---
title: "CreateSubscription"
method: POST
path: "/v2/subscriptions"
tags: ["Subscriptions"]
---

# CreateSubscription

`POST /v2/subscriptions`

Enrolls a customer in a subscription.

If you provide a card on file in the request, Square charges the card for
the subscription. Otherwise, Square sends an invoice to the customer's email
address. The subscription starts immediately, unless the request includes
the optional `start_date`. Each individual subscription is associated with a particular location.

For more information, see [Create a subscription](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/subscriptions-api/manage-subscriptions#create-a-subscription).

## Request body

- CreateSubscriptionRequest — Defines input parameters in a request to the [CreateSubscription](api-endpoint:Subscriptions-CreateSubscription) endpoint.
  - `idempotency_key` string — A unique string that identifies this `CreateSubscription` request. If you do not provide a unique string (or provide an empty string as the value), the endpoint treats each request as independent. For more information, see [Idempotency keys](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/build-basics/common-api-patterns/idempotency).
  - `location_id` string, required — The ID of the location the subscription is associated with.
  - `plan_variation_id` string — The ID of the [subscription plan variation](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/subscriptions-api/plans-and-variations#plan-variations) created using the Catalog API.
  - `customer_id` string, required — The ID of the [customer](entity:Customer) subscribing to the subscription plan variation.
  - `start_date` string — The `YYYY-MM-DD`-formatted date to start the subscription. If it is unspecified, the subscription starts immediately.
  - `canceled_date` string — The `YYYY-MM-DD`-formatted date when the newly created subscription is scheduled for cancellation. This date overrides the cancellation date set in the plan variation configuration. If the cancellation date is earlier than the end date of a subscription cycle, the subscription stops at the canceled date and the subscriber is sent a prorated invoice at the beginning of the canceled cycle. When the subscription plan of the newly created subscription has a fixed number of cycles and the `canceled_date` occurs before the subscription plan completes, the specified `canceled_date` sets the date when the subscription stops through the end of the last cycle.
  - `tax_percentage` string — The tax to add when billing the subscription. The percentage is expressed in decimal form, using a `'.'` as the decimal separator and without a `'%'` sign. For example, a value of 7.5 corresponds to 7.5%.
  - `price_override_money` Money — Represents an amount of money. `Money` fields can be signed or unsigned. Fields that do not explicitly define whether they are signed or unsigned are considered unsigned and can only hold positive amounts. For signed fields, the sign of the value indicates the purpose of the money transfer. See [Working with Monetary Amounts](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/build-basics/working-with-monetary-amounts) for more information.
