Developer's Guide

Recurring Payments Reference
Creating Recurring Payments Profiles (ACTION=A)
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EMAIL (Optional) Buyer’s email address. This value is used when sending
email receipts to buyers.
Character length and limitations: 127 alphanumeric characters.
DESC (Optional) Description of the goods or services being purchased.
Character length and limitations: 80 alphanumeric characters.
COMPANYNAME (Optional) Company name associated with this profile.
Character length and limitations: 64 alphanumeric characters.
OPTIONALTRXAMT (Optional) Initial non-recurring payment amount due immediately upon
profile creation. Use an initial amount for enrollment or setup fees.
N OTE: All amounts in the profile creation request must be in the same
currency.
Limitations: Nine numeric characers plus decimal (.) character. No
currency symbol. Specify the exact amount to the cent using a decimal
point—use 34.00, not 34. Do not include comma separators—use
1199.95 not 1,199.95.
FIRSTNAME (Optional) Bill-to first name. See NAME.
Character length and limitations: 30 alphanumeric characters.
MIDDLENAME (Optional) Bill-to middle name.
Character length and limitations: 30 alphanumeric characters.
LASTNAME (Optional) Bill-to last name.
Character length and limitations: 30 alphanumeric characters.
NAME (Optional) The subscriber’s name. When NAME is passed, do not pass
FIRSTNAME. If both NAME and FIRSTNAME are passed, either one of the
values is considered as the subscriber’s name. If FIRSTNAME only is
passed, it alone is considered the subscriber’s name.
Character length and limitations: 30 alphanumeric characters.
STREET (Optional) Bill-to street.
Character length and limitations: 150 characters.
ZIP (Optional) Bill-to postal code.
Character length and limitations: 10 characters.
CITY (Optional) Bill-to city.
Character length and limitations: 45 characters.
STATE (Optional) Bill-to state.
Character length and limitations: 45 characters.
COUNTRY (Optional) Bill-to country.
Character length and limitations: Two characters.
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ABLE 8.1 Create Recurring Payments Profile Request Parameters
Parameter Description