2009

Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
BillOutstandingAmount API
114 08 April 2009 Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus Request
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus Request Fields
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus Response
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus Response Fields
BillOutstandingAmount API
Bill the buyer for the outstanding balance associated with a recurring payments profile.
z “BillOutstandingAmount Request” on page 115
z “BillOutstandingAmount Response” on page 115
Field Description
METHOD (Required) Must be ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus.
PROFILEID (Required) Recurring payments profile ID returned in the
CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile response.
Character length and limitations: 14 single-byte alphanumeric characters. 19
character profile IDs are supported for compatability with previous versions of the
PayPal API.
ACTION (Required) The action to be performed to the recurring payments profile. Must be one
of the following:
z Cancel - Only profiles in Active or Suspended state can be canceled.
z Suspend - Only profiles in Active state can be suspended.
z Reactivate - Only profiles in a suspended state can be reactivated.
NOTE (Optional) The reason for the change in status. For profiles created using Express
Checkout, this message will be included in the email notification to the buyer when
the status of the profile is successfully changed, and can also be seen by both you and
the buyer on the Status History page of the PayPal account.
Field Description
PROFILEID Recurring payments profile ID returned in the
CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile response.
For each action, an error is returned if the recurring payments profile has a status that
is not compatible with the action. Errors are returned in the following cases:
z Cancel - Profile status is not Active or Suspended.
z Suspend - Profile status is not Active.
z Reactivate - Profile status is not Suspended.