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The Meter Event object ​

Attributes ​

  • object (string) String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value.

  • created (timestamp) Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

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

    The maximum length is 100 characters.

  • identifier (string) A unique identifier for the event.

  • livemode (boolean) If the object exists in live mode, the value is true. If the object exists in test mode, the value is false.

  • payload (object) The payload of the event. This contains 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.

  • timestamp (timestamp) The timestamp passed in when creating the event. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

The Meter Event object ​

json
{
  "object": "billing.meter_event",
  "created": 1704824589,
  "event_name": "ai_search_api",
  "identifier": "identifier_123",
  "livemode": true,
  "payload": {
    "value": "25",
    "stripe_customer_id": "cus_NciAYcXfLnqBoz"
  },
  "timestamp": 1680210639
}

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