Comprehensive API documentation for managing subscriptions, payments, and related operations. These APIs allow you to programmatically manage subscription lifecycles, handle payments, configure products, and integrate subscription functionality into your applications.
External APIs (0.0.1)
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Retrieves the cancellation management and retention settings for the authenticated shop. These settings control the subscription cancellation flow, retention strategies, and customer feedback collection when subscribers attempt to cancel their subscriptions.
What is Cancellation Management? Cancellation management is a retention system that helps merchants reduce subscription churn by understanding why customers cancel and offering alternatives before they leave. It includes cancellation flows, feedback collection, retention offers (discounts, pauses, frequency changes), and automated win-back strategies.
Configuration Components:
1. Cancellation Flow Settings:
- Enable/disable self-service cancellation in customer portal
- Require customer to contact support for cancellation
- Multi-step cancellation confirmation process
- Cancellation cooldown period (prevent accidental cancellations)
- Minimum subscription duration before cancellation allowed
- Immediate vs. end-of-billing-cycle cancellation
2. Cancellation Reasons & Feedback:
- Predefined cancellation reasons list
- Custom cancellation reason options
- Required vs. optional feedback
- Free-form text feedback field
- Rating/satisfaction scale
- Exit survey questions
- Feedback sent to merchant email/dashboard
Common Cancellation Reasons:
- Too expensive / Can't afford
- Don't use product enough / Have too much inventory
- Product quality issues
- Switching to competitor
- Delivery issues / Shipping problems
- Forgot to cancel earlier
- Temporary pause needed (moving, travel, etc.)
- Product doesn't meet expectations
- Customer service issues
- Other (with text field)
3. Retention Offers (Save Flow):
- Display retention offers before final cancellation
- Offer discount (percentage or fixed amount)
- Offer free product/gift with next order
- Suggest subscription pause instead of cancel
- Suggest frequency change (deliver less often)
- Offer to skip next order
- Offer to swap products
- Personalized offers based on cancellation reason
Example Retention Logic:
Reason: "Too expensive"
→ Offer: 20% discount for next 3 months
→ Offer: Switch to smaller/cheaper variant
Reason: "Have too much inventory"
→ Offer: Pause for 1-3 months
→ Offer: Change from monthly to every 2 months
→ Offer: Skip next 2 deliveries
Reason: "Product quality issues"
→ Offer: Free replacement on next order
→ Offer: Try different product variant
→ Route to customer support4. UI/UX Configuration:
- Cancellation button placement and styling
- Warning messages and modal dialogs
- Progress indicator for multi-step flow
- Retention offer presentation (modal, inline, etc.)
- Confirmation messages
- Post-cancellation survey
5. Automation & Notifications:
- Send cancellation confirmation email
- Notify merchant of cancellations
- Trigger win-back email campaigns
- Schedule feedback review
- Alert for high cancellation rate
- Integration with CRM/analytics tools
6. Metrics & Analytics:
- Track cancellation rate
- Categorize cancellation reasons
- Measure retention offer acceptance rate
- Calculate customer lifetime value at cancellation
- Identify churn patterns and trends
- A/B test different retention strategies
7. Advanced Features:
- Conditional retention offers based on:
- Customer lifetime value
- Subscription duration
- Product type
- Cancellation history
- Customer segment
- Win-back campaigns for cancelled subscribers
- Automatic re-engagement emails (30, 60, 90 days post-cancel)
- Special offers to reactivate cancelled subscriptions
Cancellation Flow Examples:
Basic Flow (No Retention):
- Customer clicks "Cancel Subscription"
- Confirmation dialog: "Are you sure?"
