# The Meter Event object

## Attributes

- `object` (string, value is "v2.billing.meter_event")
  String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value of the object field.

- `created` (timestamp)
  The creation time of this meter event.

- `event_name` (string)
  The name of the meter event. Corresponds with the `event_name` field on a meter.

- `identifier` (string)
  A unique identifier for the event. If not provided, one will be generated. We recommend using a globally unique identifier for this. We’ll enforce uniqueness within a rolling 24 hour period.

- `livemode` (boolean)
  Has the value `true` if the object exists in live mode or the value `false` if the object exists in test mode.

- `payload` (map)
  The payload of the event. This must contain the fields corresponding to a meter’s `customer_mapping.event_payload_key` (default is `stripe_customer_id`) and `value_settings.event_payload_key` (default is `value`). Read more about the [payload](https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/recording-usage.md#payload-key-overrides)…

- `timestamp` (timestamp)
  The time of the event. Must be within the past 35 calendar days or up to 5 minutes in the future. Defaults to current timestamp if not specified.

### The Meter Event object

```json
{
  "object": "v2.billing.meter_event",
  "created": "2024-06-01T12:10:00.000Z",
  "livemode": false,
  "identifier": "idmp_12345678",
  "event_name": "ai_search_api",
  "timestamp": "2024-06-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "payload": {
    "stripe_customer_id": "cus_12345678",
    "value": "25"
  }
}
```