In this guide, you'll learn how to support subscription purchases with Medusa.

When you install a Medusa application, you get a fully-fledged commerce platform with support for customizations. While Medusa doesn't provide subscription-based purchases natively, it provides the Framework to support you in implementing this feature.

In this guide, you'll customize Medusa to implement subscription-based purchases with the following features:

1. Subscription-based purchases for a specified interval (monthly or yearly) and period.
2. Customize the admin dashboard to view subscriptions and associated orders.
3. Automatic renewal of the subscription.
4. Automatic subscription expiration tracking.
5. Allow customers to view and cancel their subscriptions.

This guide uses Stripe as an example to capture the subscription payments. You're free to use a different payment provider or implement your payment logic instead.

Subscription Example Repository

Find the full code for this recipe example in this repository.

OpenApi Specs for Postman

Import this OpenApi Specs file into tools like Postman.

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Step 1: Install a Medusa Application#

Prerequisites3

Node.js v20+↗Git CLI tool↗PostgreSQL↗

Start by installing the Medusa application on your machine with the following command:

Terminal
❯npx create-medusa-app@latest

You'll first be asked for the project's name. Then, when you're asked whether you want to install the Next.js Starter Storefront, choose Y for yes.

Afterwards, the installation process will start, which will install the Medusa application in a directory with your project's name, and the Next.js Starter Storefront in a directory with the {project-name}-storefront name.

Once the installation finishes successfully, the Medusa Admin dashboard will open with a form to create a new user. Enter the user's credentials and submit the form.

Afterwards, you can log in with the new user and explore the dashboard. The Next.js Starter Storefront is also running at http://localhost:8000.

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Step 2: Configure Stripe Module Provider#

As mentioned in the introduction, you'll use Stripe as the payment provider for the subscription payments. In this step, you'll configure the Stripe Module Provider in your Medusa application.

Prerequisites2

Stripe account↗Stripe Secret API Key↗

To add the Stripe Module Provider to the Medusa configurations, add the following to the medusa-config.ts file:

medusa-config.ts
1module.exports = defineConfig({2  // ...3  modules: [4    {5      resolve: "@medusajs/medusa/payment",6      options: {7        providers: [8          {9            resolve: "@medusajs/medusa/payment-stripe",10            id: "stripe",11            options: {12              apiKey: process.env.STRIPE_API_KEY,13            },14          },15        ],16      },17    },18  ],19})

The Medusa configurations accept a modules property to add modules to your application. You'll learn more about modules in the next section.

You add the Stripe Module Provider to the Payment Module's options. Learn more about these options in the Payment Module's options documentation.

You also pass an apiKey option to the Stripe Module Provider and set its value to an environment variable. So, add the following to your .env file:

Code
STRIPE_API_KEY=sk_test_51J...

Where sk_test_51J... is your Stripe Secret API Key.

Enable Stripe in Regions#

To allow customers to use Stripe during checkout, you must enable it in at least one region. Customers can only choose from payment providers available in their region. You can enable the payment provider in the Medusa Admin dashboard.

To do that, start the Medusa application:

npm
yarn
pnpm

Then, open the dashboard at localhost:9000/app. After you log in:

1. Go to Settings -> Regions.
2. Click on a region to edit.
3. Click on the icon at the top right of the first section.
4. In the side window that opens, edit the region's payment provider to choose "Stripe (STRIPE)".
5. Once you're done, click the Save button.

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Step 3: Create Subscription Module#

Medusa creates commerce features in modules. For example, product features and data models are created in the Product Module.

You also create custom commerce data models and features in custom modules. They're integrated into the Medusa application similar to Medusa's modules without side effects.

So, you'll create a subscription module that holds the data models related to a subscription and allows you to manage them.

Create the directory src/modules/subscription.

Create Data Models#

Create the file src/modules/subscription/models/subscription.ts with the following content:

src/modules/subscription/models/subscription.ts
1import { model } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"2import { SubscriptionInterval, SubscriptionStatus } from "../types"3
4const Subscription = model.define("subscription", {5  id: model.id().primaryKey(),6  status: model.enum(SubscriptionStatus)7    .default(SubscriptionStatus.ACTIVE),8  interval: model.enum(SubscriptionInterval),9  period: model.number(),10  subscription_date: model.dateTime(),11  last_order_date: model.dateTime(),12  next_order_date: model.dateTime().index().nullable(),13  expiration_date: model.dateTime().index(),14  metadata: model.json().nullable(),15})16
17export default Subscription

This creates a Subscription data model that holds a subscription’s details, including:

• interval: indicates whether the subscription is renewed monthly or yearly.
• period: a number indicating how many months/years before a new order is created for the subscription. For example, if period is 3 and interval is monthly, then a new order is created every three months.
• subscription_date: when the subscription was created.
• last_order_date: when the last time a new order was created for the subscription.
• next_order_date : when the subscription’s next order should be created. This property is nullable in case the subscription doesn’t have a next date or has expired.
• expiration_date: when the subscription expires.
• metadata: any additional data can be held in this JSON property.

Notice that the data models use enums defined in another file. So, create the file src/modules/subscription/types/index.ts with the following content:

src/modules/subscription/types/index.ts
1export enum SubscriptionStatus {2  ACTIVE = "active",3  CANCELED = "canceled",4  EXPIRED = "expired",5  FAILED = "failed"6}7
8export enum SubscriptionInterval {9  MONTHLY = "monthly",10  YEARLY = "yearly"11}

Create Main Service#

Create the module’s main service in the file src/modules/subscription/service.ts with the following content:

src/modules/subscription/service.ts
1import { MedusaService } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"2import Subscription from "./models/subscription"3
4class SubscriptionModuleService extends MedusaService({5  Subscription,6}) {7}8
9export default SubscriptionModuleService

The main service extends the service factory to provide data-management features on the Subscription data model.

Create Module Definition File#

Create the file src/modules/subscription/index.ts that holds the module’s definition:

src/modules/subscription/index.ts
1import { Module } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"2import SubscriptionModuleService from "./service"3
4export const SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE = "subscriptionModuleService"5
6export default Module(SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE, {7  service: SubscriptionModuleService,8})

This sets the module’s name to subscriptionModuleService and its main service to SubscriptionModuleService.

Register Module in Medusa’s Configuration#

Finally, add the module into medusa-config.ts:

medusa-config.ts
1module.exports = defineConfig({2  // ...3  modules: [4    // ...5    {6      resolve: "./src/modules/subscription",7    },8  ],9})

Further Read#

• How to Create a Module
• How to Create a Data Model
• Learn more about the service factory.

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Step 4: Define Links#

Modules are isolated in Medusa, making them reusable, replaceable, and integrable in your application without side effects.

So, you can't have relations between data models in modules. Instead, you define a link between them.

Links are relations between data models of different modules that maintain the isolation between the modules.

In this step, you’ll define links between the Subscription Module’s Subscription data model and the data models of Medusa’s Commerce Modules:

1. Link between the Subscription data model and the Cart Module's Cart model.
2. Link between the Subscription data model and the Customer Module's Customer model.
3. Link between the Subscription data model and the Order Module's Order model.

Define a Link to Cart#

To link a subscription to the cart used to make the purchase, create the file src/links/subscription-cart.ts with the following content:

src/links/subscription-cart.ts
1import { defineLink } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"2import SubscriptionModule from "../modules/subscription"3import CartModule from "@medusajs/medusa/cart"4
5export default defineLink(6  SubscriptionModule.linkable.subscription,7  CartModule.linkable.cart8)

This defines a link between the Subscription data model and the Cart Module’s Cart data model.

Define a Link to Customer#

To link a subscription to the customer who purchased it, create the file src/links/subscription-customer.ts with the following content:

src/links/subscription-customer.ts
1import { defineLink } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"2import SubscriptionModule from "../modules/subscription"3import CustomerModule from "@medusajs/medusa/customer"4
5export default defineLink(6  {7    linkable: SubscriptionModule.linkable.subscription.id,8    isList: true,9  },10  CustomerModule.linkable.customer11)

This defines a list link to the Subscription data model, since a customer may have multiple subscriptions.

