How to make monthly subscription payments with paypal php rest api

Question

I want to make monthly subscription payment with paypal php rest api. Is it possible with rest api. If yes then please describe how can I achieve that. Also after successful subscription how can I cancel the subscription via Api. Also how can update the DB if subscription payment is failed.

Answer 1

It's possible to create a subscription payment with the Paypal API.

First of all you need to create a product with the catalogue api: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/catalog-products/v1/#products_create

You have to create a product regardless what you are selling (physical goods or services)

The you will use the subscriptions api to create plans that are linked to the created product: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/subscriptions/v1/#plans_create

Obviously a product can have multiple plans with different pricing or billing cycle

Finally you can integrate the Smart Payment buttons to your checkout form to allow users to subscribe to a plan: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/subscriptions/integrate/#4-create-a-subscription

You can read the currently complete guide of paypal subscription integration here: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/subscriptions/integrate/

After a subscription is created it can be canceled via the subscription api: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/subscriptions/v1/#subscriptions_cancel

Answer 2

I don't remember how to create the recurring payment with Paypal, but as far as I know, canceling it is not possible via their api.

On our website, we have to tell the users to cancel their subscription on paypal's website.