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# Create a subscription recast

> Creates a subscription recast which can be used to replace the terms, dates, and/or entitlements of a customer's current contract. It essentially scraps the existing agreement and creates a completely new one. Estimate the pricing for the newly created recast order using the `/subscriptions/{subscription_id}/recast/{order_id}/estimate` endpoint, or start it using `/subscriptions/{subscription_id}/recast/{order_id}/start`.

**How `bricks` affects existing discounts:**

Per-brick discounts are **replaced, not merged**. The `discount` sent on a brick becomes that brick's complete set of discounts for this order, and a brick sent without a `discount` ends up with none — any discount it previously carried is dropped.

This applies to every brick in the payload, not only the ones being changed. A brick included solely to keep it on the order still needs its `discount` resent, or it loses it.

Read the current values from the subscription's line items — `discount` is returned there in the same shape this endpoint accepts — and send them back for every brick whose discount should carry over.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.salesbricks.com/api/v2/openapi.yaml post /subscriptions/{subscription_id}/recast
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Salesbricks REST API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: API reference for external integrations
servers:
  - url: https://api.salesbricks.com/api/v2
    description: Production
  - url: https://api.staging.salesbricks.com/api/v2
    description: Staging
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Subscriptions
    description: >-
      Operations related to subscription management, including creation,
      updates, and retrieving subscription details. Subscriptions can be
      upgraded to add / remove add-ons by using the POST
      /subscriptions/{subscription_id}/upgrade endpoint and can be recasted for
      replacing the current agreement using the POST
      /subscriptions/{subscription_id}/recast endpoint
  - name: Customers
    description: >-
      Operations related to customer management, including creation, updates,
      and managing customer person objects.
  - name: Invoices
    description: Operations related to subscription's invoicing details.
  - name: Plans
    description: >-
      Operations related to listing and getting plan details including bricks in
      the plan.
  - name: Payment Methods
    description: Operations related to subscription's payment method.
paths:
  /subscriptions/{subscription_id}/recast:
    post:
      tags:
        - Subscription Recasts
      summary: Create a subscription recast
      description: >-
        Creates a subscription recast which can be used to replace the terms,
        dates, and/or entitlements of a customer's current contract. It
        essentially scraps the existing agreement and creates a completely new
        one. Estimate the pricing for the newly created recast order using the
        `/subscriptions/{subscription_id}/recast/{order_id}/estimate` endpoint,
        or start it using
        `/subscriptions/{subscription_id}/recast/{order_id}/start`.


        **How `bricks` affects existing discounts:**


        Per-brick discounts are **replaced, not merged**. The `discount` sent on
        a brick becomes that brick's complete set of discounts for this order,
        and a brick sent without a `discount` ends up with none — any discount
        it previously carried is dropped.


        This applies to every brick in the payload, not only the ones being
        changed. A brick included solely to keep it on the order still needs its
        `discount` resent, or it loses it.


        Read the current values from the subscription's line items — `discount`
        is returned there in the same shape this endpoint accepts — and send
        them back for every brick whose discount should carry over.
      operationId: createSubscriptionRecast
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: subscription_id
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^([a-zA-Z\d\-]+)$
          required: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionInputRecast'
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionInputRecast'
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionInputRecast'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionOrder'
          description: ''
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                BadRequestResponse:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: ERR_BAD_REQUEST
                      message: >-
                        Bad request — the input payload is malformed, missing
                        required fields, or contains invalid data.
                  summary: Bad Request Response
          description: ''
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                NotFoundResponse:
                  value:
                    error:
                      code: ERR_NOT_FOUND
                      message: >-
                        Not found — the resource you are looking for does not
                        exist.
                  summary: Not Found Response
          description: ''
components:
  schemas:
    SubscriptionInputRecast:
      description: >-
        Subscription recast input serializer; similar to

        SubscriptionInputUpgradeSerializer but with adjustment credits.


        This payload has two forms — see `anyOf`:


        * **Single-phase** — omit `phases`; the order-level `starts_at`,
        `contract_length`, `billing_frequency` and `bricks` define the one phase
        and are required.

        * **Multi-phase** — send `phases`; the phases own the timeline, billing
        frequency and bricks, and the order-level equivalents become optional
        (omitted, they are derived from the phases).


