3. Create Subsequent Payments

Create and charge subsequent payments using Razorpay APIs after the customer's selected payment method is successfully authorised.

You should perform the following steps to create and charge subsequent payments to your customers:

Create an order to charge the customer
Create a recurring payment

3.1. Create an Order to Charge the Customer

You have to create a new order every time you want to charge your customers. This order is different from the one created during the authorization transaction.

The following endpoint creates an order.

POST

/orders

curl -X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/orders \
-u [YOUR_PARTNER_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_PARTNER_KEY_SECRET]\
-H "X-Razorpay-Account: acc_KBrJAIEqre5ucn" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "amount":1000,
  "currency":"INR",
  "payment_capture": true,
  "receipt":"Receipt No. 1",
  "method": "card",
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey... decaf."
  }
}'

Request Parameters

amount

mandatory

integer Amount in currency subunits. For cards, the minimum value is 100 (₹1).

currency

mandatory

string The 3-letter ISO currency code for the payment. Currently, we only support INR.

receipt

optional

string A user-entered unique identifier for the order. For example, Receipt No. 1. You should map this parameter to the order_id sent by Razorpay.

notes

optional

object Key-value pair you can use to store additional information about the entity. Maximum of 15 key-value pairs, 256 characters each. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

method

mandatory

string The payment method used. Here, it is card.

payment_capture

mandatory

boolean Determines whether tha payment status should be changed to captured automatically or not. Possible values:

true: Payments are captured automatically.
false: Payments are not captured automatically.

Response Parameters

string A unique identifier of the order created. For example order_1Aa00000000001.

entity

string The entity that has been created. Here it is order.

amount

integer Amount in currency subunits.

amount_paid

integer The amount that has been paid.

amount_due

integer The amount that is yet to be paid.

currency

string The 3-letter ISO currency code for the payment. Currently, we only support INR.

receipt

string A user-entered unique identifier of the order. For example, rcptid #1.

status

string The status of the order.

notes

object Key-value pair you can use to store additional information about the entity. Maximum of 15 key-value pairs, 256 characters each. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

created_at

integer The Unix timestamp at which the order was created.

method

string The payment method used. Here, it is card.

3.2. Create a Recurring Payment

Once you have generated an order_id, use it with the token_id to create a payment and charge the customer. The following endpoint creates a payment to charge the customer.

POST

/payments/create/recurring

You will get a razorpay_payment_id, razorpay_order_id and razorpay_signature as a response after the payment request is successfully processed.
In the case of some banks, such as HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, the payment entity is in the created state since the charging system of these banks is file-based and can take some time.

curl -X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/payments/create/recurring \
-u [YOUR_PARTNER_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_PARTNER_KEY_SECRET]\
-H "X-Razorpay-Account: acc_KBrJAIEqre5ucn" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "contact": "9876543210",
  "amount": 71000,
  "currency": "INR",
  "order_id": "order_KhUvbWvROaN5cu",
  "customer_id": "cust_KhOZydVZbcThjW",
  "token": "token_KhT8dzSCFruvfj",
  "recurring": "1",
  "description": "Creating recurring payment for Kay Say",
  "notes": {
    "note_key 1": "i dare you",
    "note_key 2": "i double dare you"
  }
}'

Request Parameters

mandatory

string The customer's email address. For example,

gaurav.kumar@example.com

contact

mandatory

integer The customer's phone number. For example, 9876543210.

amount

mandatory

integer The amount you want to charge your customer. This should be the same as the order amount.

currency

mandatory

string 3-letter ISO currency code for the payment. Currently, only INR is allowed.

order_id

mandatory

string The unique identifier of the order created. For example, order_1Aa00000000002.

customer_id

mandatory

string The unique identifier of the customer you want to charge. For example, cust_1Aa00000000002.

token

mandatory

string The token_id generated when the customer successfully completes the authorisation payment. Different payment instruments for the same customer have different token_id.

recurring

mandatory

boolean Determines whether recurring payment is enabled or not.

description

optional

string A user-entered description for the payment. For example, Creating recurring payment for Gaurav Kumar.

notes

optional

object Key-value pair you can use to store additional information about the entity. Maximum of 15 key-value pairs, 256 characters each. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty".

Response Parameters

razorpay_payment_id

string The unique identifier of the payment that is created. For example, pay_1Aa00000000001.

razorpay_order_id

string The unique identifier of the order that is created. For example, order_1Aa00000000001.

razorpay_signature

string The signature generated by the Razorpay. For example, 9ef4dffbfd84f1318f6739a3ce19f9d85851857ae648f114332d8401e0949a3d