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Renew a subscription

Last updated: 21-May-2021
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Overview

Renew a subscription in the 2Checkout system on-demand, controlling the number of days, price, and currency of the extension. Use the renewSubscription method to renew a subscription.

Parameters

Parameters

Type/Description

sessionID

Required (string)

 

Session identifier, the output of the Login method. Include sessionID into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect.  The sessionID expires in 10 minutes.

SubscriptionReference

Required (string)

 

Unique, system-generated subscription identifier.

 

2Checkout charges customers using the payment data attached to subscriptions. In the case of credit/debit cards, if customers update their payment information in myAccount or if you update these details on behalf of your subscribers, the 2Checkout system uses the latest card info provided to charge subscription renewals.

Days

Required  (int)

 

The number of days the 2Checkout system extends the lifetime of the subscription.

Price

Required (double)

 

The price that 2Checkout charges the customer for the renewal. The type of price, Gross or Net, is decided by the product setting in the Merchant Control Panel.

Currency

Required (string)

 

The currency associated to the renewal price - ISO 4217 code.

Response

Boolean

true or false depending on whether or not the operation succeeded.

Request


<?php
$host   = "https://api.2checkout.com";
$client = new SoapClient($host . "/soap/4.0/?wsdl", array(
    'location' => $host . "/soap/4.0/",
    "stream_context" => stream_context_create(array(
        'ssl' => array(
            'verify_peer' => false,
            'verify_peer_name' => false
        )
    ))
));

function hmac($key, $data)
{
    $b = 64; // byte length for md5
    if (strlen($key) > $b) {
        $key = pack("H*", md5($key));
    }
    
    $key    = str_pad($key, $b, chr(0x00));
    $ipad   = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x36));
    $opad   = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x5c));
    $k_ipad = $key ^ $ipad;
    $k_opad = $key ^ $opad;
    return md5($k_opad . pack("H*", md5($k_ipad . $data)));
}
$merchantCode = "YOUR_MERCHANT_CODE";// your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$key = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";// your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$now          = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); //date_default_timezone_set('UTC')
$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($now) . $now;
$hash   = hmac($key, $string);
try {
    $sessionID = $client->login($merchantCode, $now, $hash);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "Authentication: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}
$subscriptionReference = '30E47F8699';
$Days = 4;
$Price = 50;
$Currency = 'eur';
try {
    $CustomPrice = $client->renewSubscription($sessionID, $subscriptionReference, $Days, $Price, $Currency);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "CustomPrice: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}
var_dump("CustomPrice", $CustomPrice);

 

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