Setup Recurring

Overview

The setup_recurring method establishes a payment mandate for future recurring charges. This enables subscription billing without requiring customer presence for each transaction.

Business Use Case: A customer signs up for your SaaS monthly plan. Setup a recurring mandate so you can charge their card automatically each month.

Purpose

Scenario	Benefit
SaaS subscriptions	Automate monthly billing
Utility bills	Enable automatic payments
Membership dues	Automate renewals

Request Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
merchant_recurring_payment_id	str	Yes	Your unique recurring setup ID
amount	Money	Yes	Initial amount for validation
payment_method	PaymentMethod	Yes	Card or payment method
address	PaymentAddress	Yes	Billing address
auth_type	str	Yes	THREE_DS or NO_THREE_DS
setup_future_usage	str	No	ON_SESSION or OFF_SESSION

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
merchant_recurring_payment_id	str	Your reference
connector_recurring_payment_id	str	Connector's mandate ID
status	PaymentStatus	ACTIVE, FAILED
mandate_reference	dict	Mandate ID and status
status_code	int	HTTP status code

Example

SDK Setup

from hyperswitch_prism import PaymentClient

payment_client = PaymentClient(
    connector='stripe',
    api_key='YOUR_API_KEY',
    environment='SANDBOX'
)

Request

request = {
    "merchant_recurring_payment_id": "recurring_001",
    "amount": {
        "minor_amount": 2900,
        "currency": "USD"
    },
    "payment_method": {
        "card": {
            "card_number": {"value": "4242424242424242"},
            "card_exp_month": {"value": "12"},
            "card_exp_year": {"value": "2027"},
            "card_cvc": {"value": "123"}
        }
    },
    "address": {
        "billing": {
            "line1": "123 Main St",
            "city": "San Francisco",
            "state": "CA",
            "zip": "94102",
            "country": "US"
        }
    },
    "auth_type": "NO_THREE_DS",
    "setup_future_usage": "OFF_SESSION"
}

response = await payment_client.setup_recurring(request)

Response

{
    "merchant_recurring_payment_id": "recurring_001",
    "connector_recurring_payment_id": "seti_3Oxxx...",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "mandate_reference": {
        "mandate_id": "pm_3Oxxx...",
        "mandate_status": "ACTIVE"
    },
    "status_code": 200
}

Next Steps

• RecurringPaymentService.charge - Use mandate for charges

• RecurringPaymentService.revoke - Cancel the mandate