Getting error when trying to Create Subscription from smart button

1
votes

I am trying to subscribe paypal billing plan from Smart Payment Buttons. But continuously I am getting error "The specified resource does not exist."

paypal.Buttons({

    createSubscription: function (data, actions) {

        return actions.subscription.create({
            'plan_id': 'P-1G3183167U24246113LMNZLY'
        });
    },

    onApprove: function (data, actions) {

        alert('You have successfully created subscription ' + data.subscriptionID);
    }


}).render('#paypal-button-container');

This is code for subscribe using smart button

Subscription Api response error:

{ "name": "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND", "message": "The specified resource does not exist.", "debug_id": "82ac38ce75745", "details": [ { "issue": "INVALID_RESOURCE_ID", "description": "Requested resource ID was not found." } ], "links": [ { "href": "https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/api/#INVALID_RESOURCE_ID", "rel": "information_link", "method": "GET" } ] }

Error image:

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3
paypalpaypal-rest-sdk

3 Answers

2
votes

I was having the identical issue, and found the solution (for me at least).

While having this issue, I was using the Plan-ID from an actual real Plan (in Draft status) that I had created in the PayPal web dashboard UI. I thought that was allowed while testing with the PayPal Sandbox. It's not.

You must follow PayPal's instructions here to create a Fake Test Product and Fake Test Plan using the PayPal REST API (via bash+curl or other API testing tool like Postman). You can't create your test Product+Plan via any web UI, and you can't test against a real-world Product+Plan, even if that Product is still in Draft status.

After creating your Fake Test Product+Plan via PayPal's REST API, then you can plug the Plan-ID returned by the REST API into your JavaScript for the PayPal buttons on your site.

Also: make sure that in your script tag, you are using the Client-ID from a PayPal Sandbox Business account, not your actual real-world PayPal account.

0
votes

It looks like you're developing this against a live account, as per line 201 env: 'live' which it is not a good practice, for instance, breaking functionality in a live site.

I had a the same issue using Java and apparently you can only use one billing plan per subscription, which means you need to create a billing plan for each subscription.

You can find more information in Paypal REST APIs documentation.

0
votes

I think the problem is this. 'plan_id': 'P-1G3183167U24246113LMNZLY'. First you need to check whether your account has a plan with such a plan_id. If not you need to create a product first then create a plan and then you can use your plan_id in smart buy button.

Just follow the instructions in this page:

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/subscriptions/integrate/?mark=seat-based%20pricing#