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Create and manage one off payments and subscriptions with simple API requests.
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Code example for creating a subscription:
$subscription = $client->subscriptions()->create([
"params" => [
"amount" => 1500,
"currency" => "GBP",
"interval_unit" => "monthly",
"day_of_month" => "5",
"links" => [
"mandate" => "MD0000XH9A3T4C"
],
"metadata" => [
"subscription_number" => "ABC1234"
]
],
"headers" => [
"Idempotency-Key" => "random_subscription_specific_string"
]
]);
subscription = client.subscriptions.create(
params={
"amount" : 1500,
"currency" : "GBP",
"interval_unit" : "monthly",
"day_of_month" : "5",
"links": {
"mandate": "MD0000XH9A3T4C"
},
"metadata": {
"subscription_number": "ABC1234"
}
}, headers={
'Idempotency-Key': "random_subscription_specific_string"
})
subscription = client.subscriptions.create(
params: {
amount: 1500,
currency: 'GBP',
interval_unit: 'monthly',
day_of_month: '5',
links: {
mandate: 'MD0000XH9A3T4C'
},
metadata: {
subscription_number: 'ABC1234'
}
},
headers: {
'Idempotency-Key': 'random_subscription_specific_string'
}
)
public class CreateSubscription {
public static void main(String[] args) {
GoCardlessClient client = GoCardlessClient.create(
System.getenv("GC_ACCESS_TOKEN"),
GoCardlessClient.Environment.SANDBOX
);
Subscription subscription = client.subscriptions().create()
.withAmount(1500)
.withCurrency("GBP")
.withIntervalUnit(IntervalUnit.MONTHLY)
.withDayOfMonth(5)
.withLinksMandate("MD0000YTKZKY4J")
.withMetadata("subscription_number", "ABC123")
.withIdempotencyKey("random_subscription_specific_string")
.execute();
}
}
using System;
using GoCardless;
using GoCardless.Services;
using GoCardless.Resources;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
String access_token = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GC_TOKEN");
var gocardless = GoCardlessClient.Create(
access_token, GoCardlessClient.Environment.SANDBOX);
var subscriptionRequest = new SubscriptionCreateRequest()
{
Amount = 1000,
Currency = "GBP",
Name = "Monthly subscription",
Interval = 1,
IntervalUnit = SubscriptionCreateRequest.SubscriptionIntervalUnit.Monthly,
Links = new SubscriptionCreateRequest.SubscriptionLinks()
{
Mandate = "MD0123"
}
};
var subscriptionResponse = gocardless.Subscriptions.CreateAsync(subscriptionRequest).Result;
Subscription subscription = subscriptionResponse.Subscription;
}
}
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