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1page.title=In-app Billing Reference <span style="font-size:16px;">(IAB Version 2)</span>
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5<p class="caution" style=
6"background-color:#fffdeb;width:100%;margin-bottom:1em;padding:.5em;">
7  The <strong>In-app Billing Version 2 API</strong> has been deprecated in
8  favor of the Version 3 API. If your app is using In-app Billing, please
9  <strong>make sure that it is using the Version 3 API</strong>. If your app is
10  still using the Version 2 API, you must <strong>migrate to the Version 3 API
11  as soon as possible</strong>.<br>
12  <br>
13  We plan to turn off the In-app Billing Version 2 service on <strong>January
14  27, 2015</strong>, after which time users will <strong>no longer be able to
15  purchase in-app items and subscriptions through the Version 2 API</strong>.
16  We strongly encourage and recommend you migrate your apps to use Version 3
17  API by November 2014, to provide ample time for users to update their apps to
18  the new version.<br>
19  <br>
20  For more information, please see the <a href=
21  "http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6090268">Help Center
22  article</a>. For common questions about transitioning your implementation to
23  In-app Billing Version 3, please see <a href=
24  "{@docRoot}google/play/billing/billing_overview.html#migration">Migration
25  Considerations</a>.
26</p>
27    <div id="qv-wrapper" style="margin-top:0;">
28<div id="qv">
29<h2>In this document</h2>
30  <ol>
31  <li><a href="#billing-codes">Server Response Codes</a></li>
32  <li><a href="#billing-interface">API Reference</a></li>
33  <li><a href="#billing-intents">Broadcast Intents</a></li>
34  <li><a href="#http-api">REST API for Subscriptions</a></li>
35  </ol>
36
37<h2>Related Samples</h2>
38  <ol>
39  <li><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/v2/billing_integrate.html#billing-download">Sample
40    Application (V2)</a></li>
41  </ol>
42
43</div>
44</div>
45<p>This documentation provides technical reference information for using the In-app Billing Version 2 API. </p>
46
47<h2 id="billing-codes">Server Response Codes</h2>
48<p>The following table lists all of the server response codes that are sent from Google Play to
49your application. Google Play sends these response codes asynchronously as
50<code>response_code</code> extras in the <code>com.android.vending.billing.RESPONSE_CODE</code>
51broadcast intent. Your application must handle all of these response codes.</p>
52
53<p class="table-caption" id="response-codes-table"><strong>Table 6.</strong> Summary of response
54codes returned by Google Play.</p>
55
56<table>
57<tr>
58<th>Response Code</th>
59<th>Value</th>
60<th>Description</th>
61</tr>
62<tr>
63  <td><code>RESULT_OK</code></td>
64  <td>0</td>
65  <td>Indicates that the request was sent to the server successfully. When this code is returned in
66  response to a <code>CHECK_BILLING_SUPPORTED</code> request, indicates that billing is
67  supported.</td>
68</tr>
69<tr>
70  <td><code>RESULT_USER_CANCELED</code></td>
71  <td>1</td>
72  <td>Indicates that the user pressed the back button on the checkout page instead of buying the
73  item.</td>
74</tr>
75<tr>
76  <td><code>RESULT_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE</code></td>
77  <td>2</td>
78  <td>Indicates that the network connection is down.</td>
79</tr>
80<tr>
81  <td><code>RESULT_BILLING_UNAVAILABLE</code></td>
82  <td>3</td>
83  <td>Indicates that In-app Billing is not available because the <code>API_VERSION</code> that you
84  specified is not recognized by the Google Play application or the user is ineligible for in-app
85  billing (for example, the user resides in a country that prohibits in-app purchases).</td>
86</tr>
87<tr>
88  <td><code>RESULT_ITEM_UNAVAILABLE</code></td>
89  <td>4</td>
90  <td>Indicates that Google Play cannot find the requested item in the application's product
91  list. This can happen if the product ID is misspelled in your <code>REQUEST_PURCHASE</code>
92  request or if an item is unpublished in the application's product list.</td>
93</tr>
94<tr>
95  <td><code>RESULT_DEVELOPER_ERROR</code></td>
96  <td>5</td>
97  <td>Indicates that an application is trying to make an In-app Billing request but the application
