Subscriptions
In Lemon Squeezy, a subscription is created when a subscription product is purchased and will bill the customer on a recurring basis.
A subscription belongs to a Store and is associated with a Customer, an Order, an Order Item, a Product, a Variant and Subscription invoices.
The subscription object
Attributes
store_id
The ID of the store this subscription belongs to.
customer_id
The ID of the customer this subscription belongs to.
order_id
The ID of the order associated with this subscription.
order_item_id
The ID of the order item associated with this subscription.
product_id
The ID of the product associated with this subscription.
variant_id
The ID of the variant associated with this subscription.
product_name
The name of the product.
variant_name
The name of the variant.
user_name
The full name of the customer.
user_email
The email address of the customer.
status
The status of the subscription. One of:
on_trialactivepausedpast_dueunpaidcancelledexpired
paused means that the subscription's payment collection has been paused. See pause below for more information.
past_due means that a renewal payment failed. The subscription will go through 4 payment retries over the course of 2 weeks. If a retry is successful, the subscription's status changes back to active. If all four retries are unsuccessful, the status is changed to unpaid.
unpaid means that payment recovery has been unsuccessful in capturing a payment after 4 attempts. If dunning is enabled in your store, your dunning rules now will determine if the subscription becomes expired after a certain period. If dunning is turned off, the status remains unpaid (it is up to you to determine what this means for users of your product).
cancelled status means that the customer or store owner has cancelled future payments, but the subscription is still technically active and valid (on a "grace period"). The ends_at value shows the date-time when the subscription is scheduled to expire.
expired status means that the subscription has ended (either it had previously been cancelled and the grace period created from its final payment has run out, or it was previously unpaid and the subscription was not re-activated during dunning). The ends_at value shows the date-time when the subscription expired. Customers should no longer have access to your product.
status_formatted
The title-case formatted status of the subscription.
For example, when status is active, status_formatted will be Active and past_due will be Past due.
card_brand
Lowercase brand of the card used to pay for the latest subscription payment. One of visa, mastercard, american_express, discover, jcb, diners_club. Will be empty for non-card payments.
card_last_four
The last 4 digits of the card used to pay for the latest subscription payment. Will be empty for non-card payments.
pause
An object containing the payment collection pause behaviour options for the subscription, if set. Options include:
mode- Defines payment pause behaviour, can be one of:void- If you can't offer your services for a period of time (for maintenance as an example), you can void invoices so your customers aren't charged.free- Offer your subscription services for free, whilst halting payment collection.
resumes_at- An ISO-8601 formatted date-time string indicating when the subscription will continue collecting payments.
For a subscription that isn't in the paused state, the pause object will be null.
cancelled
A boolean indicating if the subscription has been cancelled.
When cancelled is true:
statuswill becancelledends_atwill be populated with a date-time string
trial_ends_at
If the subscription has a free trial (status is on_trial), this will be an ISO-8601 formatted date-time string indicating when the trial period ends. For all other status values, this will be null.
billing_anchor
An integer representing a day of the month (21 equals 21st day of the month). This is the day on which subscription invoice payments are collected.
urls
An object of customer-facing URLs for managing the subscription. It contains:
update_payment_method- A pre-signed URL for managing payment and billing information for the subscription. This can be used in conjunction with Lemon.js to allow your customer to change their billing information from within your application. The URL is valid for 24 hours from time of request.
renews_at
An ISO-8601 formatted date-time string indicating the end of the current billing cycle, and when the next invoice will be issued. This also applies to past_due subscriptions; renews_at will reflect the next renewal charge attempt.
ends_at
If the subscription has as status of cancelled or expired, this will be an ISO-8601 formatted date-time string indicating when the subscription expires (or expired). For all other status values, this will be null.
created_at
An ISO-8601 formatted date-time string indicating when the object was created.
updated_at
An ISO-8601 formatted date-time string indicating when the object was last updated.
test_mode
A boolean indicating if the object was created within test mode.
Subscription object
Update a subscription
For a detailed look at how to manage subscriptions with the API, please read our Developer guide.
