The Update Plan request enables you to change any of the following settings for an existing plan:

Plan name
Plan status (ACTIVE/INACTIVE)
Initial charge amount
Number of days in the trial period
Charge on switch setting
Grace period
Maximum number of charges

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Important

The recurring charge amount, currency and frequency cannot be modified. However, they must be included in the request and contain the same values as the existing plan. Therefore you may wish to first retrieve the plan and then modify the retrieved plan values.

Trials and initial charges cannot be added to existing plans. If a trial or initial charge already exists in the plan, its values can be modified.

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

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Request Content

plan container    required, contains the following properties (see plan):
      name string    required
      recurring-charge-amount decimal    required
      currency string    required
      charge-frequency string    required
      trial-period-days integer    optional
      initial-charge-amount decimal   optional
      charge-on-plan-switch boolean    optional
      max-number-of-charges integer    optional
      grace-period-days integer    optional
      status string    optional

Response Details

If successful, the response HTTP status code is 200 OK.
The response body contains the plan resource.

Examples

Request Examples

curl -v -X PUT https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/recurring/plans/2111111 \
-H 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '
<plan xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com">
   <name>Gold Plan</name>
   <recurring-charge-amount>19.00</recurring-charge-amount>
   <currency>USD</currency>
   <charge-frequency>MONTHLY</charge-frequency>
   <trial-period-days>7</trial-period-days>
   <initial-charge-amount>30</initial-charge-amount>
</plan>'

Response Examples

HTTP/ 1.1 200 OK

<plan xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com">
   <plan-id>2111111</plan-id>
   <name>Gold Plan</name>
   <recurring-charge-amount>19.00</recurring-charge-amount>
   <currency>USD</currency>
   <charge-frequency>MONTHLY</charge-frequency>
   <trial-period-days>7</trial-period-days>
   <initial-charge-amount>30</initial-charge-amount>
   <charge-on-plan-switch>true</charge-on-plan-switch>
   <max-number-of-charges>12</max-number-of-charges>
   <grace-period-days>10</grace-period-days>
   <status>ACTIVE</status>
</plan>

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Example Description

This example shows an Update Plan Request with new values being sent for the trial-period-days and initial-charge-amount fields. Note that the recurring-charge-amount, currency and charge-frequency fields must also be sent with the same values as the existing plan.

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API Explorer

To test out a call, in the plan-id field, enter the ID of an existing plan. In the Body Content field, paste in the XML portion of the request and then click Try it!

📘
Important

The recurring charge amount, currency and frequency cannot be modified. However, they must be included in the request and contain the same values as the existing plan. Therefore you may wish to first retrieve the plan and then modify the retrieved plan values.

Trials and initial charges cannot be added to existing plans. If a trial or initial charge already exists in the plan, its values can be modified.