Define a Link to Order#

To link a subscription to the orders created for it, create the file src/links/subscription-order.ts with the following content:

src/links/subscription-order.ts
1import { defineLink } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"2import SubscriptionModule from "../modules/subscription"3import OrderModule from "@medusajs/medusa/order"4
5export default defineLink(6  SubscriptionModule.linkable.subscription,7  {8    linkable: OrderModule.linkable.order.id,9    isList: true,10  }11)

This defines a list link to the Order data model since a subscription has multiple orders.

Further Reads#

• How to Define a Link

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Step 5: Run Migrations#

To create a table for the Subscription data model in the database, start by generating the migrations for the Subscription Module with the following command:

Terminal
❯npx medusa db:generate subscriptionModuleService

This generates a migration in the src/modules/subscriptions/migrations directory.

Then, to reflect the migration and links in the database, run the following command:

Terminal
❯npx medusa db:migrate

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Step 6: Override createSubscriptions Method in Service#

Since the Subscription Module’s main service extends the service factory, it has a generic createSubscriptions method that creates one or more subscriptions.

In this step, you’ll override it to add custom logic to the subscription creation that sets its date properties.

Install moment Library#

Before you start, install the Moment.js library to help manipulate and format dates with the following command:

npm
yarn
pnpm

Add getNextOrderDate Method#

In src/modules/subscription/service.ts, add the following method to SubscriptionModuleService:

src/modules/subscription/service.ts
1// ...2import moment from "moment"3import { 4  CreateSubscriptionData, 5  SubscriptionData, 6  SubscriptionInterval,7} from "./types"8
9class SubscriptionModuleService extends MedusaService({10  Subscription,11}) {12  getNextOrderDate({13    last_order_date,14    expiration_date,15    interval,16    period,17  }: {18    last_order_date: Date19    expiration_date: Date20    interval: SubscriptionInterval,21    period: number22  }): Date | null {23    const nextOrderDate = moment(last_order_date)24      .add(25        period, 26        interval === SubscriptionInterval.MONTHLY ? 27          "month" : "year"28      )29    const expirationMomentDate = moment(expiration_date)30
31    return nextOrderDate.isAfter(expirationMomentDate) ? 32      null : nextOrderDate.toDate()33  }34}

This method accepts a subscription’s last order date, expiration date, interval, and period, and uses them to calculate and return the next order date.

If the next order date, calculated from the last order date, exceeds the expiration date, null is returned.

Add getExpirationDate Method#

In the same file, add the following method to SubscriptionModuleService:

src/modules/subscription/service.ts
1class SubscriptionModuleService extends MedusaService({2  Subscription,3}) {4  // ...5  getExpirationDate({6    subscription_date,7    interval,8    period,9  }: {10    subscription_date: Date,11    interval: SubscriptionInterval,12    period: number13  }) {14    return moment(subscription_date)15      .add(16        period,17        interval === SubscriptionInterval.MONTHLY ?18          "month" : "year"19      ).toDate()20  }21}

The getExpirationDate method accepts a subscription’s date, interval, and period to calculate and return its expiration date.

Override the createSubscriptions Method#

Before overriding the createSubscriptions method, add the following types to src/modules/subscription/types/index.ts:

src/modules/subscription/types/index.ts
1import { InferTypeOf } from "@medusajs/framework/types"2import Subscription from "../models/subscription"3
4// ...5
6export type CreateSubscriptionData = {7  interval: SubscriptionInterval8  period: number9  status?: SubscriptionStatus10  subscription_date?: Date11  metadata?: Record<string, unknown>12}13
14export type SubscriptionData = InferTypeOf<typeof Subscription>

Then, in src/modules/subscription/service.ts, add the following to override the createSubscriptions method:

src/modules/subscription/service.ts
1class SubscriptionModuleService extends MedusaService({2  Subscription,3}) {4  // ...5    6  // @ts-expect-error7  async createSubscriptions(8    data: CreateSubscriptionData | CreateSubscriptionData[]9  ): Promise<SubscriptionData[]> {10    const input = Array.isArray(data) ? data : [data]11
12    const subscriptions = await Promise.all(13      input.map(async (subscription) => {14        const subscriptionDate = subscription.subscription_date || new Date()15        const expirationDate = this.getExpirationDate({16          subscription_date: subscriptionDate,17          interval: subscription.interval,18          period: subscription.period,19        })20
21        return await super.createSubscriptions({22          ...subscription,23          subscription_date: subscriptionDate,24          last_order_date: subscriptionDate,25          next_order_date: this.getNextOrderDate({26            last_order_date: subscriptionDate,27            expiration_date: expirationDate,28            interval: subscription.interval,29            period: subscription.period,30          }),31          expiration_date: expirationDate,32        })33      })34    )35    36    return subscriptions37  }38}

The createSubscriptions calculates for each subscription the expiration and next order dates using the methods created earlier. It creates and returns the subscriptions.

This method is used in the next step.

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Step 7: Create Subscription Workflow#

To implement and expose a feature that manipulates data, you create a workflow that uses services to implement the functionality, then create an API route that executes that workflow.

In this step, you’ll create the workflow that you’ll execute when a customer purchases a subscription.

The workflow accepts a cart’s ID, and it has three steps:

1. Create the order from the cart.
2. Create a subscription.
3. Link the subscription to the order, cart, and customer.

Medusa provides the first and last steps in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package, so you only need to implement the second step.

Create a Subscription Step (Second Step)#

Create the file src/workflows/create-subscription/steps/create-subscription.ts with the following content:

src/workflows/create-subscription/steps/create-subscription.ts
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6import { SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE } from "../../../modules/subscription"7
8type StepInput = {9  cart_id: string10  order_id: string11  customer_id?: string12  subscription_data: {13    interval: SubscriptionInterval14    period: number15  }16}17
18const createSubscriptionStep = createStep(19  "create-subscription",20  async ({ 21    cart_id, 22    order_id, 23    customer_id,24    subscription_data,25  }: StepInput, { container }) => {26    const subscriptionModuleService: SubscriptionModuleService = 27      container.resolve(SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE)28    const linkDefs: LinkDefinition[] = []29
30    const subscription = await subscriptionModuleService.createSubscriptions({31      ...subscription_data,32      metadata: {33        main_order_id: order_id,34      },35    })36
37    // TODO add links38
39    return new StepResponse({40      subscription: subscription[0],41      linkDefs,42    }, {43      subscription: subscription[0],44    })45  }, async (data, { container }) => {46    // TODO implement compensation47  }48)49
50export default createSubscriptionStep

This step receives the IDs of the cart, order, and customer, along with the subscription’s details.

In this step, you use the createSubscriptions method to create the subscription. In the metadata property, you set the ID of the order created on purchase.

The step returns the created subscription as well as an array of links to create. To add the links to be created in the returned array, replace the first TODO with the following:

src/workflows/create-subscription/steps/create-subscription.ts
1linkDefs.push({2  [SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE]: {3    "subscription_id": subscription[0].id,4  },5  [Modules.ORDER]: {6    "order_id": order_id,7  },8})9
10linkDefs.push({11  [SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE]: {12    "subscription_id": subscription[0].id,13  },14  [Modules.CART]: {15    "cart_id": cart_id,16  },17})18
19if (customer_id) {20  linkDefs.push({21    [SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE]: {22      "subscription_id": subscription[0].id,23    },24    [Modules.CUSTOMER]: {25      "customer_id": customer_id,26    },27  })28}

This adds links between:

1. The subscription and the order.
2. The subscription and the cart.
3. The subscription and the customer, if a customer is associated with the cart.

The step also has a compensation function to undo the step’s changes if an error occurs. So, replace the second TODO with the following:

src/workflows/create-subscription/steps/create-subscription.ts
1if (!data) {2  return3}4const subscriptionModuleService: SubscriptionModuleService = 5  container.resolve(SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE)6
7await subscriptionModuleService.cancelSubscriptions(data.subscription.id)

The compensation function receives the subscription as a parameter. It cancels the subscription.