98  has not declared the com.android.vending.BILLING permission in its manifest. Can also indicate
99  that an application is not properly signed, or that you sent a malformed request, such as a
100  request with missing Bundle keys or a request that uses an unrecognized request type.</td>
101</tr>
102<tr>
103  <td><code>RESULT_ERROR</code></td>
104  <td>6</td>
105  <td>Indicates an unexpected server error. For example, this error is triggered if you try to
106purchase an item from yourself, which is not allowed by Google Wallet.</td>
107</tr>
108</table>
109</p>
110
111<h3 id="billing-interface">In-app billing Version 2 API reference</h3>
112
113<p>The following section describes the interface for Google Play's In-app Billing service. The
114interface is defined in the <code>IMarketBillingService.aidl</code> file, which is included with the
115In-app Billing <a
116href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/v2/billing_integrate.html#billing-download">sample
117application</a>.</p>
118<p>The interface consists of a single request method <code>sendBillingRequest()</code>. This method
119takes a single {@link android.os.Bundle} parameter. The Bundle parameter includes several key-value
120pairs, which are summarized in table 7.</p>
121
122<p class="table-caption"><strong>Table 7.</strong> Description of Bundle keys passed in a
123<code>sendBillingRequest()</code> request.</p>
124
125<table>
126
127<tr>
128<th>Key</th>
129<th>Type</th>
130<th>Possible Values</th>
131<th>Required?</th>
132<th>Description</th>
133</tr>
134<tr>
135  <td><code>BILLING_REQUEST</code></td>
136  <td><code>String</code></td>
137  <td><code>CHECK_BILLING_SUPPORTED</code>, <code>REQUEST_PURCHASE</code>,
138  <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code>, <code>CONFIRM_NOTIFICATIONS</code>, or
139  <code>RESTORE_TRANSACTIONS</code></td>
140  <td>Yes</td>
141  <td>The type of billing request you are making with the <code>sendBillingRequest()</code> request.
142  The possible values are discussed more below this table.</td>
143</tr>
144<tr>
145  <td><code>API_VERSION</code></td>
146  <td><code>int</code></td>
147  <td>  <ul>
148  <li><code>"2"</code> [<a href="#version_2">details</a>]</li>
149  <li><code>"1"</code> [<a href="#version_1">details</a>]</li>
150  </ul></td>
151  <td>Yes</td>
152  <td>The version of Google Play's In-app Billing service you want to use.</td>
153</tr>
154<tr>
155  <td><code>PACKAGE_NAME</code></td>
156  <td><code>String</code></td>
157  <td>A valid package name.</td>
158  <td>Yes</td>
159  <td>The name of the application that is making the request.</td>
160</tr>
161<tr>
162  <td><code>ITEM_ID</code></td>
163  <td><code>String</code></td>
164  <td>Any valid product identifier.</td>
165  <td>Required for <code>REQUEST_PURCHASE</code> requests.</td>
166  <td>The product ID of the item you are making a billing request for. Every in-app item that you
167  sell using Google Play's In-app Billing service must have a unique product ID, which you
168  specify on the Google Play Developer Console.</td>
169</tr>
170<tr>
171  <td><code>NONCE</code></td>
172  <td><code>long</code></td>
173  <td>Any valid <code>long</code> value.</td>
174  <td>Required for <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> and <code>RESTORE_TRANSACTIONS</code>
175  requests.</td>
176  <td>A number used once. Your application must generate and send a nonce with each
177  <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> and <code>RESTORE_TRANSACTIONS</code> request. The nonce is
178  returned with the <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> broadcast intent, so you can use this value
179  to verify the integrity of transaction responses form Google Play.</td>
180</tr>
181<tr>
182  <td><code>NOTIFY_IDS</code></td>
183  <td>Array of <code>long</code> values</td>
184  <td>Any valid array of <code>long</code> values</td>
185  <td>Required for <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> and <code>CONFIRM_NOTIFICATIONS</code>
186  requests.</td>
187  <td>An array of notification identifiers. A notification ID is sent to your application in an
188  <code>IN_APP_NOTIFY</code> broadcast intent every time a purchase changes state. You use the
