Recurring

Amazon Pay supports recurring payments, and we streamline this process for you with Payment agreements.

Create the payment agreement

To create an Amazon Pay payment agreement, provide the following information when calling our payment agreements endpoint:

Data Field

Description

paymentMethod

AMAZON_PAY

consumer.name

Full name of the consumer.

consumer.country

The country from which the consumer is shopping.

authenticationSettings: REDIRECT settings.returnUrl

Specify the URL to which the consumer should be redirected after completing the payment. This is required for the REDIRECT payment flow.

You can also include the initialPaymentCharge object in this agreement creation call to immediately initiate the first payment without making a separate call. If you include this object, you'll need to specify:

  • The exact amount.value and amount.currency of the first payment

If you don't include an initialPaymentCharge during agreement creation, you'll need to make a separate API call to /v1/payment-agreements/{agreement_id}/payment-charges to create the first charge.

Request

POST /v1/payment-agreements

{
  "paymentMethod": "AMAZON_PAY",
  "consumer": {
    "name": "John Smith",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "authenticationSettings": [
    {
      "type": "REDIRECT",
      "settings": {
        "returnUrl": "https://www.webshop.com/order-results-page"
      }
    }
  ]
}
{
  "paymentMethod": "AMAZON_PAY",
  "consumer": {
    "name": "John Smith",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "authenticationSettings": [
    {
      "type": "REDIRECT",
      "settings": {
        "returnUrl": "https://www.webshop.com/order-results-page"
      }
    }
  ],
  "initialPaymentCharge": {
    "amount": {
      "value": 1000,
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  }
}

Response

You'll receive a response with the available authentication methods:

{
  "id": "agr_kldVsUfaTdcCIpT8bBIWo",
  "status": "AUTHENTICATION_PENDING",
  "paymentMethod": "AMAZON_PAY",
  "startDate": "2025-04-15T16:20:13.302Z",
  "instrumentId": "instr_gQHo8F6xz3kOegCiaimw0",
  "consumer": {
    "name": "John Smith",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "authenticationMethods": [
    {
      "details": {
        "requestUrl": "https://redirection-target.ppro.com",
        "requestMethod": "GET"
      },
      "type": "REDIRECT"
    }
  ],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "ahist_mEs8D2aCSaoSgtex0gzWx",
      "status": "AUTHENTICATION_PENDING",
      "createdAt": "2025-04-15T16:20:13.951Z"
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2025-04-15T16:20:13.951Z",
  "updatedAt": "2025-04-15T16:20:13.951Z"
}
{
  "id": "agr_gFCDp991mUCjWVypLEvfZ",
  "status": "AUTHENTICATION_PENDING",
  "paymentMethod": "AMAZON_PAY",
  "instrumentId": "instr_hLOqf7bZvyo98kqT4Spio",
  "consumer": {
    "name": "John Smith",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "authenticationMethods": [
    {
      "details": {
        "requestUrl": "https://redirection-target.ppro.com",
        "requestMethod": "GET"
      },
      "type": "REDIRECT"
    }
  ],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "ahist_8WvsAUIuUR9lYCajdkPsv",
      "status": "AUTHENTICATION_PENDING",
      "createdAt": "2025-04-10T13:31:39.222Z"
    }
  ],
  "initialPaymentChargeId": "charge_QQu5vY0HQYKIvsa7OO6Hx",
  "createdAt": "2025-04-10T13:31:39.222Z",
  "updatedAt": "2025-04-10T13:31:39.222Z"
}

Pick the desired authentication method

APP_NOTIFICATION

  1. Ask your consumer for the required identifier needed to initiate the push notification, often a consumer identifier like a phone, email address or tax identification.
  2. The consumer will receive a push notification to complete the payment process.

Handling the result

APP_NOTIFICATION

  1. The payment charge will remain in the AUTHENTICATION_PENDING state until the consumer confirms the payment.
  2. Webhooks are sent to inform you of the agreement and/or payment outcome.
  3. Alternatively, check the agreement and/or payment status and use the Status that you received to display the outcome to the consumer.
    GET /v1/payment-agreements/{agreement-id}
    GET [/v1/payment-charges/{paymentChargeId}]([https://developerhub.ppro.com/global-api/reference/getpaymentcharge](https://developerhub.ppro.com/global-api/reference/getpaymentcharge).
  4. Store the Payment Agreement ID for subsequent payments.

Create a recurring payment

To initiate a subsequent recurring payment, send a request against an active agreement using our payment agreements API.

Request

POST /v1/payment-agreements/{agreement-id}/payment-charges

{
  "amount": {
    "value": 1000,
    "currency": "USD"
  }
}

Response

{
    "id": "charge_WLnk5R2RKwzAinkEoAMm0",
    "paymentMethod": "AMAZON_PAY",
    "currency": "USD",
    "country": "US",
    "instrumentId": "instr_86xMmxSjrVafelQgtAXxr",
    "status": "CAPTURED",
    "consumer": {
        "name": "John Smith",
        "country": "US"
    },
    "authorizations": [
        {
            "id": "authz_nx4VgDiibOTPoYgXxQbrL",
            "amount": 1000,
            "status": "AUTHORIZED",
            "createdAt": "2025-04-10T16:28:40.150Z",
            "updatedAt": "2025-04-10T16:28:40.150Z"
        }
    ],
    "captures": [
        {
            "id": "capture_aJh1kGwLdwK8S3aFCeWFV",
            "amount": 1000,
            "status": "CAPTURED",
            "createdAt": "2025-04-10T16:28:40.150Z",
            "updatedAt": "2025-04-10T16:28:40.150Z"
        }
    ],
    "refunds": [],
    "discards": [],
    "voids": [],
    "createdAt": "2025-04-10T16:28:38.716Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-04-10T16:28:40.150Z"
}