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Is it possible to pause and resume an ARB subscription through the API? In other words skip a payment, then pick up with a payment later on. I am using C#.
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11-17-2011 09:58 AM
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From the ARB guide:
http://www.authorize.net/support/ARB_guide.pdf
- The subscription start date (subscription.paymentSchedule.startDate) may only be updated in the event that no successful payments have been completed.
- The subscription interval information (subscription.paymentSchedule.interval.length and subscription.paymentSchedule.interval.unit) may not be updated.
- The number of trial occurrences (subscription.paymentSchedule.trialOccurrences) may only be updated if the subscription has not yet begun or is still in the trial period.
- All other fields are optional.
You can also cancel subscriptions, but I don't think you can pause a subscription and then resume it. You can only kill it and then make a new one, which requires having the customer put in their credit card info again. If you want payment-level control, you should look into implementing CIM instead, it gives you far more control.

11-18-2011 02:02 AM
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From the ARB guide:
http://www.authorize.net/support/ARB_guide.pdf
- The subscription start date (subscription.paymentSchedule.startDate) may only be updated in the event that no successful payments have been completed.
- The subscription interval information (subscription.paymentSchedule.interval.length and subscription.paymentSchedule.interval.unit) may not be updated.
- The number of trial occurrences (subscription.paymentSchedule.trialOccurrences) may only be updated if the subscription has not yet begun or is still in the trial period.
- All other fields are optional.
You can also cancel subscriptions, but I don't think you can pause a subscription and then resume it. You can only kill it and then make a new one, which requires having the customer put in their credit card info again. If you want payment-level control, you should look into implementing CIM instead, it gives you far more control.

11-18-2011 02:02 AM
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Thank you that's what I saw elsewhere. I thought I might have missed something.
11-18-2011 08:21 PM
