Can the API support Subscriptions? about coinbase-ruby HOT 4 CLOSED

We have https://coinbase.com/api/doc/1.0/recurring_payments.html - just need to implement in the ruby client

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I think he's talking about generating a subscription email invoice which it doesn't seem we support through the API yet

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Really just any subscription support at all. Eg, creating a subscription, checking that it's paid (or better, a webhook to say subscription.paid etc); cancel subscription. That's about all one would need.

The site seems to generate subscription code snippets. It's just tough to really do much with them without an API that can, for example, track the blockchain status of a subscription payment, then one way or another, mark it paid (then handle it so in the Ruby/Rails app layer).

The app itself could actually handle invoices, receipts, etc. For example, in a fully built out app with a billing system, it would be very simple to drop in this portion of the CoinBase API, then just use what you've already got, billing-wise, and tweak it a bit. It's just a matter of tracking those subscription payments and getting access to that data via API/webhooks.

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What about a variable subscription? Like based on usage. Say someone signs up for a service that charges by the hour used at $20/hour. The user uses it for 10 hours the first month and 2 hours the next. Once the user signs up for the service once and authorizes charges, can I initiate a charge of $200 the first month and $40 the second without the customer's action?

I only ask because stripe, Paypal, and Amazon payments can do this and I want to put bitcoin onto my platform.

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