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Alerts 

A billing alert is a resource that notifies you when a certain usage threshold on a meter is crossed. For example, you might create a billing alert to notify you when a certain user made 100 API requests.

Endpoints

The Alert object 

Attributes

  • idstring

    Unique identifier for the object.

  • objectstring

    String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value.

  • alert_typeenum

    Defines the type of the alert.

    Possible enum values
    usage_threshold

    Use usage_threshold if you intend for an alert to fire when a usage threshold on a meter is crossed.

  • livemodeboolean

    Has the value true if the object exists in live mode or the value false if the object exists in test mode.

  • statusnullable enum

    Status of the alert. This can be active, inactive or archived.

  • titlestring

    Title of the alert.

  • usage_thresholdnullable object

    Encapsulates configuration of the alert to monitor usage on a specific Billing Meter.

The Alert object
{
  "id": "alrt_12345",
  "object": "billing.alert",
  "title": "API Request usage alert",
  "livemode": true,
  "alert_type": "usage_threshold",
  "usage_threshold": {
    "gte": 10000,
    "meter": "mtr_12345",
    "recurrence": "one_time"
  },
  "status": "active"
}

Create a billing alert 

Creates a billing alert

Parameters

  • alert_typeenumRequired

    The type of alert to create.

    Possible enum values
    usage_threshold

    Use usage_threshold if you intend for an alert to fire when a usage threshold on a meter is crossed.

  • titlestringRequired

    The title of the alert.

  • usage_thresholdobject

    The configuration of the usage threshold.

Returns

Returns a billing alert

POST /v1/billing/alerts
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/billing/alerts \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -d title="API Request usage alert" \
  -d alert_type=usage_threshold \
  -d "usage_threshold[gte]"=10000 \
  -d "usage_threshold[meter]"=mtr_12345 \
  -d "usage_threshold[recurrence]"=one_time
Response
{
  "id": "alrt_12345",
  "object": "billing.alert",
  "title": "API Request usage alert",
  "livemode": true,
  "alert_type": "usage_threshold",
  "usage_threshold": {
    "gte": 10000,
    "meter": "mtr_12345",
    "recurrence": "one_time"
  },
  "status": "active"
}

Retrieve a billing alert 

Retrieves a billing alert given an ID

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns the alert

GET /v1/billing/alerts/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/billing/alerts/alrt_12345 \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"
Response
{
  "id": "alrt_12345",
  "object": "billing.alert",
  "title": "API Request usage alert",
  "livemode": true,
  "alert_type": "usage_threshold",
  "usage_threshold": {
    "gte": 10000,
    "meter": "mtr_12345",
    "recurrence": "one_time"
  },
  "status": "active"
}

List billing alerts 

Lists billing active and inactive alerts

Parameters

  • alert_typeenum

    Filter results to only include this type of alert.

    Possible enum values
    usage_threshold

    Use usage_threshold if you intend for an alert to fire when a usage threshold on a meter is crossed.

  • meterstring

    Filter results to only include alerts with the given meter.

More parameters

  • ending_beforestring

  • limitinteger

  • starting_afterstring

Returns

Returns a list of billing alerts

GET /v1/billing/alerts
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/billing/alerts \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"
Response
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "alrt_12345",
      "object": "billing.alert",
      "title": "API Request usage alert",
      "livemode": true,
      "alert_type": "usage_threshold",
      "usage_threshold": {
        "gte": 10000,
        "meter": "mtr_12345",
        "recurrence": "one_time"
      },
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "id": "alrt_67890",
      "object": "billing.alert",
      "title": "API Request usage alert",
      "livemode": true,
      "alert_type": "usage_threshold",
      "usage_threshold": {
        "gte": 120,
        "meter": "mtr_67890",
        "recurrence": "one_time"
      },
      "status": "active"
    }
  ]
}