Create Workflow#

Create the file src/workflows/create-subscription/index.ts with the following content:

src/workflows/create-subscription/index.ts
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12} from "../../modules/subscription/types"13import createSubscriptionStep from "./steps/create-subscription"14
15type WorkflowInput = {16  cart_id: string,17  subscription_data: {18    interval: SubscriptionInterval19    period: number20  }21}22
23const createSubscriptionWorkflow = createWorkflow(24  "create-subscription",25  (input: WorkflowInput) => {26    const { id } = completeCartWorkflow.runAsStep({27      input: {28        id: input.cart_id,29      },30    })31
32    const { data: orders } = useQueryGraphStep({33      entity: "order",34      fields: [35        "id",36        "status",37        "summary",38        "currency_code",39        "customer_id",40        "display_id",41        "region_id",42        "email",43        "total",44        "subtotal",45        "tax_total",46        "discount_total",47        "discount_subtotal",48        "discount_tax_total",49        "original_total",50        "original_tax_total",51        "item_total",52        "item_subtotal",53        "item_tax_total",54        "original_item_total",55        "original_item_subtotal",56        "original_item_tax_total",57        "shipping_total",58        "shipping_subtotal",59        "shipping_tax_total",60        "original_shipping_tax_total",61        "original_shipping_subtotal",62        "original_shipping_total",63        "created_at",64        "updated_at",65        "credit_lines.*",66        "items.*",67        "items.tax_lines.*",68        "items.adjustments.*",69        "items.detail.*",70        "items.variant.*",71        "items.variant.product.*",72        "shipping_address.*",73        "billing_address.*",74        "shipping_methods.*",75        "shipping_methods.tax_lines.*",76        "shipping_methods.adjustments.*",77        "payment_collections.*",78      ],79      filters: {80        id,81      },82      options: {83        throwIfKeyNotFound: true,84      },85    })86
87    const { subscription, linkDefs } = createSubscriptionStep({88      cart_id: input.cart_id,89      order_id: orders[0].id,90      customer_id: orders[0].customer_id!,91      subscription_data: input.subscription_data,92    })93
94    createRemoteLinkStep(linkDefs)95
96    return new WorkflowResponse({97      subscription: subscription,98      order: orders[0],99    })100  }101)102
103export default createSubscriptionWorkflow

This workflow accepts the cart’s ID, along with the subscription details. It executes the following steps:

1. completeCartWorkflow from @medusajs/medusa/core-flows that completes a cart and creates an order.
2. useQueryGraphStep from @medusajs/medusa/core-flows to retrieve the order's details. Query is a tool that allows you to retrieve data across modules.
3. createSubscriptionStep, which is the step you created previously.
4. createRemoteLinkStep from @medusajs/medusa/core-flows, which accepts links to create. These links are in the linkDefs array returned by the previous step.

The workflow returns the created subscription and order.

Further Reads#

• How to Create a Workflow
• Learn more about the compensation function
• How to use Link

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Step 8: Custom Complete Cart API Route#

To create a subscription when a customer completes their purchase, you need to expose an endpoint that executes the subscription workflow. To do that, you'll create an API route.

An API Route is an endpoint that exposes commerce features to external applications and clients, such as storefronts.

In this step, you’ll create a custom API route similar to the Complete Cart API route that uses the workflow you previously created to complete the customer's purchase and create a subscription.

Create the file src/api/store/carts/[id]/subscribe/route.ts with the following content:

src/api/store/carts/[id]/subscribe/route.ts
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9import createSubscriptionWorkflow from "../../../../../workflows/create-subscription"10import { SubscriptionInterval } from "../../../../../modules/subscription/types"11
12export const POST = async (13  req: MedusaRequest,14  res: MedusaResponse15) => {16  const query = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.QUERY)17
18  const { data: [cart] } = await query.graph({19    entity: "cart",20    fields: [21      "metadata",22    ],23    filters: {24      id: [req.params.id],25    },26  })27  28  const { metadata } = cart29
30  if (!metadata?.subscription_interval || !metadata.subscription_period) {31    throw new MedusaError(32      MedusaError.Types.INVALID_DATA,33      "Please set the subscription's interval and period first."34    )35  }36
37  const { result } = await createSubscriptionWorkflow(38    req.scope39  ).run({40    input: {41      cart_id: req.params.id,42      subscription_data: {43        interval: metadata.subscription_interval as SubscriptionInterval,44        period: metadata.subscription_period as number,45      },46    },47  })48
49  res.json({50    type: "order",51    ...result,52  })53}

Since the file exports a POST function, you're exposing a POST API route at /store/carts/[id]/subscribe.

In the route handler function, you retrieve the cart to access it's metadata property. If the subscription details aren't stored there, you throw an error.

Then, you use the createSubscriptionWorkflow you created to create the order, and return the created order and subscription in the response.

In the next step, you'll customize the Next.js Starter Storefront, allowing you to test out the subscription feature.

Further Reads#

• How to Create an API Route

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Intermission: Payment Flow Overview#

Before continuing with the customizations, you must understand the payment changes you need to make to support subscriptions. In this guide, you'll get a general overview, but you can refer to the Payment in Storefront documentation for more details.

By default, the checkout flow requires you to create a payment collection, then a payment session in that collection. When you create the payment session, that subsequently performs the necessary action to initialize the payment in the payment provider. For example, it creates a payment intent in Stripe.

To support subscriptions, you need to support capturing the payment each time the subscription renews. When creating the payment session using the Initialize Payment Session API route, you must pass the data that your payment provider requires to support capturing the payment again in the future. You can pass the data that the provider requires in the data property.

When you create the payment session, Medusa creates an account holder for the customer. An account holder represents a customer's saved payment information, including saved methods, in a third-party provider and may hold data from that provider. Learn more in the Account Holder documentation.

The account holder allows you to retrieve the saved payment method and use it to capture the payment when the subscription renews. You'll see how this works later when you implement the logic to renew the subscription.

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Step 9: Add Subscriptions to Next.js Starter Storefront#

In this step, you'll customize the checkout flow in the Next.js Starter storefront, which you installed in the first step, to:

1. Add a subscription step to the checkout flow.
2. Pass the additional data that Stripe requires to later capture the payment when the subscription renews, as explained in the Payment Flow Overview.

Add Subscription Step#

Start by adding the function to update the subscription data in the cart. Add to the file src/lib/data/cart.ts the following:

Storefront
src/lib/data/cart.ts
1export enum SubscriptionInterval {2  MONTHLY = "monthly",3  YEARLY = "yearly"4}5
6export async function updateSubscriptionData(7  subscription_interval: SubscriptionInterval,8  subscription_period: number9) {10  const cartId = getCartId()11  12  if (!cartId) {13    throw new Error("No existing cart found when placing an order")14  }15
16  await updateCart({17    metadata: {18      subscription_interval,19      subscription_period,20    },21  })22  revalidateTag("cart")23}

This updates the cart's metadata with the subscription details.

Then, you'll add the subscription form that shows as part of the checkout to select the subscription interval and period. Create the file src/modules/checkout/components/subscriptions/index.tsx with the following content:

Storefront
src/modules/checkout/components/subscriptions/index.tsx
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11import { updateSubscriptionData } from "../../../../lib/data/cart"12
13export enum SubscriptionInterval {14  MONTHLY = "monthly",15  YEARLY = "yearly"16}17
18const SubscriptionForm = () => {19  const [interval, setInterval] = useState<SubscriptionInterval>(20    SubscriptionInterval.MONTHLY21  )22  const [period, setPeriod] = useState(1)23  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false)24
25  const searchParams = useSearchParams()26  const router = useRouter()27  const pathname = usePathname()28
29  const isOpen = searchParams.get("step") === "subscription"30
31  const createQueryString = useCallback(32    (name: string, value: string) => {33      const params = new URLSearchParams(searchParams)34      params.set(name, value)35
36      return params.toString()37    },38    [searchParams]39  )40
41  const handleEdit = () => {42    router.push(pathname + "?" + createQueryString("step", "subscription"), {43      scroll: false,44    })45  }46
47  const handleSubmit = async () => {48    setIsLoading(true)49    50    updateSubscriptionData(interval, period)51    .then(() => {52      setIsLoading(false)53      router.push(pathname + "?step=delivery", { scroll: false })54    })55  }56
57  return (58    <div className="bg-white">59      <div className="flex flex-row items-center justify-between mb-6">60        <Heading61          level="h2"62          className={clx(63            "flex flex-row text-3xl-regular gap-x-2 items-baseline",64            {65              "opacity-50 pointer-events-none select-none":66                !isOpen,67            }68          )}69        >70          Subscription Details71          {!isOpen && <CheckCircleSolid />}72        </Heading>73        {!isOpen && (74          <Text>75            <button76              onClick={handleEdit}77              className="text-ui-fg-interactive hover:text-ui-fg-interactive-hover"78              data-testid="edit-payment-button"79            >80              Edit81            </button>82          </Text>83        )}84      </div>85      <div>86        <div className={isOpen ? "block" : "hidden"}>87          <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">88            <NativeSelect 89              placeholder="Interval" 90              value={interval} 91              onChange={(e) => 92                setInterval(e.target.value as SubscriptionInterval)93              }94              required95              autoComplete="interval"96            >97              {Object.values(SubscriptionInterval).map(98                (intervalOption, index) => (99                  <option key={index} value={intervalOption}>100                    {capitalize(intervalOption)}101                  </option>102                )103              )}104            </NativeSelect>105            <Input106              label="Period"107              name="period"108              autoComplete="period"109              value={period}110              onChange={(e) => 111                setPeriod(parseInt(e.target.value))112              }113              required114              type="number"115            />116          </div>117
118          <Button119            size="large"120            className="mt-6"121            onClick={handleSubmit}122            isLoading={isLoading}123            disabled={!interval || !period}124          >125            Continue to delivery126          </Button>127        </div>128      </div>129      <Divider className="mt-8" />130    </div>131  )132}133
134export default SubscriptionForm

