Can you cancel a PayPal automatic payment via API? It's a "Subscription" created via Hosted button.
I have the "Automatic payment number" and the "Transaction ID".
Yes.
You can suspend or cancel a profile by using the ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API. You can also reactivate a suspended profile. If the maximum number of failed payments has already been reached, however, you will need to increase the number of failed payments before reactivating the profile.
Please find this Reference:
Accodring to PAYPAL you can take any of three actions utilizing the ManagerecurringPayments API.
I found this thread before finding a solution, and thought I'd come back to give the answer. (C#.Net Solution)
You will require the following nuget packages:
Install-Package RestApiSDK
Install-Package PayPalCoreSDK
Install-Package PayPalMerchantSDK
And the following references:
using PayPal.Api;
using PayPal.PayPalAPIInterfaceService;
using PayPal.PayPalAPIInterfaceService.Model;
Here's the code:
public static void CancelRecurringPayment(string ProfileID)
{
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestType request =
new ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestType();
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestDetailsType details =
new ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestDetailsType();
request.ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestDetails = details;
details.ProfileID = ProfileID;
details.Action = StatusChangeActionType.CANCEL;
// Invoke the API
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusReq wrapper = new ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusReq();
wrapper.ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequest = request;
Dictionary<string, string> configurationMap = new Dictionary<string, string>();
configurationMap.Add("mode", "live");
// Signature Credential
configurationMap.Add("account1.apiUsername", "APIUSERNAME");
configurationMap.Add("account1.apiPassword", "APIPASSWORD");
configurationMap.Add("account1.apiSignature", "APISIGNATURE");
// Create the PayPalAPIInterfaceServiceService service object to make the API call
PayPalAPIInterfaceServiceService service = new PayPalAPIInterfaceServiceService(configurationMap);
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusResponseType manageProfileStatusResponse =
service.ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus(wrapper);
// Check for API return status
Dictionary<string, string> responseParams = new Dictionary<string, string>();
responseParams.Add("API Status", manageProfileStatusResponse.Ack.ToString());
if (manageProfileStatusResponse.Ack.Equals(AckCodeType.FAILURE) || (manageProfileStatusResponse.Errors != null && manageProfileStatusResponse.Errors.Count > 0))
{
//FAILURE
Console.WriteLine(manageProfileStatusResponse.Errors.ToString());
}
else
{
//SUCCESS
Console.Write("Success!");
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
"A subscription is created via a Website Payments Standard 'Subscribe' button. Before 2009, the subscription profile ID started with S-XXXXXXXX. You are not able to manage these subscriptions via any API calls. After 2009, the subscription profile ID starts with I-XXXXXX. You are able to cancel these subscriptions via the ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API call."
Was having the same problem and just read it by Robert and it works, you can cancel standard website subscription using API.
I don't think you can use the API to cancel a payment with Paypal standard payment event pro while only express checkout will work. I tried and got the error message: "Subscription Profiles not supported by Recurring Payment APIs.". You can find out more here.