Pause subscription

Use the pauseSubscription method to suspend all automatic charges for a predefined time period for a subscription.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type / Description
SubscriptionRef	Required (string) The system-generated reference code of the subscription.
ResumeDate	Required (number) Date when the subscription should be resumed. Format "YYYY-MM-DD". The resume date needs to be set within 3 years starting from the day the subscription expires. The timezone used is the one on the server.
PauseReason	Optional (string) Freeform text filled in by the merchant. Text is limited to 100 characters.

Request sample

<?php
$sb = "58";
$vers = "6.0";
$client = new SoapClient("http://api.sandbox" . $sb . ".avangate.local/soap/$vers/?wsdl", array(
    'location' => "http://api.sandbox" . $sb . ".avangate.local/soap/$vers/",
    'cache_wsdl' => WSDL_CACHE_NONE,
    "trace" => 1));
$date = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$merchantCode = "666999";
$key = "%y~8|m]T84p[W4+O1]_?";
$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($date) . $date;
$hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);
$sessionID = $client->login($merchantCode, $date, $hash);
var_dump("session: ", $sessionID);
//$client->__setCookie('XDEBUG_SESSION', 'PHPSTORM');
$SubRef = "B7D8E72224";
$resumeDate = "2020-09-30 17:00:00";
$reason = "vacation leave";
try {
    $addPause = $client->setRenewalPause($sessionID, $SubRef, $resumeDate, $reason);
    var_dump("setRenewalPause:", $addPause);
} catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "Error setRenewalPause: " . $e->getMessage();
}
try {
    $renewalPause = $client->getRenewalPause($sessionID, $SubRef);
    var_dump("getRenewalPause:", $renewalPause);
} catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "Error getRenewalPause: " . $e->getMessage();
}
exit;

Response parameters

The pauseSubscription call returns TRUE/FALSE parameters.

Parameter	Type / Description
SubscriptionRef	Boolean - TRUE - if the call was successful and a pause was scheduled; - 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."
ResumeDate	Boolean - TRUE - if the call was successful and a pause was scheduled; - 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."