    - `amount` integer, nullable — The amount of money, in the smallest denomination of the currency indicated by `currency`. For example, when `currency` is `USD`, `amount` is in cents. Monetary amounts can be positive or negative. See the specific field description to determine the meaning of the sign in a particular case.
    - `currency` 'UNKNOWN_CURRENCY' | 'AED' | 'AFN' | 'ALL' | 'AMD' | 'ANG' | 'AOA' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'AWG' | 'AZN' | 'BAM' | 'BBD' | 'BDT' | 'BGN' | 'BHD' | 'BIF' | 'BMD' | 'BND' | 'BOB' | 'BOV' | 'BRL' | 'BSD' | 'BTN' | 'BWP' | 'BYR' | 'BZD' | 'CAD' | 'CDF' | 'CHE' | 'CHF' | 'CHW' | 'CLF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'COU' | 'CRC' | 'CUC' | 'CUP' | 'CVE' | 'CZK' | 'DJF' | 'DKK' | 'DOP' | 'DZD' | 'EGP' | 'ERN' | 'ETB' | 'EUR' | 'FJD' | 'FKP' | 'GBP' | 'GEL' | 'GHS' | 'GIP' | 'GMD' | 'GNF' | 'GTQ' | 'GYD' | 'HKD' | 'HNL' | 'HRK' | 'HTG' | 'HUF' | 'IDR' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'IQD' | 'IRR' | 'ISK' | 'JMD' | 'JOD' | 'JPY' | 'KES' | 'KGS' | 'KHR' | 'KMF' | 'KPW' | 'KRW' | 'KWD' | 'KYD' | 'KZT' | 'LAK' | 'LBP' | 'LKR' | 'LRD' | 'LSL' | 'LTL' | 'LVL' | 'LYD' | 'MAD' | 'MDL' | 'MGA' | 'MKD' | 'MMK' | 'MNT' | 'MOP' | 'MRO' | 'MUR' | 'MVR' | 'MWK' | 'MXN' | 'MXV' | 'MYR' | 'MZN' | 'NAD' | 'NGN' | 'NIO' | 'NOK' | 'NPR' | 'NZD' | 'OMR' | 'PAB' | 'PEN' | 'PGK' | 'PHP' | 'PKR' | 'PLN' | 'PYG' | 'QAR' | 'RON' | 'RSD' | 'RUB' | 'RWF' | 'SAR' | 'SBD' | 'SCR' | 'SDG' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'SHP' | 'SLL' | 'SLE' | 'SOS' | 'SRD' | 'SSP' | 'STD' | 'SVC' | 'SYP' | 'SZL' | 'THB' | 'TJS' | 'TMT' | 'TND' | 'TOP' | 'TRY' | 'TTD' | 'TWD' | 'TZS' | 'UAH' | 'UGX' | 'USD' | 'USN' | 'USS' | 'UYI' | 'UYU' | 'UZS' | 'VEF' | 'VND' | 'VUV' | 'WST' | 'XAF' | 'XAG' | 'XAU' | 'XBA' | 'XBB' | 'XBC' | 'XBD' | 'XCD' | 'XDR' | 'XOF' | 'XPD' | 'XPF' | 'XPT' | 'XTS' | 'XXX' | 'YER' | 'ZAR' | 'ZMK' | 'ZMW' | 'BTC' | 'XUS' — Indicates the associated currency for an amount of money. Values correspond to [ISO 4217](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).
  - `card_id` string — The ID of the [subscriber's](entity:Customer) [card](entity:Card) to charge. If it is not specified, the subscriber receives an invoice via email with a link to pay for their subscription.
  - `timezone` string — The timezone that is used in date calculations for the subscription. If unset, defaults to the location timezone. If a timezone is not configured for the location, defaults to "America/New_York". Format: the IANA Timezone Database identifier for the location timezone. For a list of time zones, see [List of tz database time zones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones).
  - `source` SubscriptionSource — The origination details of the subscription.
    - `name` string, nullable — The name used to identify the place (physical or digital) that a subscription originates. If unset, the name defaults to the name of the application that created the subscription.
  - `monthly_billing_anchor_date` integer — The day-of-the-month to change the billing date to.
  - `phases` Phase[] — array of phases for this subscription
    - `uid` string, nullable — id of subscription phase
    - `ordinal` integer, nullable — index of phase in total subscription plan
    - `order_template_id` string, nullable — id of order to be used in billing
    - `plan_phase_uid` string, nullable — the uid from the plan's phase in catalog

