> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usekana.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Subscribe Users Manually

> If you want to subscribe users to packages without automatically doing so through a billing provider, you will need to manually do so.

## Prerequisites

You will need to have details on:

* The **package(s)** the user will subscribe

* The **user** who is going to be subscribed to the package

If neither the user nor package exist yet in Kana, then you should create these first:

[Create Users](/guides/ruby/importing-and-creating/create-users)

[Create new packages](/non-technical/packages/create-new-packages)

Once these are created, you will need to ensure you know the `id` of both.

<Note>
  Both the `id` for a [User](/reference/admin-api-backend-reference/objects#user) and a [Package](/reference/admin-api-backend-reference/objects#package) are defined by you upon creation in Kana.

  You can find the identifiers for both in the [Dashboard](https://dashboard.usekana.com), or by using the [package](/reference/admin-api-backend-reference/queries#package) and [user](/reference/admin-api-backend-reference/queries#user) queries to pull all respective records and grab the `id `from the one(s) you need
</Note>

## Code Sample

### Basic

```javascript Node.js theme={null}
import { KanaAdmin } from '@usekana/admin-kana-js'; \

const client = new KanaAdmin({
  apiKey: API_KEY // Replace with own Private API Key
});

const { data, error } = await client.subscriptions.create({packageIds: ["basic"], userId: "124"});
console.log(data);
console.log(error);
```

### Example

```javascript Node.js theme={null}
import { KanaAdmin } from '@usekana/admin-kana-js';

const client = new KanaAdmin({
    apiKey: API_KEY // Replace with own Private API Key
});

app.post('/subscribe', function(req, res){
  const userId = req.body.user.id; // Assumes user object has been sent in request body to this endpoint
  const packageIds = req.body.packageIds // Assumes array of packageIds has been sent in request body to this endpoint
  const { data, error } = await client.subscriptions.create({packageIds: packageIds, userId: userId});

  if error {
    res.status(400).send("We experienced an error when attempting to susbcribe you. Try again or contact support.")
  } else {
    // Send back JSON response of full susbscription object
    res.json(data);
  }
});

```

## Next Steps

<Check>
  **Congratulations** 🎉 You've now successfully redirected a user to subscribe
  to Kana packages through Stripe.
</Check>

Upon successful payment, this user will be subscribed to the package(s) and will have access to the features within. You can now implement checks to confirm they should have access to these features (either in your frontend and/or backend) and record usage of these features - which is even more necessary when they are consumable features whereby a customer is provisioned a certain amount.