Why can't I get GetRecurringPaymentsProfileDetails for a subscr_id?

[Branflake2267]

My goal is to get a subscription profile but I can't get the information through the api. Do I need to have a websitepro account?

I can't get this call to work. Does anybody know why?

#!/bin/sh

curl --insecure https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp -d "METHOD=GetRecurringPaymentsProfileDetails&VERSION=85.0&USER=zonpay_api1.xxxx&PWD=xxxxxxx&SIGNATURE=xxxxxxxxx&PROFILEID=I-HP4P1LJNKN07"

I can get another call to work, so I know the calls are working. 

curl --insecure https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp -d "METHOD=TransactionSearch&VERSION=85.0&USER=zonpay_api1.xxxxx&PWD=xxxx&SIGNATURE=xxxxxx&EMAIL=branflake2267xxxxx&STARTDATE=2012-03-01T00%3A00%3A00Z"

[Branflake2267]

This is the error I get:

PROFILEID=I%2dHP4P1LJNKN07&TIMESTAMP=2012%2d03%2d23T15%3a42%3a08Z&CORRELATIONID=119418b1cebb9&ACK=Failure&VERSION=85%2e0&BUILD=2649250&L_ERRORCODE0=11592&L_SHORTMESSAGE0=Subscription%20Profiles%20not%20supported%2e&L_LONGMESSAGE0=Subscription%20Profiles%20not%20supported%20by%20Recurring%20Payment%20APIs%2e&L_SEVERITYCODE0=Error

Decoded:

PROFILEID=I-HP4P1LJNKN07&TIMESTAMP=2012-03-23T15:42:08Z&CORRELATIONID=119418b1cebb9&ACK=Failure&VERSION=85.0&BUILD=2649250&L_ERRORCODE0=11592&L_SHORTMESSAGE0=Subscription Profiles not supported.&L_LONGMESSAGE0=Subscription Profiles not supported by Recurring Payment APIs.&L_SEVERITYCODE0=Error

[PayPal_Frank]

Hi Branflake2267,

Welcome to the community! 🙂

The basic subscription button profile IDs are not support by the GetRecurringPaymentsProfileDetails API.  This API would only work for subscriptions or recurring payment profiles created via the CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile API through Express Checkout which is our API based checkout solution.  Website Payments Pro is not required to use Express Checkout. 🙂

I know this can be frustrating and we recommend that merchants collect basic subscription information via IPN to store in their own database or view the information on their PayPal account.

This has also been submitted as a feature request by our Merchant Technical Services team.

https://www.x.com/developers/paypal/forums/general-support/there-any-api-or-methods-which-i-can-get-...

I hope this helps 🙂

- Frank