189  notification to retrieve the details of the purchase state change.</td>
190</tr>
191<tr>
192  <td><code>DEVELOPER_PAYLOAD</code></td>
193  <td><code>String</code></td>
194  <td>Any valid <code>String</code> less than 256 characters long.</td>
195  <td>No</td>
196  <td>A developer-specified string that can be specified when you make a
197  <code>REQUEST_PURCHASE</code> request. This field is returned in the JSON string that contains
198  transaction information for an order. You can use this key to send supplemental information with
199  an order. For example, you can use this key to send index keys with an order, which is useful if
200  you are using a database to store purchase information. We recommend that you do not use this key
201  to send data or content.</td>
202</tr>
203</table>
204
205<p>The <code>BILLING_REQUEST</code> key can have the following values:</p>
206
207<ul>
208  <li><code>CHECK_BILLING_SUPPORTED</code>
209    <p>This request verifies that the Google Play application supports In-app Billing. You
210    usually send this request when your application first starts up. This request is useful if you
211    want to enable or disable certain UI features that are relevant only to In-app Billing.</p>
212  </li>
213  <li><code>REQUEST_PURCHASE</code>
214    <p>This request sends a purchase message to the Google Play application and is the foundation
215    of In-app Billing. You send this request when a user indicates that he or she wants to purchase
216    an item in your application. Google Play then handles the financial transaction by displaying
217    the checkout user interface.</p>
218  </li>
219  <li><code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code>
220    <p>This request retrieves the details of a purchase state change. A purchase state change can
221    occur when a purchase request is billed successfully or when a user cancels a transaction during
222    checkout. It can also occur when a previous purchase is refunded. Google Play notifies your
223    application when a purchase changes state, so you only need to send this request when there is
224    transaction information to retrieve.</p>
225  </li>
226  <li><code>CONFIRM_NOTIFICATIONS</code>
227    <p>This request acknowledges that your application received the details of a purchase state
228    change. That is, this message confirms that you sent a <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code>
229    request for a given notification and that you received the purchase information for the
230    notification.</p>
231  </li>
232  <li><code>RESTORE_TRANSACTIONS</code>
233    <p>This request retrieves a user's transaction status for managed purchases (see <a
234    href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/billing_admin.html#billing-purchase-type">Choosing a
235    Purchase Type</a> for more information). You should send this message only when you need to
236    retrieve a user's transaction status, which is usually only when your application is reinstalled
237    or installed for the first time on a device.</p>
238  </li>
239</ul>
240
241<p>Every In-app Billing request generates a synchronous response. The response is a {@link
242android.os.Bundle} and can include one or more of the following keys:</p>
243
244<ul>
245  <li><code>RESPONSE_CODE</code>
246    <p>This key provides status information and error information about a request.</p>
247  </li>
248  <li><code>PURCHASE_INTENT</code>
249    <p>This key provides a {@link android.app.PendingIntent}, which you use to launch the checkout
250    activity.</p>
251  </li>
252  <li><code>REQUEST_ID</code>
253    <p>This key provides you with a request identifier, which you can use to match asynchronous
254    responses with requests.</p>
255  </li>
256</ul>
257
258<p>Some of these keys are not relevant to certain types of requests. Table 8 shows which keys are
259returned for each request type.</p>
260
261<p class="table-caption"><strong>Table 8.</strong> Description of Bundle keys that are returned with
262each In-app Billing request type.</p>
263
264<table>
265
266<tr>
267<th>Request Type</th>
268<th>Keys Returned</th>
269<th>Possible Response Codes</th>
270</tr>
271<tr>
272  <td><code>CHECK_BILLING_SUPPORTED</code></td>
273  <td><code>RESPONSE_CODE</code></td>