## Response `200`

Success

- CreateSubscriptionResponse — Defines output parameters in a response from the [CreateSubscription](api-endpoint:Subscriptions-CreateSubscription) endpoint.
  - `errors` Error[] — Errors encountered during the request.
    - `category` 'API_ERROR' | 'AUTHENTICATION_ERROR' | 'INVALID_REQUEST_ERROR' | 'RATE_LIMIT_ERROR' | 'PAYMENT_METHOD_ERROR' | 'REFUND_ERROR' | 'MERCHANT_SUBSCRIPTION_ERROR' | 'EXTERNAL_VENDOR_ERROR', required — Indicates which high-level category of error has occurred during a request to the Connect API.
    - `code` 'INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR' | 'UNAUTHORIZED' | 'ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRED' | 'ACCESS_TOKEN_REVOKED' | 'CLIENT_DISABLED' | 'FORBIDDEN' | 'INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES' | 'APPLICATION_DISABLED' | 'V1_APPLICATION' | 'V1_ACCESS_TOKEN' | 'CARD_PROCESSING_NOT_ENABLED' | 'MERCHANT_SUBSCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND' | 'BAD_REQUEST' | 'MISSING_REQUIRED_PARAMETER' | 'INCORRECT_TYPE' | 'INVALID_TIME' | 'INVALID_TIME_RANGE' | 'INVALID_VALUE' | 'INVALID_CURSOR' | 'UNKNOWN_QUERY_PARAMETER' | 'CONFLICTING_PARAMETERS' | 'EXPECTED_JSON_BODY' | 'INVALID_SORT_ORDER' | 'VALUE_REGEX_MISMATCH' | 'VALUE_TOO_SHORT' | 'VALUE_TOO_LONG' | 'VALUE_TOO_LOW' | 'VALUE_TOO_HIGH' | 'VALUE_EMPTY' | 'ARRAY_LENGTH_TOO_LONG' | 'ARRAY_LENGTH_TOO_SHORT' | 'ARRAY_EMPTY' | 'EXPECTED_BOOLEAN' | 'EXPECTED_INTEGER' | 'EXPECTED_FLOAT' | 'EXPECTED_STRING' | 'EXPECTED_OBJECT' | 'EXPECTED_ARRAY' | 'EXPECTED_MAP' | 'EXPECTED_BASE64_ENCODED_BYTE_ARRAY' | 'INVALID_ARRAY_VALUE' | 'INVALID_ENUM_VALUE' | 'INVALID_CONTENT_TYPE' | 'INVALID_FORM_VALUE' | 'CUSTOMER_NOT_FOUND' | 'ONE_INSTRUMENT_EXPECTED' | 'NO_FIELDS_SET' | 'TOO_MANY_MAP_ENTRIES' | 'MAP_KEY_LENGTH_TOO_SHORT' | 'MAP_KEY_LENGTH_TOO_LONG' | 'CUSTOMER_MISSING_NAME' | 'CUSTOMER_MISSING_EMAIL' | 'INVALID_PAUSE_LENGTH' | 'INVALID_DATE' | 'UNSUPPORTED_COUNTRY' | 'UNSUPPORTED_CURRENCY' | 'APPLE_TTP_PIN_TOKEN' | 'CARD_EXPIRED' | 'INVALID_EXPIRATION' | 'INVALID_EXPIRATION_YEAR' | 'INVALID_EXPIRATION_DATE' | 'UNSUPPORTED_CARD_BRAND' | 'UNSUPPORTED_ENTRY_METHOD' | 'INVALID_ENCRYPTED_CARD' | 'INVALID_CARD' | 'PAYMENT_AMOUNT_MISMATCH' | 'GENERIC_DECLINE' | 'CVV_FAILURE' | 'ADDRESS_VERIFICATION_FAILURE' | 'INVALID_ACCOUNT' | 'CURRENCY_MISMATCH' | 'INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS' | 'INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS' | 'CARDHOLDER_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS' | 'INVALID_LOCATION' | 'TRANSACTION_LIMIT' | 'VOICE_FAILURE' | 'PAN_FAILURE' | 'EXPIRATION_FAILURE' | 'CARD_NOT_SUPPORTED' | 'READER_DECLINED' | 'INVALID_PIN' | 'MISSING_PIN' | 'MISSING_ACCOUNT_TYPE' | 'INVALID_POSTAL_CODE' | 'INVALID_FEES' | 'MANUALLY_ENTERED_PAYMENT_NOT_SUPPORTED' | 'PAYMENT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED' | 'GIFT_CARD_AVAILABLE_AMOUNT' | 'ACCOUNT_UNUSABLE' | 'BUYER_REFUSED_PAYMENT' | 'DELAYED_TRANSACTION_EXPIRED' | 'DELAYED_TRANSACTION_CANCELED' | 'DELAYED_TRANSACTION_CAPTURED' | 'DELAYED_TRANSACTION_FAILED' | 'CARD_TOKEN_EXPIRED' | 'CARD_TOKEN_USED' | 'AMOUNT_TOO_HIGH' | 'UNSUPPORTED_INSTRUMENT_TYPE' | 'REFUND_AMOUNT_INVALID' | 