Get Subscription ID of a PayPal subscription with a trial period

Question

I need to implement a system in which users will have a trial period in their subscription and after that period the user should resume their subscription, I have achieved the same but when a user needs to be deleted the subscription has to be terminated for that when i researched I got an API to cancel a subscription via

https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-BW452GLLEG1P/cancel

where I-BW452GLLEG1P in the above is the subscription id, but I don't get a subscription id when I create a subscription via the method suggested on the reference page

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/business/subscriptions/customize/trial-period/

please share your thoughts if you encountered similar issues thanks

Answer 1

The page you reference is to create a plan. Plans are then used to create subscriptions.

To create a subscription using a plan, you can use an API call or a JS button. The JS button is generally best since you need a buyer to approve the subscription anyway for it to be useful.

The documentation for creating a button is at https://developer.paypal.com/docs/business/subscriptions/integrate/#3-create-payment-button

Here is the relevant HTML/JS from there.

  <script src="https://www.paypal.com/sdk/js?client-id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&vault=true&intent=subscription">
  </script> // Add your client_id

  <div id="paypal-button-container"></div>

    <script>
      paypal.Buttons({
        createSubscription: function(data, actions) {
          return actions.subscription.create({
            'plan_id': 'YOUR_PLAN_ID' // Creates the subscription
          });
        },
        onApprove: function(data, actions) {
          alert('You have successfully created subscription ' + data.subscriptionID); // Optional message given to subscriber
        }
      }).render('#paypal-button-container'); // Renders the PayPal button
    </script>