274  <td><code>RESULT_OK</code>, <code>RESULT_BILLING_UNAVAILABLE</code>, <code>RESULT_ERROR</code>,
275  <code>RESULT_DEVELOPER_ERROR</code></td>
276</tr>
277<tr>
278  <td><code>REQUEST_PURCHASE</code></td>
279  <td><code>RESPONSE_CODE</code>, <code>PURCHASE_INTENT</code>, <code>REQUEST_ID</code></td>
280  <td><code>RESULT_OK</code>, <code>RESULT_ERROR</code>, <code>RESULT_DEVELOPER_ERROR</code></td>
281</tr>
282<tr>
283  <td><code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code></td>
284  <td><code>RESPONSE_CODE</code>, <code>REQUEST_ID</code></td>
285  <td><code>RESULT_OK</code>, <code>RESULT_ERROR</code>, <code>RESULT_DEVELOPER_ERROR</code></td>
286</tr>
287<tr>
288  <td><code>CONFIRM_NOTIFICATIONS</code></td>
289  <td><code>RESPONSE_CODE</code>, <code>REQUEST_ID</code></td>
290  <td><code>RESULT_OK</code>, <code>RESULT_ERROR</code>, <code>RESULT_DEVELOPER_ERROR</code></td>
291</tr>
292<tr>
293  <td><code>RESTORE_TRANSACTIONS</code></td>
294  <td><code>RESPONSE_CODE</code>, <code>REQUEST_ID</code></td>
295  <td><code>RESULT_OK</code>, <code>RESULT_ERROR</code>, <code>RESULT_DEVELOPER_ERROR</code></td>
296</tr>
297</table>
298
299<h3 id="billing-intents">In-app billing broadcast intents</h3>
300
301<p>The following section describes the In-app Billing broadcast intents that are sent by the Google
302Play application. These broadcast intents inform your application about In-app Billing actions
303that have occurred. Your application must implement a {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver} to
304receive these broadcast intents, such as the <code>BillingReceiver</code> that's shown in the in-app
305billing <a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/v2/billing_integrate.html#billing-download">sample
306application</a>.</p>
307
308<h4>com.android.vending.billing.RESPONSE_CODE</h4>
309
310<p>This broadcast intent contains a Google Play response code, and is sent after you make an
311In-app Billing request. A server response code can indicate that a billing request was successfully
312sent to Google Play or it can indicate that some error occurred during a billing request. This
313intent is not used to report any purchase state changes (such as refund or purchase information).
314For more information about the response codes that are sent with this response, see <a
315href="#billing-codes">Google Play Response Codes for In-app Billing</a>. The sample application
316assigns this broadcast intent to a constant named <code>ACTION_RESPONSE_CODE</code>.</p>
317
318<h5>Extras</h5>
319
320<ul type="none">
321  <li><code>request_id</code>&mdash;a <code>long</code> representing a request ID. A request ID
322  identifies a specific billing request and is returned by Google Play at the time a request is
323  made.</li>
324  <li><code>response_code</code>&mdash;an <code>int</code> representing the Google Play server
325  response code.</li>
326</ul>
327
328<h4>com.android.vending.billing.IN_APP_NOTIFY</h4>
329
330<p>This response indicates that a purchase has changed state, which means a purchase succeeded, was
331canceled, or was refunded. This response contains one or more notification IDs. Each notification ID
332corresponds to a specific server-side message, and each messages contains information about one or
333more transactions. After your application receives an <code>IN_APP_NOTIFY</code> broadcast intent,
334you send a <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> request with the notification IDs to retrieve the
335message details. The sample application assigns this broadcast intent to a constant named
336<code>ACTION_NOTIFY</code>.</p>
337
338<h5>Extras</h5>
339
340<ul type="none">
341  <li><code>notification_id</code>&mdash;a <code>String</code> representing the notification ID for
342  a given purchase state change. Google Play notifies you when there is a purchase state change
343  and the notification includes a unique notification ID. To get the details of the purchase state
344  change, you send the notification ID with the <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> request.</li>
345</ul>
346
347<h4>com.android.vending.billing.PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</h4>
348
349<p>This broadcast intent contains detailed information about one or more transactions. The
