# Cancel subscription pause

Use the **cancelRenewalPause** method to cancel a subscription's pause and change its status.

## Request parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="164.933349609375">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>merchantCode</code></td><td><p><strong>Required (string)</strong> </p><p>Unique merchant ID code that can be found in the Merchant Control Panel.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>SubscriptionRef</code></td><td><p><strong>Required (string)</strong></p><p>The system-generated reference code of the subscription.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample

```php
<?php

$host = 'https://api.2checkout.com/rpc/6.0/';

$merchantCode = "22322"; // MERCHANT CODE
$key = "q0^H5i?q3=)x9NP02W3q"; // MERCHANT SECRET KEY

$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen(gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s')) . gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);

$i = 1; // counter for api calls
// call login
$jsonRpcRequest = new stdClass();
$jsonRpcRequest->jsonrpc = '2.0';
$jsonRpcRequest->method = 'login';
$jsonRpcRequest->params = array($merchantCode, gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $hash);
$jsonRpcRequest->id = $i++;

$sessionID = callRPC($jsonRpcRequest, $host);
var_dump("session id:" . $sessionID);

// call api methods below


$SubscriptionRef = 'FA27DD5072';

$jsonRpcRequest = array (
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'method' => 'cancelRenewalPause',
    'params' => array($sessionID, $SubscriptionRef),
    'id' => $i++
);
var_dump ("cancelRenewalPause", callRPC((Object)$jsonRpcRequest, $host));
print ("If TRUE pause is canceled");


/* $jsonRpcRequest = array (
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'method' => 'getRenewalPause',
    'params' => array($sessionID, $SubscriptionRef),
    'id' => $i++
);
var_dump ("getRenewalPause", callRPC((Object)$jsonRpcRequest, $host));
*/
function callRPC($Request, $hostUrl, $Debug = false) {
    $curl = curl_init($hostUrl);
    curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json'));

    $RequestString = json_encode($Request);
    curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $RequestString);

    curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_COOKIE, "XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM");

    if (stristr($hostUrl, 'sandboxdev') || stristr($hostUrl, 'git-sb')) {
        curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, 'localhost:3128');
        //  curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, 'proxy.avangate.local:8080');
        //  curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, 'andrei.avramica:pw'); // for authenticated proxies
    }

    $ResponseString = curl_exec ($curl);

    if (!empty($ResponseString)) {
        $Response = json_decode ($ResponseString,false);
        if (isset($Response->error) && !is_null($Response->error)) {
            var_dump($Response->error) ;
            return null;
        }

        return $Response->result;
    } else {
        return null;
    }
}
```

## Response parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="163.8665771484375">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>SubscriptionRef</code></td><td><p><strong>Boolean</strong></p><ul><li>TRUE - if the call was successful and a pause was scheduled;</li><li>FALSE - if the pause mechanism is not enabled for the merchant OR any of the eligibility conditions were not met OR pause is not enabled for the product OR the maximum pause duration for the product was exceeded. In this case, the system also throws the following message: "The subscription is not eligible for pause."</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Response sample

```php
{
    “StartDate”: “2020-02-19 22:20:30",
    “ResumeDate”: “2020-03-01 18:00:00",
    “PauseReason”: “vacation leave”
}
```


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