'REFUND_ALREADY_PENDING' | 'PAYMENT_NOT_REFUNDABLE' | 'PAYMENT_NOT_REFUNDABLE_DUE_TO_DISPUTE' | 'REFUND_ERROR_PAYMENT_NEEDS_COMPLETION' | 'REFUND_DECLINED' | 'INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS_FOR_REFUND' | 'INVALID_CARD_DATA' | 'SOURCE_USED' | 'SOURCE_EXPIRED' | 'UNSUPPORTED_LOYALTY_REWARD_TIER' | 'LOCATION_MISMATCH' | 'ORDER_UNPAID_NOT_RETURNABLE' | 'PARTIAL_PAYMENT_DELAY_CAPTURE_NOT_SUPPORTED' | 'IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REUSED' | 'UNEXPECTED_VALUE' | 'SANDBOX_NOT_SUPPORTED' | 'INVALID_EMAIL_ADDRESS' | 'INVALID_PHONE_NUMBER' | 'CHECKOUT_EXPIRED' | 'BAD_CERTIFICATE' | 'INVALID_SQUARE_VERSION_FORMAT' | 'API_VERSION_INCOMPATIBLE' | 'CARD_PRESENCE_REQUIRED' | 'UNSUPPORTED_SOURCE_TYPE' | 'CARD_MISMATCH' | 'PLAID_ERROR' | 'PLAID_ERROR_ITEM_LOGIN_REQUIRED' | 'PLAID_ERROR_RATE_LIMIT' | 'PAYMENT_SOURCE_NOT_ENABLED_FOR_TARGET' | 'CARD_DECLINED' | 'VERIFY_CVV_FAILURE' | 'VERIFY_AVS_FAILURE' | 'CARD_DECLINED_CALL_ISSUER' | 'CARD_DECLINED_VERIFICATION_REQUIRED' | 'BAD_EXPIRATION' | 'CHIP_INSERTION_REQUIRED' | 'ALLOWABLE_PIN_TRIES_EXCEEDED' | 'RESERVATION_DECLINED' | 'UNKNOWN_BODY_PARAMETER' | 'NOT_FOUND' | 'APPLE_PAYMENT_PROCESSING_CERTIFICATE_HASH_NOT_FOUND' | 'METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED' | 'NOT_ACCEPTABLE' | 'REQUEST_TIMEOUT' | 'CONFLICT' | 'GONE' | 'REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE' | 'UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE' | 'UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY' | 'RATE_LIMITED' | 'NOT_IMPLEMENTED' | 'BAD_GATEWAY' | 'SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE' | 'TEMPORARY_ERROR' | 'GATEWAY_TIMEOUT', required — Indicates the specific error that occurred during a request to a Square API.
    - `detail` string — A human-readable description of the error for debugging purposes.
    - `field` string — The name of the field provided in the original request (if any) that the error pertains to.
  - `subscription` Subscription — Represents a subscription purchased by a customer. For more information, see [Manage Subscriptions](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/subscriptions-api/manage-subscriptions).
    - `id` string — The Square-assigned ID of the subscription.
    - `location_id` string — The ID of the location associated with the subscription.
    - `plan_variation_id` string — The ID of the subscribed-to [subscription plan variation](entity:CatalogSubscriptionPlanVariation).
    - `customer_id` string — The ID of the subscribing [customer](entity:Customer) profile.
    - `start_date` string — The `YYYY-MM-DD`-formatted date (for example, 2013-01-15) to start the subscription.
    - `canceled_date` string, nullable — The `YYYY-MM-DD`-formatted date (for example, 2013-01-15) to cancel the subscription, when the subscription status changes to `CANCELED` and the subscription billing stops. If this field is not set, the subscription ends according its subscription plan. This field cannot be updated, other than being cleared.
