topic Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API in Integration and Testing

Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

ulalacorp — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 02:29:05 GMT

How can I take a transaction ID, and turn that transaction into a subscription from the API in PHP? In the back-end you just click the "Create ARB Subscription from Transaction" link in the upper right hand corner of transaction details box, and it links you to a page to create it. wondering how to do this via the API. Thanks for any help!

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

RaynorC1emen7 — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:19:24 GMT

There isn't one via the API.

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

ulalacorp — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:47:35 GMT

ok then now the question would be, how do i get the profile ID/payment profile ID for a customer, using the transaction ID?

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

RaynorC1emen7 — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:02:52 GMT

You don't. Unless you have a unique order info like the invoice# or purchase order# that you can reference back to the profileID/payment profile ID by using the http://developer.authorize.net/api/transaction_details/

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

ulalacorp — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:42:07 GMT

Yep I do have the invoice number, but when using "getTransactionDetails" I don't see the profile ID/payment profile ID being returned. Should I be using something other than "getTransactionDetails"? And thanks for your help so far I appreciate it :)

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

RaynorC1emen7 — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:46:22 GMT

The profile id are not return, it not save within the transaction. I was thinking you might have saved the id with the invoice# or something in your own database.

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

ulalacorp — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:51:18 GMT

Oh see that's the problem, the transaction is done via a third party. We use a booking service called Checkfront, and they process the payment using their Authorize.net add-on module, on their end. All they save is the transaction ID I see so far for Auth.net, and the invoice #.

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

RaynorC1emen7 — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:21:23 GMT

So you have no way to cross ref from the invoice# and profile id? that would be a problem.

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

ulalacorp — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:46:45 GMT

yea it is a problem. if I can't get checkfront to either pass it to the "refId" field, or store it for me, then I think I will just match the first and last name, and maybe some other information to find it using both the "getCustomerProfileIds" and "getCustomerProfile" functions. doubt anyone will have same first and last name and billing address as another :P

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

epotratz — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:05:45 GMT

Surely there is some way to create an ARB subscription from an existing transaction? Anyone been able to accomplish this?

Re: Turn Transaction Into Recurring Subscription via API

gue — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:58:58 GMT

Was anyone ever able to find a solution to the original question? If logged in on the authorize.net website you can of course create a new ARB subscription from an existing transaction, so I was really hoping it would be possible from the API as well by now.

ARBCreateSubscriptionRequest ( https://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/index.html#recurring-billing-create-a-subscription-from-customer-profile ) requires "customerProfileId" and "customerPaymentProfileId" if the credit card is no longer present. A getTransactionDetailsRequest ( https://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/index.html#transaction-reporting-get-transaction-details ) is supposed to return those details inside the "profile" section, but there is no such profile section sent back.

It would be great to find a solution to this.

TIA.