The currency code across plan mismatch

[UndercoverNL]

Hi there, so I ran in to an issue trying to use the plan creation API from the PayPal docs: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/subscriptions/v1/#plans_create

Which works fine, expect for 1 thing, which is setting the currency_code for the pricing_scheme. As when I input EUR, which should be a valid currency ISO string following to: https://developer.paypal.com/reference/currency-codes/ it returns me the following error message: The currency code across plan mismatch

When I use USD as the currency code everything works fine. Anyone an idea why this is happening? Can it be a limitation for testing in sandbox? 

Thanks in advance.

[MTS_Jennifer]

Hello @UndercoverNL,

Thank you for posting to the PayPal Community.

If you are using a trial period, or a setup fee, make certain that EUR is referenced for the trial period and the regular monthly fee.

Here is an example after a product was created (you will need to reference your own product):

{
  "product_id": "PROD-98Y4774918255XXXX",
    "name": "New Plan",
    "description": "My testing plan",
      "billing_cycles": [
        {
          "frequency": {
            "interval_unit": "MONTH",
            "interval_count": 1
          },
          "tenure_type": "TRIAL",
          "sequence": 1,
          "total_cycles": 1
        },
        {
          "frequency": {
            "interval_unit": "MONTH",
            "interval_count": 1
          },
          "tenure_type": "REGULAR",
          "sequence": 2,
          "total_cycles": 12,
          "pricing_scheme": {
            "fixed_price": {
              "value": "15",
              "currency_code": "EUR"
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "payment_preferences": {
        "auto_bill_outstanding": true,
        "setup_fee": {
          "value": "10",
          "currency_code": "EUR"
        },
        "setup_fee_failure_action": "CONTINUE",
        "payment_failure_threshold": 3
      },
      "taxes": {
        "percentage": "10",
        "inclusive": false
      }
    }

 I just tested in Postman, and was able to create a subscription with no issues using the newly created plan.

This is the full subscription details after subscribing in sandbox:

After I subscribed to the plan in sandbox. 
Response from GET call to https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-D7MUY75TXXXX
{
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "status_update_time": "2023-02-25T21:30:11Z",
    "id": "I-D7MUY75TXXXX",
    "plan_id": "P-04N24679999101356MPXXXX",
    "start_time": "2023-02-25T21:27:12Z",
    "quantity": "1",
    "shipping_amount": {
        "currency_code": "EUR",
        "value": "0.0"
    },
  {{Redacted subscriber information}}
    "billing_info": {
        "outstanding_balance": {
            "currency_code": "EUR",
            "value": "11.0"
        },
        "cycle_executions": [
            {
                "tenure_type": "TRIAL",
                "sequence": 1,
                "cycles_completed": 0,
                "cycles_remaining": 1,
                "total_cycles": 1
            },
            {
                "tenure_type": "REGULAR",
                "sequence": 2,
                "cycles_completed": 0,
                "cycles_remaining": 12,
                "current_pricing_scheme_version": 1,
                "total_cycles": 12
            }
        ],
        "next_billing_time": "2023-02-25T21:27:56Z",
        "final_payment_time": "2024-02-25T10:00:00Z",
        "failed_payments_count": 0
    },
    "create_time": "2023-02-25T21:27:56Z",
    "update_time": "2023-02-25T21:30:11Z",
    "plan_overridden": false,

Thanks,

Jennifer

MTS

PayPal

[UndercoverNL]

Hello @MTS_Jennifer,

Thanks for your reply in the first place.

But I do not have a trial or setup fees, I only have 1 REGULAR monthly cycle which includes:

          "pricing_scheme": {
            "fixed_price": {
              "value": "15",
              "currency_code": "EUR"
            }

This is the very only place in the request in which I define the currency code, I did leave the payment prefferances to be an empty object as I do not have any prefferances and all its variables aren't required. I am not sure if this might be the cause?

Thanks in advance.