Can not get the lates receipt data for auto-renewable subscriptions.

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I refer here to "Sandbox environment" / TestFlight

I have some auto-renewable subscriptions that are offered for sale. The purchase works so far without problems.

Now I want to know if the subscriptions are still valid. I use here:

    NSURL *receiptURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] appStoreReceiptURL];
    NSData *receipt = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:receiptURL];
   
    NSDictionary *requestContents = @{
                                      @"receipt-data": [receipt base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0],
                                      @"password": @"***",
                                      @"exclude-old-transactions": @(true)
                                      };
    NSError *error;
    NSData *requestData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:requestContents
                                                          options:0
                                                            error:&error];

NSURL *storeURL;
    if (isBetaVersion) {
        storeURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://sandbox.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt"];
    }else{
        storeURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://buy.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt"];
    }
    
    NSMutableURLRequest *storeRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:storeURL];
    [storeRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    [storeRequest setHTTPBody:requestData];

    NSOperationQueue *queue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init];
    [NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:storeRequest
                                       queue:queue
                           completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *connectionError) {
                               
                               if (connectionError) {

                               }else{
                                         // >> return to next void function
                               }

Despite that this subscription was bought. I will be informed after some time that this has expired.

        "expires_date" = "2019-02-17 09:07:42 Etc/GMT";
        "expires_date_ms" = 1550394462000;
        "expires_date_pst" = "2019-02-17 01:07:42 America/Los_Angeles";
        "is_in_intro_offer_period" = false;
        "is_trial_period" = false;
        "original_purchase_date" = "2019-02-16 20:51:42 Etc/GMT";
        "original_purchase_date_ms" = 1550350302000;
        "original_purchase_date_pst" = "2019-02-16 12:51:42 America/Los_Angeles";
        "original_transaction_id" = 1000000503058028;
        "product_id" = "Energy.Tracker.InApp.Weather.Abo.500";
        "purchase_date" = "2019-02-17 09:02:42 Etc/GMT";
        "purchase_date_ms" = 1550394162000;
        "purchase_date_pst" = "2019-02-17 01:02:42 America/Los_Angeles";
        quantity = 1;
        "transaction_id" = 1000000503095962;
        "web_order_line_item_id" = 1000000042775940;


the latest date from request is date = "2019-02-17 09:07:42 +0000";
but the current date is "2019-02-17 10:15:12 +0000"... so the subscription is invalid? Sandbox Bug?

The key "expires_date" is in each case in the past. Why? Shortly after the purchase everything works, then this key is about 5 minutes in the future. But after that it will not be updated anymore. Is it due to the sandbox environment?

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stefanfromGER

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Answer 1

The sandbox will auto-renew an autorenewable subscription 5 times after the first purchase. But then it will not renew the subscription after a subsequent purchase. To test the auto-renew function you need to create a new test user and purchase the subscription again.

Note that at 5 minutes per renewal, if the sandbox behaved differently then you would have 100's of renewals each week. Search for 'the endless loop' on this forum for nightmares related to this issue.

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PBK

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Answer 2

Thank you for your answer.

I knew that in the sandbox environment it will only be refreshed 5 times. That it is only 5 x 5 minutes, was new to me. I have now rebuilt this query into a server-side query and it works satisfactorily. I think (hope) that it also works in the production environment.

thanks 4 your time

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Can not get the lates receipt data for auto-renewable subscriptions.

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