stops through the end of the last cycle.

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tax_percentage

string

The tax to add when billing the subscription. The percentage is expressed in decimal form, using a '.' as the decimal separator and without a '%' sign. For example, a value of 7.5 corresponds to 7.5%.

Max Length
10
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price_override_money

A custom price which overrides the cost of a subscription plan variation with STATIC pricing. This field does not affect itemized subscriptions with RELATIVE pricing. Instead, you should edit the Subscription's order template.

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card_id

string

The ID of the subscriber's card to charge. If it is not specified, the subscriber receives an invoice via email with a link to pay for their subscription.

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timezone

string

The timezone that is used in date calculations for the subscription. If unset, defaults to the location timezone. If a timezone is not configured for the location, defaults to "America/New_York". Format: the IANA Timezone Database identifier for the location timezone. For a list of time zones, see List of tz database time zones.

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source

Beta

The origination details of the subscription.

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monthly_billing_anchor_date

integer(32-bit)

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The day-of-the-month to change the billing date to.

Min
1
Max
31
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phases

array of phases for this subscription

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Response fields

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errors

Errors encountered during the request.

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subscription

Error descriptions