This adds a component that displays a form to choose the subscription's interval and period during checkout. When the customer submits the form, you use the updateSubscriptionData function that sends a request to the Medusa application to update the cart with the subscription details.

Next, you want the subscription step to show after the address step. So, change the last line of the setAddresses function in src/lib/data/cart.ts to redirect to the subscription step once the customer enters their address:

Storefront
src/lib/data/cart.ts
1export async function setAddresses(currentState: unknown, formData: FormData) {2  // ...3  redirect(4    `/${formData.get("shipping_address.country_code")}/checkout?step=subscription`5  )6}

And to show the subscription form during checkout, add the SubscriptionForm in src/modules/checkout/templates/checkout-form/index.tsx after the Addresses wrapper component:

Storefront
src/modules/checkout/templates/checkout-form/index.tsx
1// other imports...2import SubscriptionForm from "@modules/checkout/components/subscriptions"3
4export default async function CheckoutForm({5  cart,6  customer,7}: {8  cart: HttpTypes.StoreCart | null9  customer: HttpTypes.StoreCustomer | null10}) {11  // ...12
13  return (14    <div>15      {/* ... */}16      {/* After Addresses, before Shipping */}17      <div>18        <SubscriptionForm />19      </div>20      {/* ... */}21    </div>22  )23}

Pass Additional Data to Payment Provider#

As explained in the Payment Flow Overview, you need to pass additional data to the payment provider to support subscriptions.

For Stripe, you need to pass the setup_future_usage property in the data object when you create the payment session. This property allows you to capture the payment in the future, as explained in Stripe's documentation.

To pass this data, you'll make changes in the src/modules/checkout/components/payment/index.tsx file. In this file, the initiatePaymentSession is used in two places. In each of them, pass the data property as follows:

Storefront
src/modules/checkout/components/payment/index.tsx
1await initiatePaymentSession(cart, {2  provider_id: method,3  data: {4    setup_future_usage: "off_session",5  },6})

If you're integrating with a custom payment provider, you can instead pass the required data for that provider in the data object.

The payment method can now be used later to capture the payment when the subscription renews.

Test Cart Completion and Subscription Creation#

To test out the cart completion flow:

1. In the Medusa application's directory, run the following command to start the application:

npm
yarn
pnpm

2. In the Next.js Starter's directory, run the following command to start the storefront:

npm
yarn
pnpm

3. Add a product to the cart and place an order. During checkout, you'll see a Subscription Details step to fill out the interval and period.

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Step 10: Add Admin API Routes for Subscription#

In this step, you’ll add two API routes for admin users:

1. One to list all subscriptions.
2. One to retrieve a subscription.

List Subscriptions Admin API Route#

The list subscriptions API route should allow clients to retrieve subscriptions with pagination. An API route can be configured to accept pagination fields, such as limit and offset, then use them with Query to paginate the retrieved data.

You'll start with the API route. To create it, create the file src/api/admin/subscriptions/route.ts with the following content:

src/api/admin/subscriptions/route.ts
1import { 2  AuthenticatedMedusaRequest, 3  MedusaResponse,4} from "@medusajs/framework"5import { ContainerRegistrationKeys } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"6
7export const GET = async (8  req: AuthenticatedMedusaRequest,9  res: MedusaResponse10) => {11  const query = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.QUERY)12  13  const { 14    data: subscriptions,15    metadata: { count, take, skip } = {},16  } = await query.graph({17    entity: "subscription",18    ...req.queryConfig,19  })20
21  res.json({22    subscriptions,23    count,24    limit: take,25    offset: skip,26  })27}

This adds a GET API route at /admin/subscriptions. In the route handler, you use Query to retrieve the subscriptions. Notice that you pass the req.queryConfig object to the query.graph method. This object contains the pagination fields, such as limit and offset, which are combined from the configurations you'll add in the middleware, and the optional query parameters in the request.

Then, you return the subscriptions, along with the:

• count: The total number of subscriptions.
• limit: The maximum number of subscriptions returned.
• offset: The number of subscriptions skipped before retrieving the subscriptions.

These fields are useful for clients to paginate the subscriptions.

Add Query Configuration Middleware#

To configure the pagination and retrieved fields within the route handler, and to allow passing query parameters that change these configurations in the request, you need to add the validateAndTransformQuery middleware to the route.

To add a middleware, create the file src/api/middlewares.ts with the following content:

src/api/middlewares.ts
1import { 2  validateAndTransformQuery,3  defineMiddlewares,4} from "@medusajs/framework/http"5import { createFindParams } from "@medusajs/medusa/api/utils/validators"6
7export const GetCustomSchema = createFindParams()8
9export default defineMiddlewares({10  routes: [11    {12      matcher: "/admin/subscriptions",13      method: "GET",14      middlewares: [15        validateAndTransformQuery(16          GetCustomSchema,17          {18            defaults: [19              "id",20              "subscription_date",21              "expiration_date",22              "status",23              "metadata.*",24              "orders.*",25              "customer.*",26            ],27            isList: true,28          }29        ),30      ],31    },32  ],33})

You add the validateAndTransformQuery middleware to GET requests sent to routes starting with /admin/subscriptions. This middleware accepts the following parameters:

• A validation schema indicating which query parameters are accepted. You create the schema with Zod. Medusa has a createFindParams utility that generates a Zod schema accepting four query parameters:
  • fields: The fields and relations to retrieve in the returned resources.
  • offset: The number of items to skip before retrieving the returned items.
  • limit: The maximum number of items to return.
  • order: The fields to order the returned items by in ascending or descending order.
• A Query configuration object. It accepts the following properties:
  • defaults: An array of default fields and relations to retrieve in each resource.
  • isList: A boolean indicating whether a list of items are returned in the response.

The middleware combines your default configurations with the query parameters in the request to determine the fields to retrieve and the pagination settings.

Refer to the Request Query Configuration documentation to learn more about this middleware and the query configurations.

Get Subscription Admin API Route#

Next, you'll add the API route to retrieve a single subscription. So, create the file src/api/admin/subscriptions/[id]/route.ts with the following content:

src/api/admin/subscriptions/[id]/route.ts
1import { 2  AuthenticatedMedusaRequest, 3  MedusaResponse,4} from "@medusajs/framework"5import { ContainerRegistrationKeys } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"6
7export const GET = async (8  req: AuthenticatedMedusaRequest,9  res: MedusaResponse10) => {11  const query = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.QUERY)12
13  const { data: [subscription] } = await query.graph({14    entity: "subscription",15    fields: [16      "*",17      "orders.*",18      "customer.*",19    ],20    filters: {21      id: [req.params.id],22    },23  })24
25  res.json({26    subscription,27  })28}

This adds a GET API route at /admin/subscriptions/[id], where [id] is the ID of the subscription to retrieve.

In the route handler, you retrieve a subscription by its ID using Query and return it in the response.

