# Upgrade subscription

Use the **setSubscriptionUpgrade** method to upgrade a subscription.

## Requirements

You can only upgrade subscriptions with automatic renewal **enabled**.

{% hint style="warning" %}
The upgrade will not work if the subscription has a refund request that was not yet processed.
{% endhint %}

## Request parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="215.066650390625">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>sessionID</code></td><td><strong>Required (string)</strong><br>Session identifier, the output of the <strong>Login</strong> method. Include <code>sessionID</code> into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect. The <code>sessionID</code> expires in <strong>10 minutes</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>subscriptionReference</code></td><td><strong>Required (string)</strong><br>Unique, system-generated subscription identifier.</td></tr><tr><td><code>productCode</code></td><td><strong>Required (string)</strong><br>Unique identifier of the target product for the subscription upgrade process. You control the product code and can set it up in the Control Panel.</td></tr><tr><td><code>options</code></td><td><strong>Optional (string)</strong><br>Pricing options of the target product for the subscription upgrade process.<br>String — ';' separated list of <code>OptionValue</code> returned by <strong>getProductUpgradeOptions</strong> function.<br>If the pricing options groups is "scale" (interval), the Options parameter should be sent like this: [option group unique code] + "=" + value<br>e.g. Users=7</td></tr><tr><td><code>customPrice</code></td><td><strong>Optional (string)</strong><br>The price you want to charge customers for the upgrade. <strong>The currency used by default is the same as in the previous payment customers made.</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample

```php
<?php

require ('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$subscriptionReference = 'YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_REFERENCE';
$productCode = 'YOUR_PRODUCT_CODE';
$options = 'YOUR_PRICE_CODES'; //case sensitive; include only price options codes (exclude spaces)
$customPrice = 1;

$jsonRpcRequest = array (
  'method' => 'setSubscriptionUpgrade',
  'params' => array($sessionID, $subscriptionReference, $productCode, $options, $customPrice),
  'id' => $i++,
  'jsonrpc' => '2.0'
);

var_dump (callRPC((Object)$jsonRpcRequest, $host, true));
```

## Response parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="110.5333251953125">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Boolean</strong></td><td><strong>true</strong> or <strong>false</strong> depending on whether or not the operation succeeded.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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