Can you cancel a PayPal automatic payment via API? (Subscription created via Hosted button)

Question

Can you cancel a PayPal automatic payment via API? It's a "Subscription" created via Hosted button.

I have the "Automatic payment number" and the "Transaction ID".

Answer 1

Yes.

You can suspend or cancel a profile by using the ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API. You can also reactivate a suspended profile. If the maximum number of failed payments has already been reached, however, you will need to increase the number of failed payments before reactivating the profile.

Please find this Reference:

Accodring to PAYPAL you can take any of three actions utilizing the ManagerecurringPayments API.

• Cancel - Only profiles in Active or Suspended state can be canceled.
• Suspend - Only profiles in Active state can be suspended.-
• Reactivate - Only profiles in a suspended state can be reactivated.--

Answer 2

I found this thread before finding a solution, and thought I'd come back to give the answer. (C#.Net Solution)

You will require the following nuget packages:

Install-Package RestApiSDK Install-Package PayPalCoreSDK Install-Package PayPalMerchantSDK 

And the following references:

using PayPal.Api; using PayPal.PayPalAPIInterfaceService; using PayPal.PayPalAPIInterfaceService.Model; 

Here's the code:

public static void CancelRecurringPayment(string ProfileID) {     ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestType request =         new ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestType();     ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestDetailsType details =         new ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestDetailsType();     request.ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequestDetails = details;      details.ProfileID = ProfileID;      details.Action = StatusChangeActionType.CANCEL;      // Invoke the API     ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusReq wrapper = new ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusReq();     wrapper.ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusRequest = request;      Dictionary<string, string> configurationMap = new Dictionary<string, string>();      configurationMap.Add("mode", "live");     // Signature Credential     configurationMap.Add("account1.apiUsername", "APIUSERNAME");     configurationMap.Add("account1.apiPassword", "APIPASSWORD");     configurationMap.Add("account1.apiSignature", "APISIGNATURE");      // Create the PayPalAPIInterfaceServiceService service object to make the API call     PayPalAPIInterfaceServiceService service = new PayPalAPIInterfaceServiceService(configurationMap);      ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatusResponseType manageProfileStatusResponse =                 service.ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus(wrapper);      // Check for API return status      Dictionary<string, string> responseParams = new Dictionary<string, string>();     responseParams.Add("API Status", manageProfileStatusResponse.Ack.ToString());      if (manageProfileStatusResponse.Ack.Equals(AckCodeType.FAILURE) || (manageProfileStatusResponse.Errors != null && manageProfileStatusResponse.Errors.Count > 0))     {          //FAILURE         Console.WriteLine(manageProfileStatusResponse.Errors.ToString());     }     else     {         //SUCCESS         Console.Write("Success!");     }     Console.WriteLine(); }