In the next section, you’ll extend the Medusa Admin and use these API routes to show the subscriptions.

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Step 11: Extend Admin#

The Medusa Admin is customizable, allowing you to inject widgets into existing pages or add UI routes to create new pages.

In this step, you’ll add two UI routes:

1. One to view all subscriptions.
2. One to view a single subscription.

Create Types File#

Before creating the UI routes, create the file src/admin/types/index.ts that holds types used by the UI routes:

src/admin/types/index.ts
1import { 2  OrderDTO,3  CustomerDTO,4} from "@medusajs/framework/types"5
6export enum SubscriptionStatus {7  ACTIVE = "active",8  CANCELED = "canceled",9  EXPIRED = "expired",10  FAILED = "failed"11}12
13export enum SubscriptionInterval {14  MONTHLY = "monthly",15  YEARLY = "yearly"16}17
18export type SubscriptionData = {19  id: string20  status: SubscriptionStatus21  interval: SubscriptionInterval22  subscription_date: string23  last_order_date: string24  next_order_date: string | null25  expiration_date: string26  metadata: Record<string, unknown> | null27  orders?: OrderDTO[]28  customer?: CustomerDTO29}

You define types for the subscription status and interval, as well as a SubscriptionData type that represents the subscription data. The SubscriptionData type includes the subscription's ID, status, interval, dates, metadata, and related orders and customer. You'll use these types for the subscriptions retrieved from the server.

Configure JS SDK#

Medusa provides a JS SDK that facilitates sending requests to the server. You can use this SDK in any JavaScript client-side application, including your admin customizations.

To configure the JS SDK, create the file src/admin/lib/sdk.ts with the following content:

src/admin/lib/sdk.ts
1import Medusa from "@medusajs/js-sdk"2
3export const sdk = new Medusa({4  baseUrl: import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL || "/",5  debug: import.meta.env.DEV,6  auth: {7    type: "session",8  },9})

This initializes the SDK, setting the following options:

• baseUrl: The URL of the Medusa server. You use the Vite environment variable VITE_BACKEND_URL.
• debug: A boolean indicating whether to log debug information. You use the Vite environment variable DEV.
• auth: An object indicating the authentication type. You use the session authentication type, which is the recommended approach for admin customizations.

Learn more about other customizations in the JS SDK documentation.

Create Subscriptions List UI Route#

You'll now create the subscriptions list UI route. Since you'll show the subscriptions in a table, you'll use the DataTable component from Medusa UI. It facilitates displaying data in a tabular format with sorting, filtering, and pagination.

Start by creating the file src/admin/routes/subscriptions/page.tsx with the following content:

src/admin/routes/subscriptions/page.tsx
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8import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom"9
10const getBadgeColor = (status: SubscriptionStatus) => {11  switch(status) {12    case SubscriptionStatus.CANCELED:13      return "orange"14    case SubscriptionStatus.FAILED:15      return "red"16    case SubscriptionStatus.EXPIRED:17      return "grey"18    default:19      return "green"20  }21}22
23const getStatusTitle = (status: SubscriptionStatus) => {24  return status.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + 25    status.substring(1)26}27
28const columnHelper = createDataTableColumnHelper<SubscriptionData>()29
30const columns = [31  columnHelper.accessor("id", {32    header: "#",33  }),34  columnHelper.accessor("metadata.main_order_id", {35    header: "Main Order",36  }),37  columnHelper.accessor("customer.email", {38    header: "Customer",39  }),40  columnHelper.accessor("subscription_date", {41    header: "Subscription Date",42    cell: ({ getValue }) => {43      return getValue().toLocaleString()44    },45  }),46  columnHelper.accessor("expiration_date", {47    header: "Expiry Date",48    cell: ({ getValue }) => {49      return getValue().toLocaleString()50    },51  }),52  columnHelper.accessor("status", {53    header: "Status",54    cell: ({ getValue }) => {55      return (56        <Badge color={getBadgeColor(getValue())}>57          {getStatusTitle(getValue())}58        </Badge>59      )60    },61  }),62]63
64const SubscriptionsPage = () => {65  // TODO add implementation66}67
68export const config = defineRouteConfig({69  label: "Subscriptions",70  icon: ClockSolid,71})72
73export default SubscriptionsPage

First, you define two helper functions: getBadgeColor to get the color for the status badge, and getStatusTitle to capitalize the status for the badge text.

Then, you use the createDataTableColumnHelper utility to create a column helper. This utility simplifies defining columns for the data table. You define the columns for the data table using the helper, specifying the accessor, header, and cell for each column.

The UI route file must export a React component, SubscriptionsPage, that shows the content of the UI route. You'll implement this component in a bit.

Finally, you can export the route configuration using the defineRouteConfig function, which shows the UI route in the sidebar with the specified label and icon.

In the SubscriptionsPage component, you'll fetch the subscriptions and show them in a data table. So, replace the SubscriptionsPage component with the following:

src/admin/routes/subscriptions/page.tsx
1const SubscriptionsPage = () => {2  const navigate = useNavigate()3  const [pagination, setPagination] = useState<DataTablePaginationState>({4    pageSize: 4,5    pageIndex: 0,6  })7
8  const query = useMemo(() => {9    return new URLSearchParams({10      limit: `${pagination.pageSize}`,11      offset: `${pagination.pageIndex * pagination.pageSize}`,12    })13  }, [pagination])14
15  const { data, isLoading } = useQuery<{16    subscriptions: SubscriptionData[],17    count: number18  }>({19    queryFn: () => sdk.client.fetch(`/admin/subscriptions?${query.toString()}`),20    queryKey: ["subscriptions", query.toString()],21  })22
23  const table = useDataTable({24    columns,25    data: data?.subscriptions || [],26    getRowId: (subscription) => subscription.id,27    rowCount: data?.count || 0,28    isLoading,29    pagination: {30      state: pagination,31      onPaginationChange: setPagination,32    },33    onRowClick(event, row) {34      navigate(`/subscriptions/${row.id}`)35    },36  })37
38
39  return (40    <Container>41      <DataTable instance={table}>42        <DataTable.Toolbar>43          <Heading level="h1">Subscriptions</Heading>44        </DataTable.Toolbar>45				<DataTable.Table />46        {/** This component will render the pagination controls **/}47        <DataTable.Pagination />48      </DataTable>49    </Container>50  )51}

In the component, you first initialize a pagination state variable of type DataTablePaginationState. This is necessary for the table to manage pagination.

Then, you use the useQuery hook from the @tanstack/react-query package to fetch the subscriptions. In the query function, you use the JS SDK to send a request to the /admin/subscriptions API route with the pagination query parameters.

Next, you use the useDataTable hook to create a data table instance. You pass the columns, subscriptions data, row count, loading state, and pagination settings to the hook. You also navigate to the subscription details page when a row is clicked.

Finally, you render the data table with the subscriptions data, along with the pagination controls.

The subscriptions UI route will now show a table of subscriptions, and when you click on the ID of any of them, you can view its individual page that you'll create next.

Create a Single Subscription UI Route#

To create the UI route or page that shows the details of a single subscription, create the file src/admin/routes/subscriptions/[id]/page.tsx with the following content:

src/admin/routes/subscriptions/[id]/page.tsx
1import { 2  Container,3  Heading,4  Table,5} from "@medusajs/ui"6import { useParams, Link } from "react-router-dom"7import { SubscriptionData } from "../../../types/index.js"8import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query"9import { sdk } from "../../../lib/sdk.js"10
11const SubscriptionPage = () => {12  const { id } = useParams()13  const { data, isLoading } = useQuery<{14    subscription: SubscriptionData15  }>({16    queryFn: () => sdk.client.fetch(`/admin/subscriptions/${id}`),17    queryKey: ["subscription", id],18  })19
20  return (21    <Container>22      {isLoading && <span>Loading...</span>}23      {data?.subscription && (24        <>25          <Heading level="h1">Orders of Subscription #{data.subscription.id}</Heading>26          <Table>27            <Table.Header>28              <Table.Row>29                <Table.HeaderCell>#</Table.HeaderCell>30                <Table.HeaderCell>Date</Table.HeaderCell>31                <Table.HeaderCell>View Order</Table.HeaderCell>32              </Table.Row>33            </Table.Header>34            <Table.Body>35              {data.subscription.orders?.map((order) => (36                <Table.Row key={order.id}>37                  <Table.Cell>{order.id}</Table.Cell>38                  <Table.Cell>{(new Date(order.created_at)).toDateString()}</Table.Cell>39                  <Table.Cell>40                    <Link to={`/orders/${order.id}`}>41                      View Order42                    </Link>43                  </Table.Cell>44                </Table.Row>45              ))}46            </Table.Body>47          </Table>48        </>49      )}50    </Container>51  )52}53
54export default SubscriptionPage

This creates the React component used to display a subscription’s details page. Again, you use the useQuery hook to fetch the subscription data using the JS SDK. You pass the subscription ID from the route parameters to the hook.