        The fields are declared optional because OpenAPI 3.0 cannot make one
        field's `required` depend on another. Sending neither form is a 400.
      anyOf:
        - title: SubscriptionInputRecastSinglePhase
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionInputRecastBase'
            - required:
                - starts_at
                - contract_length
                - billing_frequency
                - bricks
              properties:
                starts_at:
                  type: string
                  format: date
                  nullable: false
                contract_length:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  nullable: false
                billing_frequency:
                  enum:
                    - MONTHLY
                    - QUARTERLY
                    - SEMI_ANNUALLY
                    - ANNUALLY
                    - ALL_UPFRONT
                  type: string
                  x-spec-enum-id: f41da4a34f13f89b
                  nullable: false
                bricks:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/LineItemInput'
                  nullable: false
        - title: SubscriptionInputRecastMultiPhase
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriptionInputRecastBase'
            - required:
                - phases
              properties:
                phases:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrderPhaseInput'
                  nullable: false
                  minItems: 1
    SubscriptionOrder:
      type: object
      description: Serializer for individual subscription order
      properties:
        order_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the order
        starts_at:
          type: string
          format: date
        ends_at:
          type: string
          format: date
        order_type:
          enum:
            - TRIAL
            - STANDARD
            - RENEWAL
            - UPGRADE
            - RECAST
          type: string
          description: |-
            * `TRIAL` - Trial
            * `STANDARD` - New Business
            * `RENEWAL` - Renewal
            * `UPGRADE` - Upgrade
            * `RECAST` - Recast
          x-spec-enum-id: f190c93bb8b6757b
        contract_value:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Total contract value with currency
        pdf_url:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: URL to download signed order form PDF
      required:
        - contract_value
        - order_id
        - pdf_url
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Standardizes API error responses with a consistent structure containing
        error code and message.
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      required:
        - error
    SubscriptionInputRecastBase:
      type: object
      properties:
        adjustment_credit:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Credit that will be applied against future invoices. Send null to
            clear a manual override and re-enable auto-calculation.
        adjustment_credit_label:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The label for the adjustment credit. Defaults to 'Adjustment credit'
        starts_at:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: >-
            The start date of the subscription. Required unless `phases` is
            provided, in which case phase 0's start date is used.
        contract_length:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          description: >-
            The length of the contract in months. Required unless `phases` is
            provided, in which case it is the sum of the phase lengths.
        billing_frequency:
          enum:
            - MONTHLY
            - QUARTERLY
            - SEMI_ANNUALLY
            - ANNUALLY
            - ALL_UPFRONT
          type: string
          x-spec-enum-id: f41da4a34f13f89b
          description: >-
            The billing frequency. Required unless `phases` is provided, in
            which case each phase declares its own `billing_frequency`.


            * `MONTHLY` - Monthly

            * `QUARTERLY` - Quarterly

            * `SEMI_ANNUALLY` - Semi-annually

            * `ANNUALLY` - Annually

            * `ALL_UPFRONT` - All upfront
        plan_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: >-
            Optional plan id to switch plans, otherwise it will use the base
            order's latest plan version.
        bricks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LineItemInput'
          description: >-
            The bricks included in subscription recast. Quantity is used to
            update the add-on quantity (ie. adding 2 more units should be
            quantity 2 -> quantity 4). For usage, quantity is used to set the
            pre-commitment (ie. previously having 5 pre-commitment quantity and
            updating it to 10 would update the pre-commitment quantity to 10.)
            Required unless `phases` is provided.
        discount_coupons:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Discount coupon codes to apply to the subscription. Currently only
            supports one discount coupon - only the first one in the list will
            be applied.
        phases:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrderPhaseInput'
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Optional list of phases for multi-phase orders. When provided, ALL
            phases come from this array (first element = phase 0, second = phase
            1, etc.) and `starts_at`, `contract_length`, `billing_frequency` and
            `bricks` become optional — omit them and they are derived from the
            phases. `plan_id` is still required, and every brick in every phase
            must belong to it. When absent, the order-level fields define a
            single phase.
        payment_terms:
          type: integer
          maximum: 999
          minimum: 0
          description: >-
            The number of days from an invoice being generated that the buyer is
            expected to pay in
        transaction_method:
          enum:
            - ORDER_FORM
            - STRIPE
          type: string
          x-spec-enum-id: c68094511bb51423
          description: |-
            The medium by which the order is agreed.

            * `ORDER_FORM` - Order form
            * `STRIPE` - Stripe
        custom_order_form_html:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The custom order form html to use with
            `<html><body>...</body></html>` formatting
        metadata:
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Optional metadata to add to the subscription. Sending an empty map
            will delete all keys. Keys prefixed with _ are private and will be
            ignored.
    LineItemInput:
      type: object
      description: Line item input serializer for creating a new estimate
      properties:
        brick_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        quantity:
          type: integer
        discount:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LineItemDiscount'
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            A list of discounts to apply to the line item — at most one renewing
            rate, one one-time rate, and one fixed amount. Discounts are
            replaced, not merged: what is sent here becomes the line item's
            complete set of discounts. Omitting this field for a brick that
            currently has a discount drops that discount. Read the current
            values from the subscription's line items, which return `discount`
            in this same shape, and send them back for every brick whose
            discount should carry over.
      required:
        - brick_id
    OrderPhaseInput:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Input serializer for a single order phase in multi-phase operations.


        ``phase_position`` is required on every phase. For creation, recast and

        estimate the array is the complete phase set, so positions must be the
        full

        0-based sequence (position N at index N). For upgrades only the phases
        being

        changed are sent, so positions are a subset of the base order's phase

        positions.


