Create Plan

The Create Plan request enables you to set up a subscription billing plan and define the plan's settings, such as the charge frequency, amount, currency, trial period, initial charge amount, and so on.

For more information about working with subscriptions, see the Subscriptions tutorial.

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If you need assistance with creating billing plans, please contact Merchant Support.

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Request Content

Send a plan object, with the following:

      chargeFrequency     string    required
     gracePeriodDays     integer    optional
     trialPeriodDays     integer    optional
     initialChargeAmount     decimal   optional
     name     string    required
     currency     string    required
     maxNumberOfCharges     integer    optional
     recurringChargeAmount     decimal    required
     chargeOnPlanSwitch     boolean    optional

Response Details

If successful, the response HTTP status code is 200 OK.
The response contains the plan object.
The planId appears in the response body and the location header.

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Examples

Request Examples

Create Plan Request: basic

curl -v -X POST https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/recurring/plans \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \ 
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '
{
    "chargeFrequency": "MONTHLY",
    "name": "Gold Plan",
    "currency": "USD",
    "recurringChargeAmount": 29.99
}'

with all settings

curl -v -X POST https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/recurring/plans \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \ 
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '
{
    "chargeFrequency": "MONTHLY",
    "gracePeriodDays": 10,
    "trialPeriodDays": 14,
    "initialChargeAmount": 100,
    "name": "Gold Plan",
    "currency": "USD",
    "maxNumberOfCharges": 12,
    "recurringChargeAmount": 29.99,
    "chargeOnPlanSwitch": true
}'

Response Examples

Create Plan Response: 200 OK - basic

{
    "chargeFrequency": "MONTHLY",
    "name": "Gold Plan",
    "planId": 2111110,
    "currency": "USD",
    "recurringChargeAmount": 29.99,
    "status": "ACTIVE"
}

200 OK - with all settings

{
    "chargeFrequency": "MONTHLY",
    "gracePeriodDays": 10,
    "trialPeriodDays": 14,
    "initialChargeAmount": 100,
    "name": "Gold Plan",
    "planId": 2111111,
    "currency": "USD",
    "maxNumberOfCharges": 12,
    "recurringChargeAmount": 29.99,
    "chargeOnPlanSwitch": true,
    "status": "ACTIVE"
}

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Example Descriptions

Create Plan: basic

This example shows a basic Create Plan request, containing the minimum required fields for a new plan.

Create Plan: all settings

This example shows a Create Plan request with all available plan settings, including a trial period of 14 days, an initial charge of $100, charge on switch enabled, a max limit of 12 charges, and a grace period of 10 days.

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API Explorer

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Tip: Use the JSON code below as a starting point. You can enter different parameters to see how your test scenario would work. The request headers, including authorization, are already built in for you in this test area, so you should not include them here.

JSON

{
    "chargeFrequency": "MONTHLY",
    "gracePeriodDays": 10,
    "trialPeriodDays": 14,
    "initialChargeAmount": 100,
    "name": "Gold Plan",
    "currency": "USD",
    "maxNumberOfCharges": 12,
    "recurringChargeAmount": 29.99,
    "chargeOnPlanSwitch": true
}