Create subscription
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"customer_id": "con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001",
"plan_id": "subconf_abc123"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions"
payload = {
"customer_id": "con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001",
"plan_id": "subconf_abc123"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({customer_id: 'con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001', plan_id: 'subconf_abc123'})
};
fetch('https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'customer_id' => 'con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001',
'plan_id' => 'subconf_abc123'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"customer_id\": \"con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001\",\n \"plan_id\": \"subconf_abc123\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"customer_id\": \"con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001\",\n \"plan_id\": \"subconf_abc123\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"customer_id\": \"con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001\",\n \"plan_id\": \"subconf_abc123\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"subscription": "<unknown>"
}{
"error": {
"message": "Only free plans can be assigned via API. Use checkout for paid plans.",
"code": "plan_not_free",
"status": 400
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Invalid authentication credentials",
"code": "forward_token_json_invalid",
"status": 400,
"issues": [
{
"path": [
"model"
],
"message": "Missing required field: model"
},
{
"path": [
"messages",
"0",
"content"
],
"message": "Invalid message content format"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Invalid authentication credentials",
"code": "forward_token_json_invalid",
"status": 400,
"issues": [
{
"path": [
"model"
],
"message": "Missing required field: model"
},
{
"path": [
"messages",
"0",
"content"
],
"message": "Invalid message content format"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "An active subscription already exists for this customer.",
"code": "subscription_already_exists",
"status": 409
}
}Subscriptions
Create subscription
Assign a free plan to a customer. The customer can be created via POST /v1/customers or through checkout. Only free plans can be assigned via this endpoint — use checkout for paid plans.
POST
/
subscriptions
Create subscription
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"customer_id": "con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001",
"plan_id": "subconf_abc123"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions"
payload = {
"customer_id": "con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001",
"plan_id": "subconf_abc123"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({customer_id: 'con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001', plan_id: 'subconf_abc123'})
};
fetch('https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'customer_id' => 'con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001',
'plan_id' => 'subconf_abc123'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"customer_id\": \"con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001\",\n \"plan_id\": \"subconf_abc123\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"customer_id\": \"con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001\",\n \"plan_id\": \"subconf_abc123\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lava.so/v1/subscriptions")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"customer_id\": \"con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001\",\n \"plan_id\": \"subconf_abc123\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"subscription": "<unknown>"
}{
"error": {
"message": "Only free plans can be assigned via API. Use checkout for paid plans.",
"code": "plan_not_free",
"status": 400
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Invalid authentication credentials",
"code": "forward_token_json_invalid",
"status": 400,
"issues": [
{
"path": [
"model"
],
"message": "Missing required field: model"
},
{
"path": [
"messages",
"0",
"content"
],
"message": "Invalid message content format"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Invalid authentication credentials",
"code": "forward_token_json_invalid",
"status": 400,
"issues": [
{
"path": [
"model"
],
"message": "Missing required field: model"
},
{
"path": [
"messages",
"0",
"content"
],
"message": "Invalid message content format"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "An active subscription already exists for this customer.",
"code": "subscription_already_exists",
"status": 409
}
}Authorizations
Bearer token authentication used for standard API calls. Format: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
Body
application/json
Response
Subscription created
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