Then, you render the subscription’s orders in a table. For each order, you show the ID, date, and a link to view the order.

Test the UI Routes#

To test the UI routes, run the Medusa application and go to http://localhost:9000/app.

After you log-in, you’ll find a new sidebar item “Subscriptions”. Once you click on it, you’ll see the list of subscription purchases.

To view a subscription’s details, click on its row, which opens the subscription details page. This page contains the subscription’s orders.

Further Reads#

• How to Create UI Routes
• DataTable component

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Step 12: Create New Subscription Orders Workflow#

In this step, you’ll create a workflow to create a new subscription order. Later, you’ll execute this workflow in a scheduled job.

The workflow has eight steps:

1. Retrieve the subscription’s linked cart. Medusa provides a useQueryGraphStep in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package that can be used as a step.
2. Create a payment collection for the new order. Medusa provides a createPaymentCollectionsStep in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package that you can use.
3. Get the customer's saved payment method. This payment method will be used to charge the customer.
4. Create payment sessions in the payment collection. Medusa provides a createPaymentSessionsWorkflow in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package that can be used as a step.
5. Authorize the payment session. Medusa also provides the authorizePaymentSessionStep in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package, which can be used.
6. Create the subscription’s new order.
7. Create links between the subscription and the order using the createRemoteLinkStep provided in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package.
8. Capture the order’s payment using the capturePaymentStep provided by Medusa in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package.
9. Update the subscription’s last_order_date and next_order_date properties.

You’ll only implement the third, sixth, and ninth steps.

Create getPaymentMethodStep (Third Step)#

To charge the customer using their payment method saved in Stripe, you need to retrieve that payment method. As explained in the Payment Flow Overview, you customized the storefront to pass the setup_future_usage option to Stripe. So, the payment method was saved in Stripe and linked to the customer's account holder, allowing you to retrieve it later and re-capture the payment.

To create the step, create the file src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/get-payment-method.ts with the following content:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/get-payment-method.ts
1import { MedusaError, Modules } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"2import { AccountHolderDTO, CustomerDTO, PaymentMethodDTO } from "@medusajs/framework/types"3import { createStep, StepResponse } from "@medusajs/framework/workflows-sdk"4
5export interface GetPaymentMethodStepInput {6  customer?: CustomerDTO & {7    account_holder: AccountHolderDTO8  }9}10
11// Since we know we are using Stripe, we can get the correct creation date from their data.12const getLatestPaymentMethod = (paymentMethods: PaymentMethodDTO[]) => {13  return paymentMethods.sort(14    (a, b) =>15      ((b.data?.created as number) ?? 0) - ((a.data?.created as number) ?? 0)16  )[0]17}18
19export const getPaymentMethodStep = createStep(20  "get-payment-method",21  async ({ customer }: GetPaymentMethodStepInput, { container }) => {22    // TODO implement step23  }24)

You create a getLatestPaymentMethod function that receives an array of payment methods and returns the latest one based on the created date in the data field. This is based off of Stripe's payment method data, so if you're using a different payment provider, you may need to adjust this function.

Then, you create the getPaymentMethodStep that receives the customer's data and account holder as an input.

Next, you'll add the implementation of the step. Replace getPaymentMethodStep with the following:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/get-payment-method.ts
1export const getPaymentMethodStep = createStep(2  "get-payment-method",3  async ({ customer }: GetPaymentMethodStepInput, { container }) => {4    const paymentModuleService = container.resolve(Modules.PAYMENT)5
6    if (!customer?.account_holder) {7      throw new MedusaError(8        MedusaError.Types.INVALID_DATA,9        "No account holder found for the customer while retrieving payment method"10      )11    }12
13    const paymentMethods = await paymentModuleService.listPaymentMethods(14      {15        // you can change to other payment provider16        provider_id: "pp_stripe_stripe",17        context: {18          account_holder: customer.account_holder,19        },20      }21    )22
23    if (!paymentMethods.length) {24      throw new MedusaError(25        MedusaError.Types.INVALID_DATA,26        "At least one saved payment method is required for performing a payment"27      )28    }29
30    const paymentMethodToUse = getLatestPaymentMethod(paymentMethods)31
32    return new StepResponse(33      paymentMethodToUse,34      customer.account_holder35    )36  }37)

In the step, you first check that the customer has an account holder, and throw an error otherwise. Then, you list the customer's payment methods using the Payment Module service's listPaymentMethods method. You filter the payment methods to retrieve only the ones from the Stripe provider. So, if you're using a different payment provider, you may need to adjust the provider_id value.

If the customer doesn't have any payment methods, you throw an error. Otherwise, you return the latest payment method found using the getLatestPaymentMethod function.

Create createSubscriptionOrderStep (Sixth Step)#

Create the file src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/create-subscription-order.ts with the following content:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/create-subscription-order.ts
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13import { SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE } from "../../../modules/subscription"14
15export type CreateSubscriptionOrderStepInput = {16  subscription: SubscriptionData17  cart: CartWorkflowDTO18  payment_collection: PaymentCollectionDTO19}20
21function getOrderData(cart: CartWorkflowDTO) {22  // TODO format order's data23}24
25const createSubscriptionOrderStep = createStep(26  "create-subscription-order",27  async ({ 28    subscription, cart, payment_collection,29  }: CreateSubscriptionOrderStepInput, 30  { container, context }) => {31    const linkDefs: LinkDefinition[] = []32
33    const { result: order } = await createOrderWorkflow(container)34      .run({35        input: getOrderData(cart),36        context,37      })38
39    // TODO add links to linkDefs40
41    return new StepResponse({42      order,43      linkDefs,44    }, {45      order,46    })47  },48  async (data, { container }) => {49    // TODO add compensation function50  }51)52
53export default createSubscriptionOrderStep

This creates a createSubscriptionOrderStep that uses the createOrdersWorkflow, which Medusa provides in the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package. The step returns the created order and an array of links to be created.

In this step, you use a getOrderData function to format the order’s input data.

Replace the getOrderData function definition with the following:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/create-subscription-order.ts
1function getOrderData(cart: CartWorkflowDTO) {2  return {3    region_id: cart.region_id,4    customer_id: cart.customer_id,5    sales_channel_id: cart.sales_channel_id,6    email: cart.email,7    currency_code: cart.currency_code,8    shipping_address: {9      ...cart.shipping_address,10      id: null,11    },12    billing_address: {13      ...cart.billing_address,14      id: null,15    },16    items: cart.items,17    shipping_methods: cart.shipping_methods?.map((method) => ({18      name: method.name,19      amount: method.amount,20      is_tax_inclusive: method.is_tax_inclusive,21      shipping_option_id: method.shipping_option_id,22      data: method.data,23      tax_lines: method.tax_lines?.map((taxLine) => ({24        description: taxLine.description,25        tax_rate_id: taxLine.tax_rate_id,26        code: taxLine.code,27        rate: taxLine.rate,28        provider_id: taxLine.provider_id,29      })),30      adjustments: method.adjustments?.map((adjustment) => ({31        code: adjustment.code,32        amount: adjustment.amount,33        description: adjustment.description,34        promotion_id: adjustment.promotion_id,35        provider_id: adjustment.provider_id,36      })),37    })),38  }39}

This formats the order’s data using the cart originally used to make the subscription purchase.

