Get billing overview

Returns the current plan, the subscription state, the credit balance and whether a payment is open. Read-only. Changing the plan or paying is only possible in the app.

GET /v1/billing

Permission	`billing:read` (all permissions)
Risk	Read
Idempotency-Key	Not needed (how it works)
Safe to repeat	Safe: the call only reads.
Rate limit class	`read` (120 requests per minute per key)
Confirmation	None
MCP tool	Not available in MCP
Since version	2026-10-25

#What it does

Only reads data. It changes nothing and sends nothing.

#Examples

curlPythonTypeScript

curl "https://api.smartchat.marketing/v1/billing" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SMARTCHAT_API_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.smartchat.marketing/v1/billing",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SMARTCHAT_API_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.smartchat.marketing/v1/billing", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SMARTCHAT_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(await response.text());
console.log(await response.json());

Response (200):

{
  "object": "billing",
  "plan": {
    "id": "starter_299",
    "name": "Starter",
    "price_eur": 299,
    "credits_per_period": 3000
  },
  "subscription": {
    "status": "active",
    "current_period_end": "2026-11-25T09:41:07Z",
    "cancel_at": null,
    "term_months": 1
  },
  "credits": {
    "balance": 2810
  },
  "payment": {
    "failed": false,
    "grace_until": null
  }
}

#Response

Status 200. Every response has the headers Request-Id, SmartChat-Version and X-RateLimit-*.

Name	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always "billing". always `billing`
`plan`	object	The current plan.
`plan.id`	string	Code of the plan, for example starter_299. Exception to the prefixed IDs: a plan is a fixed list entry, not an object of the account.
`plan.name`	string	Display name of the plan. up to 80 characters
`plan.price_eur`	number or null	List price per month in euros. Null if not known. 0 to 1000000
`plan.credits_per_period`	integer or null	Credits the plan adds each billing period. Null if not known. 0 to 1000000000
`subscription`	object	The subscription state.
`subscription.status`	string	Status of the subscription: active, trialing (free trial), canceled, past_due (payment open) or none. one of: `active`, `trialing`, `canceled`, `past_due`, `none`
`subscription.current_period_end`	string or null	End of the current billing period. up to 40 characters; format date-time
`subscription.cancel_at`	string or null	When a canceled subscription ends. Null if it is not canceled. up to 40 characters; format date-time
`subscription.term_months`	integer or null	Contract term in months (1, 3 or 12). Null if not known. one of: `1`, `3`, `12`, `null`
`credits`	object	The credit balance.
`credits.balance`	number	Credits left. Credits do not expire. -1000000000 to 1000000000
`payment`	object	State of the last payment.
`payment.failed`	boolean	True if the last payment failed and is still open.
`payment.grace_until`	string or null	Until when the payment can still be made good before the plan changes to Free. up to 40 characters; format date-time

#Errors

Code	Status	When
`api_key_expired`	401	This API key has expired.
`api_key_invalid`	401	This API key is not valid.
`api_key_revoked`	401	This API key was revoked.
`authentication_required`	401	No API key was sent. Send 'Authorization: Bearer <key>'.
`insufficient_scope`	403	This key lacks a required permission.
`ip_not_allowed`	403	This IP address is not allowed for this key.
`rate_limited`	429	Too many requests. Wait and try again.
`internal_error`	500	Something went wrong on our side.

All errors use one format.