Membership Contracts

Update subscription contract status (pause/resume/activate)

Changes the status of a subscription contract. This allows pausing, resuming, or activating subscriptions to control billing and delivery.

Key Features:

Pause Subscriptions: Temporarily stop billing and deliveries
Resume Subscriptions: Reactivate paused subscriptions
Activate Subscriptions: Start inactive subscriptions
Activity Logging: All status changes are logged for audit trail
Customer Restrictions: Includes minimum cycle checks when called from customer portal

Status Values:

ACTIVE: Subscription is active and billing/delivering normally
PAUSED: Subscription is temporarily paused (no billing, no deliveries)
CANCELLED: Subscription is cancelled (use DELETE endpoint instead)

Pause vs. Cancel:

Pause: Temporary hold, customer can resume anytime
Cancel: Permanent termination, requires creating new subscription to restart

Common Use Cases:

Vacation Hold: Customer going on vacation, pause deliveries temporarily
Financial Pause: Customer needs temporary break from payments
Product Surplus: Customer has too much product, pause until they use it
Seasonal Pause: Pause subscriptions during off-season (e.g., lawn care in winter)
Resume After Pause: Customer ready to restart after temporary hold
Reactivate Failed: Reactivate subscription after payment method updated

Pause Behavior:

Billing Paused: No charges while paused
Deliveries Paused: No orders created while paused
Next Billing Date: Preserved or recalculated on resume (merchant setting)
Unlimited Duration: Pauses can be indefinite unless merchant sets limits

Resume Behavior:

Immediate Reactivation: Subscription becomes active immediately
Next Billing Date: Calculated based on pause duration settings
Deliveries Resume: Next delivery scheduled according to interval

Customer Portal Restrictions: When called from customer portal (vs. merchant API):

Minimum Cycles: Cannot pause/cancel until minimum billing cycles met
Freeze Period: Updates may be frozen until minimum requirements satisfied
Retention Rules: Special retention discounts may be offered on cancellation

Important Notes:

Customer Communication: Consider sending email notifications on status changes
Billing Cycles Not Lost: Paused cycles don’t count toward minimums
No Pro-rata: No refunds or credits when pausing mid-cycle

Authentication: Requires API key authentication via X-API-Key header or api_key parameter

PUT

api

external

subscription-contracts-update-status

Update subscription contract status (pause/resume/activate)

curl --request PUT \
  --url https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status

const options = {method: 'PUT'};

fetch('https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

const url = 'https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status';
const options = {method: 'PUT'};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "detail": "Invalid subscription status",
  "status": 400,
  "title": "Bad Request"
}

{
  "detail": "Cannot pause subscription until minimum billing cycles completed",
  "status": 403,
  "title": "Forbidden"
}

Headers

X-API-Key

string

Query Parameters

contractId

integer<int64>

required

Subscription contract ID

status

enum<string>

required

New subscription status

Available options:

ACTIVE,

PAUSED

api_key

string

API Key (Deprecated - Use Header X-API-Key instead)

Response

Subscription status successfully updated (no content returned)

Update subscription contract status (pause/resume/activate)

curl --request PUT \
  --url https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status

const options = {method: 'PUT'};

fetch('https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

const url = 'https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status';
const options = {method: 'PUT'};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://membership-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/subscription-contracts-update-status")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "detail": "Invalid subscription status",
  "status": 400,
  "title": "Bad Request"
}

{
  "detail": "Cannot pause subscription until minimum billing cycles completed",
  "status": 403,
  "title": "Forbidden"
}

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