In the previous course Applying SAP Subscription Billing (BR468), the SAP Subscription Billing user interface was used to create a subscription. In this course, you explore an alternative way of creating a subscription by using APIs. SAP Subscription Billing offers various APIs to carry out different processes in the system.
The Subscription Creation REST API can be used to automate the process of creating subscriptions from customer orders.
For example, a subscription can be automatically created by integrating a REST API with SAP Web Shop, an e-commerce platform that allows businesses to create and manage online stores. When a customer places an order on SAP Web Shop, the API call runs in the background to automatically generate a subscription in the SAP Subscription Billing system.
Many other subscription APIs are available here: SAP Business Accelerator Hub.
The same functionalities of the SAP Subscription Billing user interface are represented in the Subscription Billing APIs. For example, if you want to extend a subscription, a separate API will perform the same function. If you want to cancel a subscription, there is another API for canceling subscriptions. APIs can also add and remove products in a subscription.