Paystack
Paystack Subscriptions API

Create plans and run recurring subscriptions against stored card authorizations. Includes plan management, subscription lifecycle (create / disable / enable), customer self-service update links, and automatic invoice notifications.
Paystack Subscriptions API is one of 13 APIs that Paystack publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 machine-runnable capability that can be deployed as REST, MCP, or Agent Skill surfaces via Naftiko and 3 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Recurring Billing, Subscriptions, and Plans. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, sample payloads, 1 Naftiko capability spec, and 3 JSON Schemas.
Documentation GitHub OpenAPI
OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Paystack Subscriptions API
  description: Create plans and manage recurring subscriptions for ongoing billing. Customers can be subscribed to plans for
    automatic recurring charges with email notifications and self-service updates.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Paystack Support
    url: https://support.paystack.com
    email: [email protected]
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.paystack.co
  description: Base API endpoint
tags:
- name: Plan
- name: Subscription
paths:
  /plan:
    post:
      tags:
      - Plan
      summary: Create Plan
      operationId: plan_create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              - amount
              - interval
              properties:
                name:
                  description: Name of plan
                  type: string
                amount:
                  description: Amount should be in kobo if currency is NGN, pesewas, if currency is GHS, and cents, if currency
                    is ZAR
                  type: integer
                interval:
                  description: Interval in words. Valid intervals are daily, weekly, monthly,biannually, annually
                  type: string
                description:
                  description: A description for this plan
                  type: boolean
                send_invoices:
                  description: Set to false if you don't want invoices to be sent to your customers
                  type: boolean
                send_sms:
                  description: Set to false if you don't want text messages to be sent to your customers
                  type: boolean
                currency:
                  description: Currency in which amount is set. Allowed values are NGN, GHS, ZAR or USD
                  type: string
                invoice_limit:
                  description: "Number of invoices to raise during subscription to this plan. \nCan be overridden by specifying\
                    \ an invoice_limit while subscribing."
                  type: integer
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    get:
      tags:
      - Plan
      summary: List Plans
      operationId: plan_list
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: perPage
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Number of records to fetch per page
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The section to retrieve
      - in: query
        name: interval
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Specify interval of the plan
      - in: query
        name: amount
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The amount on the plans to retrieve
      - in: query
        name: from
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The start date
      - in: query
        name: to
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The end date
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/responses/Ok/content/application~1json/schema'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: boolean
                  message:
                    type: string
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /plan/{code}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Plan
      summary: Fetch Plan
      operationId: plan_fetch
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    put:
      tags:
      - Plan
      summary: Update Plan
      operationId: plan_update
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1plan~1%7Bcode%7D/put/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  description: Name of plan
                  type: string
                amount:
                  description: Amount should be in kobo if currency is NGN, pesewas, if currency is GHS, and cents, if currency
                    is ZAR
                  type: integer
                interval:
                  description: Interval in words. Valid intervals are daily, weekly, monthly,biannually, annually
                  type: string
                description:
                  description: A description for this plan
                  type: boolean
                send_invoices:
                  description: Set to false if you don't want invoices to be sent to your customers
                  type: boolean
                send_sms:
                  description: Set to false if you don't want text messages to be sent to your customers
                  type: boolean
                currency:
                  description: Currency in which amount is set. Allowed values are NGN, GHS, ZAR or USD
                  type: string
                invoice_limit:
                  description: "Number of invoices to raise during subscription to this plan. \nCan be overridden by specifying\
                    \ an invoice_limit while subscribing."
                  type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    parameters:
    - name: code
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  /subscription:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Create Subscription
      operationId: subscription_create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - customer
              - plan
              properties:
                customer:
                  description: Customer's email address or customer code
                  type: string
                plan:
                  description: Plan code
                  type: string
                authorization:
                  description: "If customer has multiple authorizations, you can set the desired authorization you wish to\
                    \ use for this subscription here. \nIf this is not supplied, the customer's most recent authorization\
                    \ would be used"
                  type: string
                start_date:
                  description: Set the date for the first debit. (ISO 8601 format) e.g. 2017-05-16T00:30:13+01:00
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: List Subscriptions
      operationId: subscription_list
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: perPage
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Number of records to fetch per page
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The section to retrieve
      - in: query
        name: plan
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Plan ID
      - in: query
        name: customer
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Customer ID
      - in: query
        name: from
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The start date
      - in: query
        name: to
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The end date
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/{code}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Fetch Subscription
      operationId: subscription_fetch
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    parameters:
    - name: code
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  /subscription/disable:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Disable Subscription
      operationId: subscription_disable
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription~1enable/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription~1enable/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/enable:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Enable Subscription
      operationId: subscription_enable
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1subscription~1enable/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - code
              - token
              - authorization
              properties:
                code:
                  description: Subscription code
                  type: string
                token:
                  description: Email token
                  type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/{code}/manage/link:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Generate Update Subscription Link
      operationId: subscription_manageLink
      parameters:
      - name: code
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /subscription/{code}/manage/email:
    post:
      tags:
      - Subscription
      summary: Send Update Subscription Link
      operationId: subscription_manageEmail
      parameters:
      - name: code
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
  schemas:
    Customer:
      allOf:
      - type: object
        required:
        - email
        properties:
          email:
            description: Customer's email address
            type: string
      - type: object
        properties:
          first_name:
            description: Customer's first name
            type: string
          last_name:
            description: Customer's last name
            type: string
          phone:
            description: Customer's phone number
            type: string
          metadata:
            description: Stringified JSON object of custom data
            type: string
      - type: object
        required:
        - authorization_code
        properties:
          authorization_code:
            description: Customer's authorization code to be deactivated
            type: string
      - type: object
        required:
        - customer
        properties:
          customer:
            description: Customer's code, or email address
            type: string
          risk_action:
            description: "One of the possible risk actions [ default, allow, deny ]. allow to whitelist. \ndeny to blacklist.\
              \ Customers start with a default risk action.\n"
            type: string
            enum:
            - default
            - allow
            - deny
      - type: object
        required:
        - type
        - country
        - bvn
        - bank_code
        - account_number
        properties:
          type:
            description: Predefined types of identification.
            type: string
            enum:
            - bvn
            - bank_account
          country:
            description: Two-letter country code of identification issuer
            type: string
          bvn:
            description: Customer's Bank Verification Number
            type: string
          bank_code:
            description: You can get the list of bank codes by calling the List Banks endpoint (https://api.paystack.co/bank).
            type: string
          account_number:
            description: Customer's bank account number.
            type: string
          value:
            description: Customer's identification number. Required if type is bvn
            type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
    Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
security:
- bearerAuth: []
Paystack Subscriptions API

Documentation

Specifications

Examples

Schemas & Data

Other Resources

OpenAPI Specification
