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Create a top-up

Top up the balance of an account

Parameters

  • amountintegerRequired

    A positive integer representing how much to transfer.

  • currencystringRequired

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

  • descriptionstring

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

  • metadataobject

    Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

More parameters

  • sourcestring

  • statement_descriptorstring

  • transfer_groupstring

Returns

Returns the top-up object.

POST /v1/topups
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/topups \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
  -d amount=2000 \
  -d currency=usd \
  -d description="Top-up for Jenny Rosen" \
  -d statement_descriptor=Top-up
Response
{
  "id": "tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya",
  "object": "topup",
  "amount": 2000,
  "balance_transaction": null,
  "created": 123456789,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": "Top-up for Jenny Rosen",
  "expected_availability_date": 123456789,
  "failure_code": null,
  "failure_message": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "source": null,
  "statement_descriptor": "Top-up",
  "status": "pending",
  "transfer_group": null
}

Update a top-up

Updates the metadata of a top-up. Other top-up details are not editable by design.

Parameters

  • descriptionstring

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

  • metadataobject

    Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

Returns

The newly updated top-up object if the call succeeded. Otherwise, this call raises an error.

POST /v1/topups/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/topups/tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
  -d "metadata[order_id]"=6735
Response
{
  "id": "tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya",
  "object": "topup",
  "amount": 2000,
  "balance_transaction": null,
  "created": 123456789,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": "Top-up for Jenny Rosen",
  "expected_availability_date": 123456789,
  "failure_code": null,
  "failure_message": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "source": null,
  "statement_descriptor": "Top-up",
  "status": "pending",
  "transfer_group": null,
  "metadata": {
    "order_id": "6735"
  }
}

Retrieve a top-up

Retrieves the details of a top-up that has previously been created. Supply the unique top-up ID that was returned from your previous request, and Stripe will return the corresponding top-up information.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns a top-up if a valid identifier was provided, and raises an error otherwise.

GET /v1/topups/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/topups/tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:"
Response
{
  "id": "tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya",
  "object": "topup",
  "amount": 2000,
  "balance_transaction": null,
  "created": 123456789,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": "Top-up for Jenny Rosen",
  "expected_availability_date": 123456789,
  "failure_code": null,
  "failure_message": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "source": null,
  "statement_descriptor": "Top-up",
  "status": "pending",
  "transfer_group": null
}

List all top-ups

Returns a list of top-ups.

Parameters

  • statusstring

    Only return top-ups that have the given status. One of canceled, failed, pending or succeeded.

More parameters

  • amountobject

  • createdobject

  • ending_beforestring

  • limitinteger

  • starting_afterstring

Returns

A dictionary containing the data property, which is an array of separate top-up objects. The number of top-ups in the array is limited to the number designated in limit. If no more top-ups are available, the resulting array will be empty.

GET /v1/topups
curl -G https://api.stripe.com/v1/topups \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
  -d limit=3
Response
{
  "object": "list",
  "url": "/v1/topups",
  "has_more": false,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya",
      "object": "topup",
      "amount": 2000,
      "balance_transaction": null,
      "created": 123456789,
      "currency": "usd",
      "description": "Top-up for Jenny Rosen",
      "expected_availability_date": 123456789,
      "failure_code": null,
      "failure_message": null,
      "livemode": false,
      "source": null,
      "statement_descriptor": "Top-up",
      "status": "pending",
      "transfer_group": null
    }
    {...}
    {...}
  ],
}

Cancel a top-up

Cancels a top-up. Only pending top-ups can be canceled.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns the canceled top-up. If the top-up is already canceled or can’t be canceled, an error is returned.

POST /v1/topups/:id/cancel
curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/topups/tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya/cancel \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:"
Response
{
  "id": "tu_1NG6yj2eZvKYlo2C1FOBiHya",
  "object": "topup",
  "amount": 2000,
  "balance_transaction": null,
  "created": 123456789,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": "Top-up for Jenny Rosen",
  "expected_availability_date": 123456789,
  "failure_code": null,
  "failure_message": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "source": null,
  "statement_descriptor": "Top-up",
  "status": "canceled",
  "transfer_group": null
}
Stripe Shell
Test mode

Welcome to the Stripe Shell!

Stripe Shell is a browser-based shell with the Stripe CLI pre-installed. Log in to your
Stripe account and press Control + Backtick (`) on your keyboard to start managing your Stripe
resources in test mode.

- View supported Stripe commands: 
- Find webhook events: 
- Listen for webhook events: 
- Call Stripe APIs: stripe [api resource] [operation] (e.g., )
The Stripe Shell is best experienced on desktop.
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