    - `charged_through_date` string — The `YYYY-MM-DD`-formatted date up to when the subscriber is invoiced for the subscription. After the invoice is sent for a given billing period, this date will be the last day of the billing period. For example, suppose for the month of May a subscriber gets an invoice (or charged the card) on May 1. For the monthly billing scenario, this date is then set to May 31.
    - `status` 'PENDING' | 'ACTIVE' | 'CANCELED' | 'DEACTIVATED' | 'PAUSED' | 'COMPLETED' — Supported subscription statuses.
    - `tax_percentage` string, nullable — The tax amount applied when billing the subscription. The percentage is expressed in decimal form, using a `'.'` as the decimal separator and without a `'%'` sign. For example, a value of `7.5` corresponds to 7.5%.
    - `invoice_ids` string[] — The IDs of the [invoices](entity:Invoice) created for the subscription, listed in order when the invoices were created (newest invoices appear first).
    - `price_override_money` Money — Represents an amount of money. `Money` fields can be signed or unsigned. Fields that do not explicitly define whether they are signed or unsigned are considered unsigned and can only hold positive amounts. For signed fields, the sign of the value indicates the purpose of the money transfer. See [Working with Monetary Amounts](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/build-basics/working-with-monetary-amounts) for more information.
      - `amount` integer, nullable — The amount of money, in the smallest denomination of the currency indicated by `currency`. For example, when `currency` is `USD`, `amount` is in cents. Monetary amounts can be positive or negative. See the specific field description to determine the meaning of the sign in a particular case.
      - `currency` 'UNKNOWN_CURRENCY' | 'AED' | 'AFN' | 'ALL' | 'AMD' | 'ANG' | 'AOA' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'AWG' | 'AZN' | 'BAM' | 'BBD' | 'BDT' | 'BGN' | 'BHD' | 'BIF' | 'BMD' | 'BND' | 'BOB' | 'BOV' | 'BRL' | 'BSD' | 'BTN' | 'BWP' | 'BYR' | 'BZD' | 'CAD' | 'CDF' | 'CHE' | 'CHF' | 'CHW' | 'CLF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'COU' | 'CRC' | 'CUC' | 'CUP' | 'CVE' | 'CZK' | 'DJF' | 'DKK' | 'DOP' | 'DZD' | 'EGP' | 'ERN' | 'ETB' | 'EUR' | 'FJD' | 'FKP' | 'GBP' | 'GEL' | 'GHS' | 'GIP' | 'GMD' | 'GNF' | 'GTQ' | 'GYD' | 'HKD' | 'HNL' | 'HRK' | 'HTG' | 'HUF' | 'IDR' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'IQD' | 'IRR' | 'ISK' | 'JMD' | 'JOD' | 'JPY' | 'KES' | 'KGS' | 'KHR' | 'KMF' | 'KPW' | 'KRW' | 'KWD' | 'KYD' | 'KZT' | 'LAK' | 'LBP' | 'LKR' | 'LRD' | 'LSL' | 'LTL' | 'LVL' | 'LYD' | 'MAD' | 'MDL' | 'MGA' | 'MKD' | 'MMK' | 'MNT' | 'MOP' | 'MRO' | 'MUR' | 'MVR' | 'MWK' | 'MXN' | 'MXV' | 'MYR' | 'MZN' | 'NAD' | 'NGN' | 'NIO' | 'NOK' | 'NPR' | 'NZD' | 'OMR' | 'PAB' | 'PEN' | 'PGK' | 'PHP' | 'PKR' | 'PLN' | 'PYG' | 'QAR' | 'RON' | 'RSD' | 'RUB' | 'RWF' | 'SAR' | 'SBD' | 'SCR' | 'SDG' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'SHP' | 'SLL' | 'SLE' | 'SOS' | 'SRD' | 'SSP' | 'STD' | 'SVC' | 'SYP' | 'SZL' | 'THB' | 'TJS' | 'TMT' | 'TND' | 'TOP' | 'TRY' | 'TTD' | 'TWD' | 'TZS' | 'UAH' | 'UGX' | 'USD' | 'USN' | 'USS' | 'UYI' | 'UYU' | 'UZS' | 'VEF' | 'VND' | 'VUV' | 'WST' | 'XAF' | 'XAG' | 'XAU' | 'XBA' | 'XBB' | 'XBC' | 'XBD' | 'XCD' | 'XDR' | 'XOF' | 'XPD' | 'XPF' | 'XPT' | 'XTS' | 'XXX' | 'YER' | 'ZAR' | 'ZMK' | 'ZMW' | 'BTC' | 'XUS' — Indicates the associated currency for an amount of money. Values correspond to [ISO 4217](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).