Next, to add links to the returned linkDefs array, replace the TODO in the step with the following:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/create-subscription-order.ts
1linkDefs.push({2  [Modules.ORDER]: {3    order_id: order.id,4  },5  [Modules.PAYMENT]: {6    payment_collection_id: payment_collection.id,7  },8},9{10  [SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE]: {11    subscription_id: subscription.id,12  },13  [Modules.ORDER]: {14    order_id: order.id,15  },16})

This adds links to be created into the linkDefs array between the new order and payment collection, and the new order and its subscription.

Finally, replace the TODO in the compensation function to cancel the order in case of an error:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/create-subscription-order.ts
1if (!data) {2  return3}4const orderModuleService: IOrderModuleService = container.resolve(5  Modules.ORDER6)7
8await orderModuleService.cancel(data.order.id)

Create updateSubscriptionStep (Ninth Step)#

Before creating the seventh step, add in src/modules/subscription/service.ts the following new method:

src/modules/subscription/service.ts
1class SubscriptionModuleService extends MedusaService({2  Subscription,3}) {4  // ...5  async recordNewSubscriptionOrder(id: string) {6    const subscription = await this.retrieveSubscription(id)7
8    const orderDate = new Date()9
10    return await this.updateSubscriptions({11      id,12      last_order_date: orderDate,13      next_order_date: this.getNextOrderDate({14        last_order_date: orderDate,15        expiration_date: subscription.expiration_date,16        interval: subscription.interval,17        period: subscription.period,18      }),19    })20  }21}

The recordNewSubscriptionOrder method updates a subscription’s last_order_date with the current date and calculates the next order date using the getNextOrderDate method added previously.

Then, to create the step that updates a subscription after its order is created, create the file src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/update-subscription.ts with the following content:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/update-subscription.ts
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8import SubscriptionModuleService from "../../../modules/subscription/service"9
10type StepInput = {11  subscription_id: string12}13
14const updateSubscriptionStep = createStep(15  "update-subscription",16  async ({ subscription_id }: StepInput, { container }) => {17    const subscriptionModuleService: SubscriptionModuleService = 18      container.resolve(19        SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE20      )21
22    const prevSubscriptionData = await subscriptionModuleService23      .retrieveSubscription(24        subscription_id25      )26
27    const subscription = await subscriptionModuleService28      .recordNewSubscriptionOrder(29        subscription_id30      )31
32    return new StepResponse({33      subscription,34    }, {35      prev_data: prevSubscriptionData,36    })37  },38  async ({ 39    data,40  }, { container }) => {41    // TODO add compensation42  }43)44
45export default updateSubscriptionStep

This creates the updateSubscriptionStep that updates the subscriber using the recordNewSubscriptionOrder method of the Subscription Module’s main service. It returns the updated subscription.

Before updating the subscription, the step retrieves the old data and passes it to the compensation function to undo the changes on the subscription.

So, replace the TODO in the compensation function with the following:

src/workflows/create-subscription-order/steps/update-subscription.ts
1if (!data) {2  return3}4const subscriptionModuleService: SubscriptionModuleService = 5  container.resolve(6    SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE7  )8
9await subscriptionModuleService.updateSubscriptions({10  id: data.prev_data.id,11  last_order_date: data.prev_data.last_order_date,12  next_order_date: data.prev_data.next_order_date,13})

This updates the subscription’s last_order_date and next_order_date properties to the values before the update.

Create Workflow#

Finally, create the file src/workflows/create-subscription-order/index.ts with the following content:

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22} from "./steps/get-payment-method"23
24type WorkflowInput = {25  subscription: SubscriptionData26}27
28const createSubscriptionOrderWorkflow = createWorkflow(29  "create-subscription-order",30  (input: WorkflowInput) => {31    const { data: subscriptions } = useQueryGraphStep({32      entity: "subscription",33      fields: [34        "*",35        "cart.*",36        "cart.items.*",37        "cart.items.tax_lines.*",38        "cart.items.adjustments.*",39        "cart.shipping_address.*",40        "cart.billing_address.*",41        "cart.shipping_methods.*",42        "cart.shipping_methods.tax_lines.*",43        "cart.shipping_methods.adjustments.*",44        "cart.payment_collection.*",45        "cart.payment_collection.payment_sessions.*",46        "cart.customer.*",47        "cart.customer.account_holder.*",48      ],49      filters: {50        id: input.subscription.id,51      },52      options: {53        throwIfKeyNotFound: true,54      },55    })56
57    const paymentCollectionData = transform({58      subscriptions,59    }, (data) => {60      const cart = data.subscriptions[0].cart61      return {62        currency_code: cart?.currency_code || "",63        amount: cart?.payment_collection?.amount || 0,64        metadata: cart?.payment_collection?.metadata || undefined,65      }66    })67
68    const payment_collection = createPaymentCollectionsStep([69      paymentCollectionData,70    ])[0]71
72    const defaultPaymentMethod = getPaymentMethodStep({73      customer: subscriptions[0].cart.customer,74    })75
76    const paymentSessionData = transform({77      payment_collection,78      subscriptions,79      defaultPaymentMethod,80    }, (data) => {81      return {82        payment_collection_id: data.payment_collection.id,83        provider_id: "pp_stripe_stripe",84        customer_id: data.subscriptions[0].cart?.customer?.id,85        data: {86          payment_method: data.defaultPaymentMethod.id,87          off_session: true,88          confirm: true,89          capture_method: "automatic",90        },91      }92    })93
94    const paymentSession = createPaymentSessionsWorkflow.runAsStep({95      input: paymentSessionData,96    })97
98    const payment = authorizePaymentSessionStep({99      id: paymentSession.id,100      context: paymentSession.context,101    })102
103    const { order, linkDefs } = createSubscriptionOrderStep({104      subscription: input.subscription,105      cart: carts[0],106      payment_collection,107    } as unknown as CreateSubscriptionOrderStepInput)108
109    createRemoteLinkStep(linkDefs)110
111    capturePaymentStep({112      payment_id: payment.id,113      amount: payment.amount,114    })115
116    updateSubscriptionStep({117      subscription_id: input.subscription.id,118    })119
120    return new WorkflowResponse({121      order,122    })123  }124)125
126export default createSubscriptionOrderWorkflow

The workflow runs the following steps:

1. useQueryGraphStep to retrieve the details of the cart linked to the subscription.
2. createPaymentCollectionsStep to create a payment collection using the same information in the cart.
3. getPaymentMethodStep to get the customer's saved payment method.
4. createPaymentSessionsWorkflow to create a payment session in the payment collection from the previous step. You prepare the data to create the payment session using transform from the Workflows SDK.
   • Since you're capturing the payment with Stripe, you must pass in the payment session's data object the following properties:
     • payment_method: the ID of the payment method saved in Stripe.
     • off_session: true to indicate that the payment is off-session.
     • confirm: true to confirm the payment.
     • capture_method: automatic to automatically capture the payment.
   • If you're using a payment provider other than Stripe, you'll need to adjust the provider_id value and the data object properties depending on what the provider expects.
5. authorizePaymentSessionStep to authorize the payment session created from the first step.
6. createSubscriptionOrderStep to create the new order for the subscription.
7. createRemoteLinkStep to create links returned by the previous step.
8. capturePaymentStep to capture the order’s payment.
9. updateSubscriptionStep to update the subscription’s last_order_date and next_order_date.

In the next step, you’ll execute the workflow in a scheduled job.

Further Reads#

• Payment Module

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Step 13: Create New Subscription Orders Scheduled Job#

A scheduled job is an asynchronous function executed at a specified interval pattern. Use scheduled jobs to execute a task at a regular interval.

In this step, you’ll create a scheduled job that runs once a day. It finds all subscriptions whose next_order_date property is the current date and uses the workflow from the previous step to create an order for them.

Create the file src/jobs/create-subscription-orders.ts with the following content:

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6import { SubscriptionStatus } from "../modules/subscription/types"7
8export default async function createSubscriptionOrdersJob(9  container: MedusaContainer10) {11  const subscriptionModuleService: SubscriptionModuleService =12    container.resolve(SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE)13  const logger = container.resolve("logger")14
15  let page = 016  const limit = 2017  let pagesCount = 018
19  do {20    const beginningToday = moment(new Date()).set({21      second: 0,22      minute: 0,23      hour: 0,24    })25    .toDate()26    const endToday = moment(new Date()).set({27      second: 59,28      minute: 59,29      hour: 23,30    })31    .toDate()32  33    const [subscriptions, count] = await subscriptionModuleService34      .listAndCountSubscriptions({35        next_order_date: {36          $gte: beginningToday,37          $lte: endToday,38        },39        status: SubscriptionStatus.ACTIVE,40      }, {41        skip: page * limit,42        take: limit,43      })    44
45      // TODO create orders for subscriptions46
47    if (!pagesCount) {48      pagesCount = count / limit49    }50  51    page++52  } while (page < pagesCount - 1)53}54
55export const config = {56  name: "create-subscription-orders",57  schedule: "0 0 * * *", // Every day at midnight58}

This creates a scheduled job that runs once a day.