        ``starts_at`` is optional — phase 0 defaults to the order-level
        starts_at,

        and subsequent phases are derived from the previous phase's end date.


        ``contract_length`` replaces the old ``ends_at`` field. Required for

        create/estimate/recast; not needed for upgrades (end date inherited from

        the base order). The phase *output* reports ``ends_at`` rather than

        ``contract_length``, so a read-modify-write of a phase has to convert:

        ``contract_length`` is the number of whole months from ``starts_at`` to
        the

        day after ``ends_at``. Phases are contiguous and whole-month, so the

        conversion is exact.


        ``billing_frequency`` follows the same rule: required for

        create/estimate/recast, where phases own the billing frequency outright,

        and inherited from the base order's phase on upgrades.


        ``plan_id`` is optional and lets a phase sell a different plan from the

        order's, matching what the order builder already supports (SAL-6327).

        Omitted, the phase uses the order-level ``plan_id``.
      properties:
        phase_position:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: Phase position (0-based). Must be unique across phases.
        starts_at:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Start date of this phase. Optional — phase 0 defaults to order-level
            starts_at; subsequent phases are derived from the previous phase's
            end date + 1 day.
        contract_length:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Duration of this phase in months. Required for create, estimate, and
            recast. Not required for upgrades (end date inherited from the base
            order).
        billing_frequency:
          enum:
            - MONTHLY
            - QUARTERLY
            - SEMI_ANNUALLY
            - ANNUALLY
            - ALL_UPFRONT
            - CUSTOM
          type: string
          x-spec-enum-id: 5f29351b16a5547f
          description: >-
            Billing frequency for this phase. Required for create, estimate and
            recast — when phases are provided they own the billing frequency
            outright, so the order-level billing_frequency is not consulted. Not
            required for upgrades (inherited from the base order's phase). The
            legacy name `billing_schedule` is still accepted.


            * `MONTHLY` - Monthly

            * `QUARTERLY` - Quarterly

            * `SEMI_ANNUALLY` - Semi-annually

            * `ANNUALLY` - Annually

            * `ALL_UPFRONT` - All upfront

            * `CUSTOM` - Custom
        plan_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Optional plan for this phase. Each phase may sell a different plan;
            the phase's bricks are then validated and priced against it.
            Defaults to the order-level `plan_id`.
        payment_terms:
          type: integer
          maximum: 999
          minimum: 0
          description: >-
            Payment terms in days for this phase. Named to match the order-level
            `payment_terms` input and the phase output — the model field it
            lands on is `payment_due_upon_receipt`, which is still accepted as a
            legacy name. Omitted, the phase inherits the order-level value.
        bricks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LineItemInput'
          description: The bricks included in this phase.
        discount_coupons:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Discount coupon codes to apply to this phase. Currently only
            supports one discount coupon - only the first one in the list will
            be applied.
      required:
        - bricks
        - phase_position
    Error:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Represents individual error details with a standardized code and
        descriptive message.
      properties:
        code:
          enum:
            - ERR_NOT_FOUND
            - ERR_BAD_REQUEST
            - ERR_SERVER_ERROR
          type: string
          x-spec-enum-id: dc5a5d6feae1b697
          description: >-
            Error code indicating the type of error: NOT_FOUND for missing
            resources, BAD_REQUEST for invalid input, SERVER_ERROR for internal
            server issues


            * `ERR_NOT_FOUND` - ERR_NOT_FOUND

            * `ERR_BAD_REQUEST` - ERR_BAD_REQUEST

            * `ERR_SERVER_ERROR` - ERR_SERVER_ERROR
        message:
          type: string
        error_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: >-
            Correlation handle for SERVER_ERROR responses — quote this when
            contacting support; it joins to the structured server log line for
            the failure. Not present on 4xx responses.
      required:
        - code
        - message
    LineItemDiscount:
      type: object
      description: Discount serializer for a subscription estimate line item
      properties:
        rate:
          type: string
          format: decimal
          pattern: ^-?\d{0,14}(?:\.\d{0,6})?$
          description: >-
            The discount rate as a percentage with up to six decimal places
            (e.g. 10 = 10%, 62.6758 = 62.6758%). Mutually exclusive with
            `amount`.
        amount:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            A fixed discount amount in cents (e.g. 1000 = $10.00). One-time only
            — `renews` must be false when `amount` is set. Mutually exclusive
            with `rate`. The amount is applied as-is and is not clamped to the
            line item total, so it should not exceed the brick's price.
        renews:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: >-
            If the discount is carried over at renewal. Must be false when
            `amount` is set, as fixed discounts are one-time only.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-SALESBRICKS-KEY
      description: API key for authentication

````

## Related topics

- [Create a subscription](/api-reference/subscriptions/create-a-subscription.md)
- [Estimate a subscription recast](/api-reference/subscription-recasts/estimate-a-subscription-recast.md)
- [Update a subscription recast](/api-reference/subscription-recasts/update-a-subscription-recast.md)