350transaction information is contained in a JSON string. The JSON string is signed and the signature
351is sent to your application along with the JSON string (unencrypted). To help ensure the security of
352your In-app Billing messages, your application can verify the signature of this JSON string. The
353sample application assigns this broadcast intent to a constant named
354<code>ACTION_PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code>.</p>
355
356<h5>Extras</h5>
357
358<ul type="none">
359  <li><code>inapp_signed_data</code>&mdash;a <code>String</code> representing the signed JSON
360  string.</li>
361  <li><code>inapp_signature</code>&mdash;a <code>String</code> representing the signature.</li>
362</ul>
363
364<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Your application should map the broadcast intents and extras
365to constants that are unique to your application. See the <code>Consts.java</code> file in the
366sample application to see how this is done.</p>
367
368<p>The fields in the JSON string are described in the following table (see table 9):</p>
369
370<p class="table-caption"><strong>Table 9.</strong> Description of JSON fields that are returned with
371a <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> intent.</p>
372
373<table>
374
375<tr>
376<th>Field</th>
377<th>Description</th>
378</tr>
379<tr>
380  <td>nonce</td>
381  <td>A number used once. Your application generates the nonce and sends it with the
382  <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> request. Google Play sends the nonce back as part of the
383  JSON string so you can verify the integrity of the message.</td>
384</tr>
385<tr>
386  <td>notificationId</td>
387  <td>A unique identifier that is sent with an <code>IN_APP_NOTIFY</code> broadcast intent. Each
388  <code>notificationId</code> corresponds to a specify message that is waiting to be retrieved on
389  the Google Play server. Your application sends back the <code>notificationId</code> with the
390  <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> message so Google Play can determine which messages you
391  are retrieving.</td>
392</tr>
393<tr>
394  <td>orderId</td>
395  <td>A unique order identifier for the transaction. This corresponds to the Google Wallet Order
396  ID.</td>
397</tr>
398<tr>
399  <td>packageName</td>
400  <td>The application package from which the purchase originated.</td>
401</tr>
402<tr>
403  <td>productId</td>
404  <td>The item's product identifier. Every item has a product ID, which you must specify in the
405  application's product list on the Google Play Developer Console.</td>
406</tr>
407<tr>
408  <td>purchaseTime</td>
409  <td>The time the product was purchased, in milliseconds since the epoch (Jan 1, 1970).</td>
410</tr>
411
412<tr>
413  <td>purchaseState</td>
414  <td>The purchase state of the order. Possible values are 0 (purchased), 1 (canceled), 2
415  (refunded), or 3 (expired, for subscription purchases only).</td>
416</tr>
417<tr>
418  <td>purchaseToken</td>
419  <td>A token that uniquely identifies a subscription purchase for a given item and user pair.
420  You can use the token to specify the subscription when querying for subscription validity.
421
422  <p><br><em>Supported only in In-app Billing API Version 2 and higher.</em></p></td>
423</tr>
424<tr>
425  <td>developerPayload</td>
426  <td>A developer-specified string that contains supplemental information about an order. You can
427  specify a value for this field when you make a <code>REQUEST_PURCHASE</code> request.</td>
428</tr>
429</table>
430
431<!--<h2 id="other-intents">Other Intents</h2>
432
433<p>The following Intents related to In-app Billing may be useful in your
434implemention. </p> -->
435
436<h3 id="http-api">REST API for subscriptions</h3>
437<p>Google Play offers an HTTP-based API that you can use to remotely query the validity of a specific subscription at any time or cancel a subscription. The API is designed to be used from your backend servers as a way of securely managing subscriptions, as well as extending and integrating subscriptions with other services. See <a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/gp-purchase-status-api.html">Purchase Status API</a> for more information.</p>
438