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Balance Transactions 

Balance transactions represent funds moving through your Stripe account. Stripe creates them for every type of transaction that enters or leaves your Stripe account balance.

Related guide: Balance transaction types

Endpoints

The Balance Transaction object 

Attributes

  • idstring

    Unique identifier for the object.

  • amountinteger

    Gross amount of this transaction (in cents). A positive value represents funds charged to another party, and a negative value represents funds sent to another party.

  • currencyenum

    Three-letter ISO currency code, in lowercase. Must be a supported currency.

  • descriptionnullable string

    An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

  • feeinteger

    Fees (in cents) paid for this transaction. Represented as a positive integer when assessed.

  • fee_detailsarray of objects

    Detailed breakdown of fees (in cents) paid for this transaction.

  • netinteger

    Net impact to a Stripe balance (in cents). A positive value represents incrementing a Stripe balance, and a negative value decrementing a Stripe balance. You can calculate the net impact of a transaction on a balance by amount - fee

  • sourcenullable stringExpandable

    This transaction relates to the Stripe object.

  • statusstring

    The transaction’s net funds status in the Stripe balance, which are either available or pending.

  • typeenum

    Transaction type: adjustment, advance, advance_funding, anticipation_repayment, application_fee, application_fee_refund, charge, climate_order_purchase, climate_order_refund, connect_collection_transfer, contribution, issuing_authorization_hold, issuing_authorization_release, issuing_dispute, issuing_transaction, obligation_outbound, obligation_reversal_inbound, payment, payment_failure_refund, payment_network_reserve_hold, payment_network_reserve_release, payment_refund, payment_reversal, payment_unreconciled, payout, payout_cancel, payout_failure, payout_minimum_balance_hold, payout_minimum_balance_release, refund, refund_failure, reserve_transaction, reserved_funds, stripe_fee, stripe_fx_fee, stripe_balance_payment_debit, stripe_balance_payment_debit_reversal, tax_fee, topup, topup_reversal, transfer, transfer_cancel, transfer_failure, or transfer_refund. Learn more about balance transaction types and what they represent. To classify transactions for accounting purposes, consider reporting_category instead.

    Possible enum values
    adjustment
    advance
    advance_funding
    anticipation_repayment
    application_fee
    application_fee_refund
    charge
    climate_order_purchase
    climate_order_refund
    connect_collection_transfer
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More attributes

  • objectstring

  • available_ontimestamp

  • balance_typeenumPreview feature

  • createdtimestamp

  • exchange_ratenullable float

  • reporting_categorystring

The Balance Transaction object
{
  "id": "txn_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixxapQrznl",
  "object": "balance_transaction",
  "amount": -400,
  "available_on": 1678043844,
  "created": 1678043844,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": null,
  "exchange_rate": null,
  "fee": 0,
  "fee_details": [],
  "net": -400,
  "reporting_category": "transfer",
  "source": "tr_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixNCZvFdgA",
  "status": "available",
  "type": "transfer"
}

Retrieve a balance transaction 

Retrieves the balance transaction with the given ID.

Note that this endpoint previously used the path /v1/balance/history/:id.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns a balance transaction if a valid balance transaction ID was provided. Raises an error otherwise.

GET /v1/balance_transactions/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/balance_transactions/txn_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixxapQrznl \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"
Response
{
  "id": "txn_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixxapQrznl",
  "object": "balance_transaction",
  "amount": -400,
  "available_on": 1678043844,
  "created": 1678043844,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": null,
  "exchange_rate": null,
  "fee": 0,
  "fee_details": [],
  "net": -400,
  "reporting_category": "transfer",
  "source": "tr_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixNCZvFdgA",
  "status": "available",
  "type": "transfer"
}

List all balance transactions 

Returns a list of transactions that have contributed to the Stripe account balance (e.g., charges, transfers, and so forth). The transactions are returned in sorted order, with the most recent transactions appearing first.

Note that this endpoint was previously called “Balance history” and used the path /v1/balance/history.

Parameters

  • payoutstring

    For automatic Stripe payouts only, only returns transactions that were paid out on the specified payout ID.

  • typestring

    Only returns transactions of the given type. One of: adjustment, advance, advance_funding, anticipation_repayment, application_fee, application_fee_refund, charge, climate_order_purchase, climate_order_refund, connect_collection_transfer, contribution, issuing_authorization_hold, issuing_authorization_release, issuing_dispute, issuing_transaction, obligation_outbound, obligation_reversal_inbound, payment, payment_failure_refund, payment_network_reserve_hold, payment_network_reserve_release, payment_refund, payment_reversal, payment_unreconciled, payout, payout_cancel, payout_failure, payout_minimum_balance_hold, payout_minimum_balance_release, refund, refund_failure, reserve_transaction, reserved_funds, stripe_fee, stripe_fx_fee, stripe_balance_payment_debit, stripe_balance_payment_debit_reversal, tax_fee, topup, topup_reversal, transfer, transfer_cancel, transfer_failure, or transfer_refund.

More parameters

  • createdobject

  • currencyenum

  • ending_beforestring

  • limitinteger

  • sourcestring

  • starting_afterstring

Returns

A dictionary with a data property that contains an array of up to limit transactions, starting after transaction starting_after. Each entry in the array is a separate transaction history object. If no more transactions are available, the resulting array will be empty.

GET /v1/balance_transactions
curl -G https://api.stripe.com/v1/balance_transactions \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -d limit=3
Response
{
  "object": "list",
  "url": "/v1/balance_transactions",
  "has_more": false,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "txn_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixxapQrznl",
      "object": "balance_transaction",
      "amount": -400,
      "available_on": 1678043844,
      "created": 1678043844,
      "currency": "usd",
      "description": null,
      "exchange_rate": null,
      "fee": 0,
      "fee_details": [],
      "net": -400,
      "reporting_category": "transfer",
      "source": "tr_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixNCZvFdgA",
      "status": "available",
      "type": "transfer"
    }
  ]
}

Charges 

The Charge object represents a single attempt to move money into your Stripe account. PaymentIntent confirmation is the most common way to create Charges, but Account Debits may also create Charges. Some legacy payment flows create Charges directly, which is not recommended for new integrations.

Endpoints