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Use Razorpay Recurring Payments to create flexible payment schedules for subscriptions, installments, usage-based billing or on-demand charges. Set up recurring payments quickly using our powerful REST APIs.
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How It Works

  1. Authorise: Customer authorises their payment method.
  2. Tokenise: Payment method is securely tokenised after first successful payment.
  3. Charge: You initiate charges as needed using the token.

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When to Use Recurring Payments

Recurring Payments are ideal when you need:
  • Flexible billing cycles: Charge customers based on usage, milestones or variable schedules.
  • Manual control: You decide when to charge each payment.
For automated, fixed-schedule billing (weekly, monthly, quarterly), consider using Subscriptions instead.

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Integration Flow

The integration flow varies depending on how you choose to create the authorisation transaction.

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Using Razorpay APIs

This is possible only via APIs. The integration flow to collect recurring payments using Razorpay APIs is:
  1. Create a customer. This returns a customer_id.
  2. Create an order. This returns an order_id. The order amount for:
    • Emandate is ₹0.
    • Cards is a minimum of ₹1.
    • Paper NACH is ₹0.
    • UPI is ₹1.
  3. Pass the customer_id, order_id and a few additional parameters in your Checkout to create the authorisation payment. The customer completes the authorisation payment, which generates a token. This payment can be authorised using one of the following instruments:
    • Emandate.
    • Card.
    • Paper NACH. The following additional steps have to be completed for NACH:
      1. The customer either downloads a pre-filled NACH form or you can send it to the customer.
      2. The customer signs the pre-filled NACH form.
      3. The customer either uploads the signed form or sends it to you to upload for processing.
    • UPI.
  4. Retrieve and check the status of the token. Once the token status changes to confirmed, you can create and charge subsequent payments.
  5. Create and charge subsequent payments. To do this, you have to manually:
    1. Create a new order.
    2. Create a recurring payment.
You can create registration links from the Dashboard or using APIs. Following is the integration flow to collect recurring payments using a registration link:
  1. Create a registration link and send it to your customer
The customer completes the authorisation payment, which generates a token. This payment can be authorised using one of the following instruments:
  • Emandate
  • Card
  • Paper NACH. The following additional steps have to be completed for NACH:
    1. The customer either downloads a pre-filled NACH form or you can send it to the customer.
    2. The customer signs the pre-filled NACH form.
    3. The customer either uploads the signed form or sends it to you to upload for processing. Know more about uploading Paper Nach Form.
  • UPI
No Need to Create a Customer and Order SeparatelyIf you use a registration link to create the authorisation transaction, Razorpay automatically creates a customer and the order on your behalf.
  1. Retrieve and check the token status
After the token status changes to confirmed, you can create and charge subsequent payments. 3. Create and charge subsequent paymentsTo do this, you have to manually:
  1. Create a new order.
  2. Create a recurring payment.

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API Gateway URL

For most of the Razorpay APIs, the Gateway URL is https://api.razorpay.com/v1. You need to include this before each API endpoint to make API calls. However, certain APIs are on V2. Hence, the gateway URL may differ for certain APIs.

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Example

  • Use the URL https://api.razorpay.com/v1/payments to access payment resources.
  • Use the URL https://api.razorpay.com/v2/accounts to access Route (Linked Account)-related resources.

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API Authentication

All Razorpay APIs are authenticated using Basic Auth. Basic auth requires the following:
  • [YOUR_KEY_ID]
  • [YOUR_KEY_SECRET]
Basic auth expects an Authorization header for each request in the Basic base64token format. Here, base64token is a base64 encoded string of YOUR_KEY_ID:YOUR_KEY_SECRET.
Watch Out!The Authorization header value should strictly adhere to the format mentioned above. Invalid formats will result in authentication failures. Few examples of invalid headers are: BASIC base64token, basic base64token, Basic "base64token" and Basic $base64token.

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Generate API Key

Follow these steps to generate API keys: Watch this video to see how to generate API keys in the Test mode. Watch this video to see how to generate API keys in the Live mode.
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Step 1

Log in to your Dashboard with the appropriate credentials.
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Step 2

Select the mode (Test or Live) for which you want to generate the API key.
  • Test Mode: The test mode is a simulation mode that you can use to test your integration flow. Your customers will not be able to make payments in this mode.
  • Live Mode: When your integration is complete, switch to live mode and generate live mode API keys. In the integration, replace test mode keys with live mode keys to accept customer payments.
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Step 3

Navigate to Account & Settings → API Keys (under Website and app settings) → Generate Key to generate key for the selected mode.
Watch Out!
  • After generating the keys from the Dashboard, download and save them securely. You can use only one set of API keys. If you do not remember your API keys, you must regenerate them from the Dashboard and update them wherever the previous keys were used for payment gateway integrations.
  • API Keys are universal; that is, they are applicable to all websites and apps that you have whitelisted for your Merchant ID.
  • Do not share your API Key secret with anyone or on any public platforms. This can pose security threats to your Razorpay account.
  • Once you generate the API Keys, only the Key Id is visible on the Dashboard, not the Key secret, as it can pose security threats to your Razorpay account.
  • Use the Live API Keys to accept live payments and the Test API Keys for test transactions.

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List of APIs as per Supported Payment Methods

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Step 1: Create Authorisation Payment

Set up the authorisation payment using:

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Step 2: Fetch Token Details

Fetch the customer’s token detail to proceed with the authorisation payment using:

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Step 3: Charge Subsequent Payments

Use the token to charge customers as needed using: