PayPal Creating Subscriptions / Recurring Payments
Parameters
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| billingAgreementAttributes | Configuration object to create the billing agreement |
| billingPlan | Billing plan ID from the query string |
| billingPlanAttribs | Configuration object to create the billing plan |
| billingPlanUpdateAttributes | Configuration object for changing a billing plan to an active state |
| clientId | Your application client ID (OAuth keys) |
| http | Reference to the http package to set up our simple server |
| isoDate | ISO date for setting the subscription start date |
| links | HATEOAS link object for extracting the redirect URL to PayPal |
| params | Query string parameters |
| paypal | Reference to the PayPal SDK |
| secret | Your application secret (OAuth keys) |
| token | The billing agreement approval token provided after PayPal redirect to execute the billing agreement |
Remarks
These examples go through the process of creating a subscription / recurring payment system using PayPal.
The process for creating a subscription is to:
- Create a billing plan. This is a reusable model that outlines the details of the subscription.
- Activate the billing plan.
- When you want to create a subscription for a user, you create a billing agreement using the ID of the billing plan that they should be subscribed to.
- Once created, you redirect the user to PayPal to confirm the subscription. Once confirmed, the user is redirected back to the merchant's website.
- Lastly, you execute the billing agreement to begin the subscription.
