Quick start

Use the Recurring API to create charges for an agreement, get lists of charges for an agreement, cancel or refund charges, or capture reserved charges.

For a quick and seamless integration of Recurring, explore our SDK.

Before you begin

The provided example values in this guide must be changed with the values for your sales unit and user. This applies for API keys, HTTP headers, reference, phone number, etc. Note that any currency amount must be an Integer value minimum 100 in øre or cents.

Your first agreement

Step 1 - Setup

You must have already signed up as an organization with Vipps MobilePay and have your test credentials from the merchant portal. See Getting started guide for help.

Get these API key values for your sales unit (How to find the API keys):

• client_id - Client_id for a test sales unit.
• client_secret - Client_id for a test sales unit.
• Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key - The subscription key for making API requests.
• merchantSerialNumber - The unique ID for a test sales unit.

You will also need:

• mobileNumber - The phone number for your test user.

curl

warning

🔥 Do not store production keys in the Postman cloud. 🔥

To prevent your sensitive data and credentials from being synced to the Postman cloud, store them in the Current Value fields of your Postman environment.

Open Postman and do the following:

1. Import the following files:

   • Recurring API Postman collection
   • Global Postman environment

2. Select to use the imported global environment.

3. In the global environment, update only the Current Value field with your own values for the following:

   • client_id
   • client_secret
   • Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key
   • merchantSerialNumber
   • mobileNumber

Postman

No additional setup needed :)

Step 2 - Get an access token

For all the following, you will need an access_token from the Access token API: POST:/accesstoken/get. This provides you with access to the API.

curl

Send request Get Access Token

Postman

curl -X POST 'https://apitest.vipps.no/accesstoken/get' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H 'client_id: YOUR-CLIENT-ID' \
-H 'client_secret: YOUR-CLIENT-SECRET' \
-H 'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY' \
-H 'Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN' \
-H 'Vipps-System-Name: YOUR-SYSTEM-NAME' \
-H 'Vipps-System-Version: YOUR-SYSTEM-VERSION' \
-H 'Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: YOUR-PLUGIN-NAME' \
-H 'Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: YOUR-PLUGIN-VERSION' \
--data ''

For an explanation of the headers, see HTTP headers.

The property access_token should be used as the Bearer token in the Authorization header of all the following API requests.

Step 3 - Create a minimal agreement

Create an agreement with: POST:/recurring/v3/agreements. When your test mobile number is provided in phoneNumber, it will be prefilled in the form.

Note that orderId must be unique for each payment you create.

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Set the Idempotency-Key-Draft value in your Postman environment.

Send request Draft Agreement - Legacy pricing

Postman

curl -X POST https://apitest.vipps.no/recurring/v3/agreements/ \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEY' \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \
-d '{
   "interval": {
      "unit" : "WEEK",
      "count": 2
   },
   "pricing": {
      "amount": 1000,
      "currency": "NOK"
   },
   "merchantRedirectUrl": "https://example.com/redirect-url",
   "merchantAgreementUrl": "https://example.com/agreement-url",
   "phoneNumber": "12345678",
   "productName": "Test product"
}'

Step 4 - Authorize the agreement

Open the vippsConfirmationUrl link that is returned in the previous step. It will take you to the landing page. The phone number of your test user should already be filled in, so you only have to click Next.

You will be presented with the agreement in the app, where you can authorize and be directed to the specified merchantRedirectUrl under a "best effort" policy.

note

We cannot guarantee the user will be redirected back to the same browser or session, or that they will at all be redirected back. User interaction can be unpredictable, and the user may choose to fully close the app or browser.

You should now have an active agreement. Take note of the value included in agreementId, as you will need this to access the agreement later.

Step 5 - Fetch the agreement

To receive the result of the user action, you may poll the status of the agreement with: GET:/recurring/v3/agreements/{agreementId}.

curl

Send request Get Agreement

Postman

curl -X GET https://apitest.vipps.no/recurring/v3/agreements/UNIQUE-AGREEMENT-ID \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \

If you confirmed the agreement, the status should be ACTIVE in the response.

Step 6 - Create a charge for the agreement

Create a charge with: POST:/recurring/v3/agreements/{agreementId}/charges.

Set a unique orderId that can be used to access the charge later. Also, set a unique Idempotency-Key value to ensure the charge is not created more than once.

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Ensure that agreementId is set to the ID of an ACTIVE agreement.

Set Idempotency-Key-Create value.

Send request Create Charge - Direct capture

Postman

curl -X POST https://apitest.vipps.no/recurring/v3/agreements/UNIQUE-AGREEMENT-ID/charges \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEY' \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \
-d '{
  "amount": 1000,
  "description": "This payment was charged with Postman.",
  "due": "2023-08-08",
  "retryDays": 0,
  "transactionType": "DIRECT_CAPTURE",
  "orderId": "UNIQUE-ORDERID"
}'

The status will be PENDING until the payment is processed.

A charge must be scheduled a minimum of two days before the payment will occur (it is a minimum one day in the test environment). See Direct Capture for more details about timing.

Step 7 - Fetch the charge

To get the status of the charge, use: POST:/recurring/v3/agreements/{agreementId}/charges/{chargeId}.

The value for chargeId must match what you provided for orderId.

curl

Send request Get Charge

Postman

curl -X GET https://apitest.vipps.no/recurring/v3/agreements/UNIQUE-AGREEMENT-ID/charges/UNIQUE-ORDERID \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \

(Optional) Step 8 - Cancel the charge

To cancel an unpaid charge, use: DELETE:/recurring/v3/agreements/{agreementId}/charges/{chargeId}.

curl

Send request Cancel Charge

Postman

curl -X DELETE https://apitest.vipps.no/recurring/v3/agreements/UNIQUE-AGREEMENT-ID/charges/UNIQUE-CHARGE-ID \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEY' \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \

(Optional) Step 9 - Refund a charge

To refund a charge, use: POST:/recurring/v3/agreements/{agreementId}/charges/{chargeId}/refund.

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Update the chargeId to a charge that has been processed.

Send request Refund Charge

Postman

curl -X POST https://apitest.vipps.no/recurring/v3/agreements/UNIQUE-AGREEMENT-ID/charges/UNIQUE-CHARGE-ID \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEY' \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \
-d '{
  "amount": 1000,
  "description":"This charge was refunded with Postman"
}'

(Optional) Step 10 - Stop an agreement

To stop an agreement, send PATCH:/recurring/v3/agreements/{agreementId} with "status": "STOPPED".

curl

Set agreementId to the ID of an ACTIVE agreement

Send request Stop agreement

Postman

curl -X PATCH https://apitest.vipps.no/recurring/v3/agreements/UNIQUE-AGREEMENT-ID  \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR-SUBSCRIPTION-KEY" \
-H "Merchant-Serial-Number: YOUR-MSN" \
-H 'Idempotency-Key: YOUR-IDEMPOTENCY-KEY' \
-H "Vipps-System-Name: acme" \
-H "Vipps-System-Version: 3.1.2" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Name: acme-webshop" \
-H "Vipps-System-Plugin-Version: 4.5.6" \
-d '{
  "status": "STOPPED"
}'

Next steps

See the Recurring API guide to read about the concepts and details.

For more examples, see the step-by-step instructions in the Recurring API Postman guide.