Update an existing subscription to specific parameters. With this endpoint, you can:
- Upgrade or downgrade a subscripion to a different Product or Variant.
- Change payment pause collection behaviour
- Update the billing date for when payments are collected
When changing the plan of a subscription, by default we prorate the charge for the next billing cycle. For example, if a customer buys your product on April 1st for $50, they'll be charged $50 immediately. If on April 15th they upgrade to your $100 product, on May 1st they'll be charged $125. This is made up of $100 for renewing, $50 of used time on your upgraded $100 plan from April 15th - May 1st, and then a credited -$25 for unused time on your $50 plan.
| Charge | Amount | Running Total |
|---|---|---|
| Renew Charge | $100 | $100 |
| Upgrade plan partially used time | $50 | $150 |
| Unused time on previous $50 plan | -$25 | $125 |
If downgrading a subscription, we'll issue a credit which is then applied on the next invoice.
Changing a subscription plan may change the billing date or charge immediately if:
- The variant has a different billing cycle (from monthly to yearly, etc)
- The subscription is no longer free, or is now free
- A trial starts or ends
invoice_immediatelyis set totrue
Attributes
product_id
The ID of the Product Object you want to switch this subscription to. If set, requires a Variant Object ID.
variant_id
The ID of the Variant Object you want to switch this subscription to. Required if product_id set.
pause
An object containing the payment collection pause behaviour options for the subscription. Options include:
mode- Defines payment pause behaviour, can be one of:void- If you can't offer your services for a period of time (for maintenance as an example), you can void invoices so your customers aren't charged.free- Offer your subscription services for free, whilst halting payment collection.
resumes_at(optional) - An ISO-8601 formatted date-time string indicating when the subscription will continue collecting payments.
You can set the pause object to null to unpause the subscription.
cancelled
Set as true to cancel the subscription. You can resume a subscription (before the ends_at date) by setting this to false.
billing_anchor
- Use an integer representing a day of the month (
21equals21st day of the month) to change the day on which subscription invoice payments are collected. - Use
nullor0to reset the billing anchor to the current date. Doing this will also remove an active trial.
Setting this value to a valid integer (1-31) will set the billing anchor to the next occurrence of that day. For example, if on the 21st of January you set the subscription billing anchor to the 1st, the next occurrence of that day is February 1st. All invoices from that point on will be generated on the 1st of the month.
If the current month doesn’t contain the day that matches your billing_anchor (for example, if the billing_anchor is 31 and the month is November), the customer will be charged on the last day of the month.
When setting a new billing anchor day, we calculate the next occurrence and issue a paid, prorated trial which ends on the next occurrence date. When the trial ends, the customer is charged for the full prorated amount.
invoice_immediately
If true, any updates to the subscription will be charged immediately. A new prorated invoice will be generated and payment attempted (if it is successful, the subscription's billing anchor will be reset to the current day). Defaults to false.
disable_prorations
If true, any updates to the subscription will be charged immediately but will not be prorated. A new invoice will be generated and payment attempted for the full amount, and the subscription's billing anchor will be reset to the current day. Defaults to false. Note that this will override the invoice_immediately option if enabled.
PATCH /v1/subscriptions/:id
Returns
Returns a subscription object.
Response
Retrieve a subscription
Retrieves the subscription with the given ID.
GET /v1/subscriptions/:id
Returns
Returns a subscription object.
Response
List all subscriptions
Returns a paginated list of subscriptions.
Parameters
store_id
Only return subscriptions belonging to the store with this ID.
order_id
Only return subscriptions belonging to the order with this ID.
order_item_id
Only return subscriptions belonging to the order item with this ID.
product_id
Only return subscriptions belonging to the product with this ID.
variant_id
Only return subscriptions belonging to the variant with this ID.
GET /v1/subscriptions
Returns
Returns a paginated list of subscription objects ordered by created_at (descending).
Response
Cancel a Subscription
Cancel an active subscription
DELETE /v1/subscriptions/{id}
Returns
Returns the Subscription object in a cancelled state.