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notifySubscription

Alipay uses the notifySubscription interface to send the subscription result to the merchant when the subscription creation reaches a final state of success or failure. 

Structure

A message consists of a header and body. The following sections are focused on the body structure. For the header structure, see:

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Request parameters

subscriptionRequestId String  REQUIRED

The unique ID assigned by a merchant to identify a subscription request.  

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  • Maximum length: 64 characters

subscriptionId String  REQUIRED

The unique ID assigned by Alipay to identify a subscription.  

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  • Maximum length: 64 characters

subscriptionStatus String  REQUIRED

The subscription status. Valid values are:

  • ACTIVE: indicates that the subscription becomes active. 
  • TERMINATED: indicates that the subscription is terminated.  

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  • Maximum length: 32 characters

subscriptionNotificationType String  REQUIRED

The notification type about the subscription. 

  • CREATE: indicates that the subscription was created. 
  • CHANGE: indicates that the subscription was changed. 
  • CANCEL: indicates that the subscription is canceled and the service is not provided after the current subscription period ends. 
  • TERMINATE: indicates that the subscription is terminated and the service is not provided.   

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  • Maximum length: 32 characters

subscriptionStartTime Datetime  REQUIRED

The date and time when the subscription becomes active.  

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  • The value follows the ISO 8601 standard format. For example, "2019-11-27T12:01:01+08:00".

subscriptionEndTime Datetime  REQUIRED

The date and time when the subscription ends.  

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  • The value follows the ISO 8601 standard format. For example, "2019-11-27T12:01:01+08:00".

periodRule PeriodRule object REQUIRED

The subscription period rule, used to define a subscription's billing period. 

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Response parameters

result Result object REQUIRED

A fixed value, which is sent to Alipay to acknowledge that the notification is received. 

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Request

Case
Subscription creation notification
Request Body

Response

Response Body

Result process logic

Send the following message with fixed values to Alipay after receiving the notification, to acknowledge that the notification from Alipay is received:

Sample Code

If no such message is returned to Alipay due to operation issues or network issues, Alipay automatically resends the notification up to eight times within 24 hours or until the correct response is received. The sending intervals are as follows: 0 sec, 2 min, 10 min, 10 min, 1 h, 2 h, 6 h, and 15 h.