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Jeff Baker
Jeff Baker

Reputation: 1502

How do you check a PayPal subscription with the JavaScript SDK?

I was able to create a subscription button with the code below:

<div id="paypal-button-container"></div>
<script src="https://www.paypal.com/sdk/js?client-id=client_id&vault=true" data-sdk-integration-source="button-factory"></script>
<script>
  paypal.Buttons({
      style: {
          shape: 'rect',
          color: 'gold',
          layout: 'vertical',
          label: 'subscribe'
      },
      createSubscription: function(data, actions) {
        return actions.subscription.create({
          'plan_id': 'P-xxxx'
        });
      },
      onApprove: function(data, actions) {
        alert('You have successfully created subscription ' + data.subscriptionID);
        console.log(data); 
      }
  }).render('#paypal-button-container');
</script>

I was able to test it and it worked fine once I figured out that to test it you have to create a sandbox app at https://developer.paypal.com/developer/applications/ and use that for the client_id and then login with the sandbox facilitator account at https://www.sandbox.paypal.com and create a sandbox paypal subscription button by going to Pay & Get Paid > Subscriptions > Subscription Plans or https://www.paypal.com/billing/plans and "Create Plan" and use that for the plan_id.

After I tested the subscription button by purchasing it with the sandbox buyer account I was then able to check the status of the subscription online at https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/billing/subscriptions using the sandbox facilitator account.

But I do not see a way to check the status of a subscription using the subscription ID and the JavaScript SDK. How do you do that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1001

Answers (1)

Preston PHX
Preston PHX

Reputation: 30359

The JavaScript SDK is for the web approval, not for things like checking the status.

For this you use the Subscriptions API. Here's the overview documentation: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/subscriptions/

In particular you want to get the details of a subscription: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/subscriptions/full-integration/subscription-management/#show-subscription-details

curl -v -X GET https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-######### \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>"

Since you'll be using server code for such a check anyway, you may be interested in a server implementation which is more robust, since you are immediately informed on the server side of when a subscription becomes active.

Upvotes: 1

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