- Optional: Select cancellation reason
- Subscription cancelled immediately or at period end
- Confirmation email sent
Advanced Retention Flow:
- Customer clicks "Cancel Subscription"
- "Before you go..." - Select cancellation reason
- Display personalized retention offer based on reason
- Customer chooses: Accept offer OR Continue to cancel
- If continue: Additional offers or final confirmation
- If still cancelling: Exit survey
- Cancellation processed
- Thank you message + feedback confirmation
- Follow-up email campaign
Use Cases:
- Configure cancellation flow in customer portal
- Customize retention offers and messaging
- Analyze cancellation patterns and trends
- Build custom cancellation interfaces
- Integrate with customer support tools
- Generate churn reports and analytics
- A/B test different retention strategies
- Automate win-back campaigns
Important Notes:
- Always comply with consumer protection laws regarding cancellation
- Make cancellation process clear and accessible (FTC guidelines)
- Don't make cancellation unnecessarily difficult
- Respect customer's decision to cancel
- Use retention offers ethically (not dark patterns)
- Store cancellation feedback for product improvement
- GDPR/privacy compliance for feedback data
Best Practices:
- Keep cancellation process simple (2-3 steps max)
- Offer genuine value in retention offers
- Personalize offers based on cancellation reason
- Make pause/skip options prominent
- Use cancellation feedback to improve product/service
- Set up automated win-back campaigns
- Monitor cancellation rate and take action on trends
- Train customer support on retention strategies
- Test different retention messaging and offers
- Honor cancellations promptly and professionally
Legal & Compliance:
- FTC regulations require easy cancellation (Click-to-Cancel rule)
- California automatic renewal law compliance
- European consumer protection directives
- Clear disclosure of cancellation terms
- Process cancellations within legal timeframes
- Provide confirmation of cancellation
Authentication: Requires valid X-API-Key header
- https://subscription-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/cancellation-managements/{id}
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curl -i -X GET \
'https://subscription-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/cancellation-managements/{id}?api_key=string' \
-H 'X-API-Key: string'{ "id": 12345, "shop": "example-shop.myshopify.com", "enabled": true, "allowSelfServiceCancellation": true, "requireSupportContact": false, "minimumSubscriptionDays": 30, "cancellationTiming": "END_OF_BILLING_CYCLE", "requireCancellationReason": true, "allowCustomReason": true, "cancellationReasons": [ "Too expensive", "Have too much product", "Product quality issues", "Switching to competitor", "Delivery problems", "Don't need anymore", "Temporary situation (moving, travel, etc.)", "Other" ], "collectFeedback": true, "feedbackRequired": false, "showExitSurvey": true, "retentionOffersEnabled": true, "retentionStrategies": { "Too expensive": [ … ], "Have too much product": [ … ], "Product quality issues": [ … ] }, "confirmationFlow": { "multiStep": true, "showAlternatives": true, "requireConfirmation": true, "cooldownPeriod": 24 }, "notifications": { "sendCustomerConfirmation": true, "sendMerchantNotification": true, "merchantEmail": "subscriptions@example.com", "enableWinBackCampaigns": true, "winBackSchedule": [ … ] }, "analytics": { "trackCancellationRate": true, "trackReasonFrequency": true, "trackRetentionOfferAcceptance": true, "alertOnHighChurnRate": true, "churnRateThreshold": 15 }, "uiSettings": { "buttonText": "Cancel Subscription", "buttonColor": "#DC3545", "warningMessage": "We'll be sorry to see you go! Before you cancel, let us try to help.", "confirmationMessage": "Your subscription has been cancelled. You will receive a confirmation email shortly.", "thankYouMessage": "Thank you for being a subscriber. We hope to see you again!" }, "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z", "updatedAt": "2024-02-20T14:45:00Z" }
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Retrieves activity logs for all subscription-related events and changes in the authenticated shop. Activity logs provide a comprehensive audit trail of all subscription activities, changes, and system events.
What are Activity Logs? Activity logs are detailed records of every action, event, and change that occurs within your subscription system. They capture who made the change, when it happened, what was changed, and the result of the operation. This provides full traceability and audit capabilities for compliance, debugging, and customer support.
Log Information Captured:
Entity Information:
- Entity ID: The specific subscription, billing attempt, or resource affected
- Entity Type: Type of resource (subscription, billing attempt, plan, settings, etc.)
- Event Type: Specific action performed (see Event Types below)
- Event Source: Origin of the event (customer portal, merchant portal, API, system, etc.)