In the scheduled job, you retrieve subscriptions whose next_order_date is between the beginning and end of today, and whose status is active. You also support paginating the subscriptions in case there are more than 20 matching those filters.

To create orders for the subscriptions returned, replace the TODO with the following:

src/jobs/create-subscription-orders.ts
1await Promise.all(2  subscriptions.map(async (subscription) => {3    try {4      const  { result } = await createSubscriptionOrderWorkflow(container)5        .run({6          input: {7            subscription,8          },9        })10
11      logger.info(`Created new order ${12        result.order.id13      } for subscription ${subscription.id}`)14    } catch (e) {15      logger.error(16        `Error creating a new order for subscription ${subscription.id}`,17        e18      )19    }20  })21)

This loops over the returned subscriptions and executes the createSubscriptionOrderWorkflow from the previous step to create the order.

Further Reads#

• How to Create a Scheduled Job

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Step 14: Expire Subscriptions Scheduled Job#

In this step, you’ll create a scheduled job that finds subscriptions whose expiration_date is the current date and marks them as expired.

Before creating the scheduled job, add in src/modules/subscription/service.ts a new method:

src/modules/subscription/service.ts
1class SubscriptionModuleService extends MedusaService({2  Subscription,3}) {4  // ...5  async expireSubscription(id: string | string[]): Promise<SubscriptionData[]> {6    const input = Array.isArray(id) ? id : [id]7
8    return await this.updateSubscriptions({9      selector: {10        id: input,11      },12      data: {13        next_order_date: null,14        status: SubscriptionStatus.EXPIRED,15      },16    })17  }18}

The expireSubscription updates the following properties of the specified subscriptions:

1. Set next_order_date to null as there are no more orders.
2. Set the status to expired.

Then, create the file src/jobs/expire-subscription-orders.ts with the following content:

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5import { SubscriptionStatus } from "../modules/subscription/types"6
7export default async function expireSubscriptionOrdersJob(8  container: MedusaContainer9) {10  const subscriptionModuleService: SubscriptionModuleService =11    container.resolve(SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE)12  const logger = container.resolve("logger")13
14  let page = 015  const limit = 2016  let pagesCount = 017
18  do {19    const beginningToday = moment(new Date()).set({20      second: 0,21      minute: 0,22      hour: 0,23    })24    .toDate()25    const endToday = moment(new Date()).set({26      second: 59,27      minute: 59,28      hour: 23,29    })30    .toDate()31  32    const [subscriptions, count] = await subscriptionModuleService33      .listAndCountSubscriptions({34        expiration_date: {35          $gte: beginningToday,36          $lte: endToday,37        },38        status: SubscriptionStatus.ACTIVE,39      }, {40        skip: page * limit,41        take: limit,42      })    43
44    const subscriptionIds = subscriptions.map((subscription) => subscription.id)45
46    await subscriptionModuleService.expireSubscription(subscriptionIds)47
48    logger.log(`Expired ${subscriptionIds}.`)49
50    if (!pagesCount) {51      pagesCount = count / limit52    }53  54    page++55  } while (page < pagesCount - 1)56}57
58export const config = {59  name: "expire-subscriptions",60  schedule: "0 0 * * *", // Every day at midnight61}

This scheduled job runs once a day.

In the scheduled job, you find all subscriptions whose expiration_date is between the beginning and end of today and their status is active. Then, you use the expireSubscription method to expire those subscriptions.

You also implement pagination in case there are more than 20 expired subscriptions.

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Step 15: Add Customer API Routes#

In this step, you’ll add two API routes for authenticated customers:

1. View their list of subscriptions.
2. Cancel a subscription.

Create Subscriptions List API Route#

Create the file src/api/store/customers/me/subscriptions/route.ts with the following content:

src/api/store/customers/me/subscriptions/route.ts
1import { 2  AuthenticatedMedusaRequest, 3  MedusaResponse,4} from "@medusajs/framework/http"5import { ContainerRegistrationKeys } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"6
7export const GET = async (8  req: AuthenticatedMedusaRequest,9  res: MedusaResponse10) => {11  const query = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.QUERY)12
13  const { data: [customer] } = await query.graph({14    entity: "customer",15    fields: [16      "subscriptions.*",17    ],18    filters: {19      id: [req.auth_context.actor_id],20    },21  })22
23  res.json({24    subscriptions: customer.subscriptions,25  })26}

This adds an API route at /store/customers/me/subscriptions.

In the route handler, you retrieve the authenticated customer’s subscriptions using Query and return them in the response.

Cancel Subscription API Route#

Before creating this API route, add in src/modules/subscription/service.ts the following new method:

src/modules/subscription/service.ts
1class SubscriptionModuleService extends MedusaService({2  Subscription,3}) {4  // ...5    6  async cancelSubscriptions(7    id: string | string[]): Promise<SubscriptionData[]> {8    const input = Array.isArray(id) ? id : [id]9
10    return await this.updateSubscriptions({11      selector: {12        id: input,13      },14      data: {15        next_order_date: null,16        status: SubscriptionStatus.CANCELED,17      },18    })19  }20}

The cancelSubscriptions method updates the specified subscribers to set their next_order_date to null and their status to canceled.

Then, create the file src/api/store/customers/me/subscriptions/[id]/route.ts with the following content:

src/api/store/customers/me/subscriptions/[id]/route.ts
1import { 2  AuthenticatedMedusaRequest, 3  MedusaResponse,4} from "@medusajs/framework/http"5import SubscriptionModuleService from "../../../../../../modules/subscription/service"6import { 7  SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE,8} from "../../../../../../modules/subscription"9
10export const POST = async (11  req: AuthenticatedMedusaRequest,12  res: MedusaResponse13) => {14  const subscriptionModuleService: SubscriptionModuleService =15    req.scope.resolve(SUBSCRIPTION_MODULE)16
17  const subscription = await subscriptionModuleService.cancelSubscriptions(18    req.params.id19  )20
21  res.json({22    subscription,23  })24}

This adds an API route at /store/customers/me/subscriptions/[id]. In the route handler, you use the cancelSubscriptions method added above to cancel the subscription whose ID is passed as a path parameter.

Test it Out#

To test out the above API routes, first, log in as a customer with the following request:

Code
1curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9000/auth/customer/emailpass' \2-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \3--data-raw '{4    "email": "customer@gmail.com",5    "password": "supersecret"6}'

Make sure to replace the email and password with the correct credentials.

Then, send a GET request to /store/customers/me/subscriptions to retrieve the customer’s subscriptions:

Code
1curl 'http://localhost:9000/store/customers/me/subscriptions' \2-H 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \3-H 'x-publishable-api-key: {your_publishable_api_key}'

Where {token} is the token retrieved from the previous request.

To cancel a subscription, send a POST request to /store/customers/me/subscriptions/[id], replacing the [id] with the ID of the subscription to cancel:

Code
1curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9000/store/customers/me/subscriptions/01J2VB8TVC14K29FREQ2DRS6NA' \2-H 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \3-H 'x-publishable-api-key: {your_publishable_api_key}'

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Next Steps#

The next steps of this example depend on your use case. This section provides some insight into implementing them.

Use Existing Features#

To manage the orders created for a subscription, or other functionalities, use Medusa’s existing Admin API routes.

Link Subscriptions to Other Data Models#

If your use case requires a subscription to have relations to other existing data models, you can create links to them, similar to step four.

For example, you can link a subscription to a promotion to offer a subscription-specific discount.

Storefront Development#

Medusa provides a Next.js Starter storefront that you can customize to your use case. You can also create a custom storefront. To learn how visit the Storefront Development section.