Ledger balances

View balance details

Get a balance by ID with the Python SDK.

GET/balances/{balance_id}

Use blnk.ledger_balances.get to retrieve a balance by its balance ID.

Call the method

response = blnk.ledger_balances.get(
  "bln_5ce86029-3c2e-4e2a-aae2-7fb931ca4c4f",
)

response = blnk.ledger_balances.get(
  "bln_5ce86029-3c2e-4e2a-aae2-7fb931ca4c4f",
  {"with_queued": True},
)

Field	Type	Description
`id`	`str`	Balance ID to retrieve.
`with_queued`	`bool`	Optional. When `True`, includes `queued_credit_balance` and `queued_debit_balance` in the response.

Pass an options dict as the second argument to include queued balances:

Use the balance details

Read response.data for current amounts, currency, and ledger membership. Use balance_id when posting transactions or configuring monitors.

Response

{
  "balance": 0,
  "inflight_balance": 0,
  "credit_balance": 0,
  "inflight_credit_balance": 0,
  "debit_balance": 0,
  "inflight_debit_balance": 0,
  "ledger_id": "ldg_049495c6-356e-4ebc-a45e-60d1e1e16afb",
  "identity_id": "",
  "balance_id": "bln_5ce86029-3c2e-4e2a-aae2-7fb931ca4c4f",
  "currency": "USD",
  "created_at": "2024-11-26T08:36:36.238244338Z",
  "meta_data": null
}

Field	Type	Description
`balance_id`	`str`	Unique ID for the balance.
`balance`	`number`	Current net amount.
`currency`	`str`	Currency or asset class.
`credit_balance`	`number`	Total amount moved into the balance.
`debit_balance`	`number`	Total amount moved out of the balance.