Event Details:
- Status: SUCCESS, FAILURE, or INFO
- Timestamp: When the event occurred
- Activity By: User or system that triggered the event
- Client IP: IP address of the requester (if applicable)
- Additional Info: Detailed JSON payload with before/after values and context
Entity Types:
SUBSCRIPTION_BILLING_ATTEMPT- Billing and payment attempt eventsSUBSCRIPTION_CONTRACT_DETAILS- Subscription contract modificationsSUBSCRIPTION_GROUP_PLAN- Subscription plan changesSHIPPING_PROFILE- Delivery profile and shipping updatesCANCELLATION_MANAGEMENT- Subscription cancellation eventsDUNNING_MANAGEMENT- Payment retry and dunning activitiesPRODUCT_SWAP- Product replacement eventsFREQUENCY_SWAP- Billing/delivery frequency changesEMAIL_TEMPLATE- Email template modificationsSHOP_INFO- Shop settings and configuration changesSUBSCRIPTION_WIDGET_SETTINGS- Widget configuration updatesCUSTOMER_PORTAL_SETTINGS- Portal settings modificationsSUBSCRIPTION_BUNDLING- Bundle and bundling rule changes
Event Sources:
CUSTOMER_PORTAL- Changes made by subscribers through the customer portalMERCHANT_PORTAL- Changes made by merchants in the admin panelMERCHANT_EXTERNAL_API- Changes made via API by merchants or integrationsSHOPIFY_EVENT- Events triggered by Shopify webhooksSHOPIFY_FLOW- Events triggered by Shopify Flow automationsSYSTEM_EVENT- Automated system events (scheduled tasks, sync operations)MERCHANT_PORTAL_BULK_AUTOMATION- Bulk operations initiated from admin panel
Common Event Types:
- Subscription Changes: CONTRACT_PAUSED, CONTRACT_ACTIVATED, CONTRACT_CANCELLED, CONTRACT_CREATED
- Product Changes: PRODUCT_ADD, PRODUCT_REMOVE, PRODUCT_REPLACE, PRODUCT_QUANTITY_CHANGE, PRODUCT_PRICE_CHANGE
- Billing Changes: NEXT_BILLING_DATE_CHANGE, BILLING_INTERVAL_CHANGE, BILLING_ATTEMPT_TRIGGERED, BILLING_ATTEMPT_SKIPPED
- Delivery Changes: DELIVERY_INTERVAL_CHANGE, SHIPPING_ADDRESS_CHANGE, DELIVERY_METHOD_UPDATED
- Payment Changes: PAYMENT_METHOD_UPDATED, SWITCH_PAYMENT_METHODS
- Email Events: SEND_UPCOMING_ORDER_EMAIL, SEND_TRANSACTION_FAILED_EMAIL, SEND_SUBSCRIPTION_CREATED_EMAIL
- Discount Events: DISCOUNT_APPLIED, DISCOUNT_REMOVED, PRICING_POLICY_DISCOUNT_APPLIED
- One-Time Products: ONE_TIME_PURCHASE_PRODUCT_ADDED, ONE_TIME_PURCHASE_PRODUCT_REMOVED
Query Parameters and Filtering:
You can filter activity logs using query parameters. All filters support standard operations:
equals- Exact matchin- Match any value in listgreaterThan,lessThan- Date range filteringcontains- Partial text match
Example Filter Queries:
Get all failed billing attempts:
?entityType.equals=SUBSCRIPTION_BILLING_ATTEMPT&eventType.equals=BILLING_ATTEMPT_TRIGGERED&status.equals=FAILUREGet all customer portal changes:
?eventSource.equals=CUSTOMER_PORTALGet logs for a specific subscription:
?entityId.equals=123456&entityType.equals=SUBSCRIPTION_CONTRACT_DETAILSGet logs within date range:
?createAt.greaterThan=2024-01-01T00:00:00Z&createAt.lessThan=2024-01-31T23:59:59ZGet all cancellation events:
?eventType.equals=CONTRACT_CANCELLEDGet all API-triggered changes:
?eventSource.equals=MERCHANT_EXTERNAL_API
Pagination:
Results are paginated. Use standard Spring Data pagination parameters:
page- Page number (zero-indexed, default: 0)size- Page size (default: 20, max: 100)sort- Sort criteria (e.g.,createAt,descorid,asc)
Example: ?page=0&size=50&sort=createAt,desc
Use Cases:
- Audit and Compliance: Track all changes for regulatory compliance and internal auditing
- Customer Support: Review subscription history to troubleshoot customer issues
- Debugging: Investigate failed operations and system errors
- Analytics: Analyze customer behavior and subscription lifecycle patterns
- Reporting: Generate reports on subscription changes, cancellations, and modifications