    - `version` integer — The version of the object. When updating an object, the version supplied must match the version in the database, otherwise the write will be rejected as conflicting.
    - `created_at` string — The timestamp when the subscription was created, in RFC 3339 format.
    - `card_id` string, nullable — The ID of the [subscriber's](entity:Customer) [card](entity:Card) used to charge for the subscription.
    - `timezone` string — Timezone that will be used in date calculations for the subscription. Defaults to the timezone of the location based on `location_id`. Format: the IANA Timezone Database identifier for the location timezone (for example, `America/Los_Angeles`).
    - `source` SubscriptionSource — The origination details of the subscription.
      - `name` string, nullable — The name used to identify the place (physical or digital) that a subscription originates. If unset, the name defaults to the name of the application that created the subscription.
    - `actions` SubscriptionAction[], nullable — The list of scheduled actions on this subscription. It is set only in the response from [RetrieveSubscription](api-endpoint:Subscriptions-RetrieveSubscription) with the query parameter of `include=actions` or from [SearchSubscriptions](api-endpoint:Subscriptions-SearchSubscriptions) with the input parameter of `include:["actions"]`.
      - `id` string — The ID of an action scoped to a subscription.
      - `type` 'CANCEL' | 'PAUSE' | 'RESUME' | 'SWAP_PLAN' | 'CHANGE_BILLING_ANCHOR_DATE' | 'COMPLETE' — Supported types of an action as a pending change to a subscription.
      - `effective_date` string, nullable — The `YYYY-MM-DD`-formatted date when the action occurs on the subscription.
      - `monthly_billing_anchor_date` integer, nullable — The new billing anchor day value, for a `CHANGE_BILLING_ANCHOR_DATE` action.
      - `phases` Phase[], nullable — A list of Phases, to pass phase-specific information used in the swap.
        - `uid` string, nullable — id of subscription phase
        - `ordinal` integer, nullable — index of phase in total subscription plan
        - `order_template_id` string, nullable — id of order to be used in billing
        - `plan_phase_uid` string, nullable — the uid from the plan's phase in catalog
      - `new_plan_variation_id` string, nullable — The target subscription plan variation that a subscription switches to, for a `SWAP_PLAN` action.
    - `monthly_billing_anchor_date` integer — The day of the month on which the subscription will issue invoices and publish orders.
    - `phases` Phase[] — array of phases for this subscription
      - `uid` string, nullable — id of subscription phase
      - `ordinal` integer, nullable — index of phase in total subscription plan
      - `order_template_id` string, nullable — id of order to be used in billing
      - `plan_phase_uid` string, nullable — the uid from the plan's phase in catalog
    - `completed_date` string, nullable — The `YYYY-MM-DD`-formatted date when the subscription enters a terminal state.

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