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# Create Subscription

Create a subscription directly without going through a checkout flow. Use this for server-side subscription creation where you handle payment collection separately.

**Auth:** `sk_` (secret key) only.

<ParamField body="customer_id" type="string" required>
  External customer ID. The customer must already exist.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="plan_code" type="string" required>
  The plan code to subscribe the customer to (e.g. `pro`).
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="subscription_id" type="string" required>
  The newly created subscription's ID.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="status" type="string" required>
  Subscription status (e.g. `active`).
</ResponseField>