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Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API Operation
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154 February 01, 2013 Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API Operation
The ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API operation cancels, suspends, or
reactivates a recurring payments profile.
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus Request Message
ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus Request Fields
SHIPTOPHONENUM Phone number.
Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSECONDARYPHON
ENUM
Phone number for secondary addresss.
Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters
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 compatibility 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:
 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.
NOTE (Optional) The reason for the change in status. For profiles created using Express
Checkout, this message is 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