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Update a customer credit balance transaction ​

Most credit balance transaction fields are immutable, but you may update its description and metadata.

Returns ​

Returns a customer balance transaction object if the call succeeded.

Parameters ​

  • description (string, optional) An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

    The maximum length is 350 characters.

  • metadata (object, optional) 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.

curl
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers/{{CUSTOMER_ID}}/balance_transactions/{{CUSTOMER_BALANCE_TRANSACTION_ID}} \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -d "metadata[order_id]=6735"

Response ​

json
{
  "id": "cbtxn_1MrU9qLkdIwHu7ixhdjxGBgI",
  "object": "customer_balance_transaction",
  "amount": -500,
  "created": 1680216086,
  "credit_note": null,
  "currency": "usd",
  "customer": "cus_NcjdgdwZyI9Rj7",
  "description": null,
  "ending_balance": -500,
  "invoice": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {
    "order_id": "6735"
  },
  "type": "adjustment"
}

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