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Credit Balance Transaction 

A credit balance transaction is a resource representing a transaction (either a credit or a debit) against an existing credit grant.

Endpoints

The Credit Balance Transaction object 

Attributes

  • idstring

    Unique identifier for the object.

  • objectstring

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

  • createdtimestamp

    Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

  • creditnullable object

    Credit details for this credit balance transaction. Only present if type is credit.

  • credit_grantstringExpandable

    The credit grant associated with this credit balance transaction.

  • debitnullable object

    Debit details for this credit balance transaction. Only present if type is debit.

  • effective_attimestamp

    The effective time of this credit balance transaction.

  • livemodeboolean

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

  • test_clocknullable stringExpandable

    ID of the test clock this credit balance transaction belongs to.

  • typenullable enum

    The type of credit balance transaction (credit or debit).

    Possible enum values
    credit

    A credit transaction.

    debit

    A debit transaction.

The Credit Balance Transaction object
{
  "id": "cbtxn_test_61R9ZljjaFmdidb6e41L6nFOS1ekD9Ue",
  "object": "billing.credit_balance_transaction",
  "created": 1726619524,
  "credit": null,
  "credit_grant": "credgr_test_61R9ZkIkIzLSp0xze41L6nFOS1ekDTPE",
  "debit": {
    "amount": {
      "monetary": {
        "currency": "usd",
        "value": 1000
      },
      "type": "monetary"
    },
    "credits_applied": {
      "invoice": "in_1Q0BoLL6nFOS1ekDbwBM5ER1",
      "invoice_line_item": "il_1QB443L6nFOS1ekDwRiN3Z4n"
    },
    "type": "credits_applied"
  },
  "effective_at": 1729211351,
  "livemode": false,
  "test_clock": "clock_1Q0BoJL6nFOS1ekDbyYYuseM",
  "type": "debit"
}

Retrieve a credit balance transaction 

Retrieves a credit balance transaction.

Parameters

  • idstringRequired

    Unique identifier for the object.

Returns

Returns a credit balance transaction.

GET /v1/billing/credit_balance_transactions/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/billing/credit_balance_transactions/cbtxn_test_61R9ZljjaFmdidb6e41L6nFOS1ekD9Ue \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -H "Stripe-Version: 2025-06-30.basil"
Response
{
  "id": "cbtxn_test_61R9ZljjaFmdidb6e41L6nFOS1ekD9Ue",
  "object": "billing.credit_balance_transaction",
  "created": 1726619524,
  "credit": null,
  "credit_grant": "credgr_test_61R9ZkIkIzLSp0xze41L6nFOS1ekDTPE",
  "debit": {
    "amount": {
      "monetary": {
        "currency": "usd",
        "value": 1000
      },
      "type": "monetary"
    },
    "credits_applied": {
      "invoice": "in_1Q0BoLL6nFOS1ekDbwBM5ER1",
      "invoice_line_item": "il_1QB443L6nFOS1ekDwRiN3Z4n"
    },
    "type": "credits_applied"
  },
  "effective_at": 1729211351,
  "livemode": false,
  "test_clock": "clock_1Q0BoJL6nFOS1ekDbyYYuseM",
  "type": "debit"
}

List credit balance transactions 

Retrieve a list of credit balance transactions.

Parameters

  • customerstring

    The customer for which to fetch credit balance transactions.

  • credit_grantstring

    The credit grant for which to fetch credit balance transactions.

  • customer_accountstringPreview feature

    The account for which to fetch credit balance transactions.

More parameters

  • ending_beforestring

  • limitinteger

  • starting_afterstring

Returns

Returns a list of credit balanace transactions.

GET /v1/billing/credit_balance_transactions
curl -G https://api.stripe.com/v1/billing/credit_balance_transactions \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -H "Stripe-Version: 2025-06-30.basil" \
  -d customer=cus_QrvQguzkIK8zTj \
  -d credit_grant=credgr_test_61R9ZkIkIzLSp0xze41L6nFOS1ekDTPE
Response
{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "cbtxn_test_61R9ZljjaFmdidb6e41L6nFOS1ekD9Ue",
      "object": "billing.credit_balance_transaction",
      "created": 1726619524,
      "credit": null,
      "credit_grant": "credgr_test_61R9ZkIkIzLSp0xze41L6nFOS1ekDTPE",
      "debit": {
        "amount": {
          "monetary": {
            "currency": "usd",
            "value": 1000
          },
          "type": "monetary"
        },
        "credits_applied": {
          "invoice": "in_1Q0BoLL6nFOS1ekDbwBM5ER1",
          "invoice_line_item": "il_1QB443L6nFOS1ekDwRiN3Z4n"
        },
        "type": "credits_applied"
      },
      "effective_at": 1729211351,
      "livemode": false,
      "test_clock": "clock_1Q0BoJL6nFOS1ekDbyYYuseM",
      "type": "debit"
    },
    {
      "id": "cbtxn_test_61R9ZkIbb17ze4b2s41L6nFOS1ekDXHs",
      "object": "billing.credit_balance_transaction",
      "created": 1726619434,
      "credit": {
        "amount": {
          "monetary": {
            "currency": "usd",
            "value": 1000
          },
          "type": "monetary"
        },
        "type": "credits_granted"
      },
      "credit_grant": "credgr_test_61R9ZkIkIzLSp0xze41L6nFOS1ekDTPE",
      "debit": null,
      "effective_at": 1726619434,
      "livemode": false,
      "test_clock": "clock_1Q0BoJL6nFOS1ekDbyYYuseM",
      "type": "credit"
    }
  ],
  "has_more": false,
  "url": "/v1/billing/credit_grants"
}