- Integration Monitoring: Track API usage and automated workflow executions
- Security: Monitor for unusual activity patterns or unauthorized changes
Important Notes:
- Activity logs are immutable and cannot be modified or deleted via API
- Logs are retained according to your subscription plan's retention policy
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additionalInfofield contains detailed JSON with event-specific context - For large exports, consider using pagination and filtering to reduce data transfer
- Logs are scoped to your shop - you can only access logs for your own subscriptions
- System events may not have an
activityByvalue as they're automated
Response Headers:
X-Total-Count- Total number of matching recordsLink- Pagination links (first, last, next, prev)
Authentication: Requires valid api_key query parameter with appropriate permissions
- https://subscription-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/activity-logs
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curl -i -X GET \
'https://subscription-admin.appstle.com/api/external/v2/activity-logs?api_key=string&id=%5Bobject+Object%5D&shop=%5Bobject+Object%5D&entityId=%5Bobject+Object%5D&entityType=%5Bobject+Object%5D&eventSource=%5Bobject+Object%5D&eventType=%5Bobject+Object%5D&status=%5Bobject+Object%5D&createAt=%5Bobject+Object%5D&activityBy=%5Bobject+Object%5D&page=0&size=10&sort=id%2Cdesc'Activity logs successfully retrieved. Returns paginated list of activity log entries.
[ { "id": 789012, "shop": "example-shop.myshopify.com", "entityId": 123456, "entityType": "SUBSCRIPTION_CONTRACT_DETAILS", "eventSource": "CUSTOMER_PORTAL", "eventType": "NEXT_BILLING_DATE_CHANGE", "status": "SUCCESS", "createAt": "2024-02-15T10:30:45Z", "additionalInfo": "{\"oldDate\":\"2024-03-01\",\"newDate\":\"2024-03-15\",\"reason\":\"Customer requested delay\"}", "activityBy": "customer@example.com", "clientIp": "192.168.1.100" }, { "id": 789013, "shop": "example-shop.myshopify.com", "entityId": 123456, "entityType": "SUBSCRIPTION_CONTRACT_DETAILS", "eventSource": "CUSTOMER_PORTAL", "eventType": "PRODUCT_ADD", "status": "SUCCESS", "createAt": "2024-02-15T11:15:22Z", "additionalInfo": "{\"variantId\":987654321,\"quantity\":2,\"productTitle\":\"Premium Coffee Beans\",\"price\":\"24.99\"}", "activityBy": "customer@example.com", "clientIp": "192.168.1.100" }, { "id": 789014, "shop": "example-shop.myshopify.com", "entityId": 456789, "entityType": "SUBSCRIPTION_BILLING_ATTEMPT", "eventSource": "SYSTEM_EVENT", "eventType": "BILLING_ATTEMPT_TRIGGERED", "status": "FAILURE", "createAt": "2024-02-15T08:00:00Z", "additionalInfo": "{\"amount\":\"49.99\",\"currency\":\"USD\",\"errorCode\":\"INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS\",\"errorMessage\":\"Card declined - insufficient funds\"}", "activityBy": null, "clientIp": null }, { "id": 789015, "shop": "example-shop.myshopify.com", "entityId": 123456, "entityType": "SUBSCRIPTION_CONTRACT_DETAILS", "eventSource": "MERCHANT_PORTAL", "eventType": "CONTRACT_PAUSED", "status": "SUCCESS", "createAt": "2024-02-14T16:45:30Z", "additionalInfo": "{\"pauseReason\":\"Customer on vacation\",\"pauseDuration\":30,\"resumeDate\":\"2024-03-15\"}", "activityBy": "merchant-admin@example.com", "clientIp": "203.0.113.45" }, { "id": 789016, "shop": "example-shop.myshopify.com", "entityId": 789123, "entityType": "PRODUCT_SWAP", "eventSource": "MERCHANT_EXTERNAL_API", "eventType": "PRODUCT_REPLACE", "status": "SUCCESS", "createAt": "2024-02-14T14:20:15Z", "additionalInfo": "{\"oldVariantId\":111222333,\"newVariantId\":444555666,\"oldProductTitle\":\"Regular Coffee\",\"newProductTitle\":\"Premium Coffee\",\"priceChange\":5.00}", "activityBy": "api-integration", "clientIp": "198.51.100.25" } ]