Create a Meter Event with synchronous validation

Creates a meter event. Events are validated synchronously, but are processed asynchronously. Supports up to 1,000 events per second in livemode. For higher rate-limits, please use meter event streams instead.

Parameters

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

• payload (map, required) The payload of the event. This must contain 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.

• identifier (string, optional) A unique identifier for the event. If not provided, one will be generated. We recommend using a globally unique identifier for this. We’ll enforce uniqueness within a rolling 24 hour period.

• timestamp (timestamp, optional) The time of the event. Must be within the past 35 calendar days or up to 5 minutes in the future. Defaults to current timestamp if not specified.

Returns

Response attributes

• object (string, value is "v2.billing.meter_event") String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value of the object field.

• created (timestamp) The creation time of this meter event.

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

• identifier (string) A unique identifier for the event. If not provided, one will be generated. We recommend using a globally unique identifier for this. We’ll enforce uniqueness within a rolling 24 hour period.

• livemode (boolean) Has the value true if the object exists in live mode or the value false if the object exists in test mode.

• payload (map) The payload of the event. This must contain 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 time of the event. Must be within the past 35 calendar days or up to 5 minutes in the future. Defaults to current timestamp if not specified.

Error Codes

HTTP status code	Code	Description
400	archived_meter	The meter must be Active to submit events.
400	duplicate_meter_event	A meter event with a duplicate identifier has already been submitted.
400	no_meter	A meter must exist to submit events.
400	payload_invalid_value	The value must be a positive integer.
400	payload_no_customer_defined	The payload must have a reference to the customer.
400	payload_no_value_defined	The payload must have a value.
409	too_many_concurrent_requests	Cannot create multiple usage events for the same customer, meter concurrently.

curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v2/billing/meter_events \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -H "Stripe-Version: 2026-04-22.dahlia" \
  --json '{
    "identifier": "idmp_12345678",
    "event_name": "ai_search_api",
    "timestamp": "2024-06-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "payload": {
        "stripe_customer_id": "cus_12345678",
        "value": "25"
    }
  }'

Response

{
  "object": "v2.billing.meter_event",
  "created": "2024-06-01T12:10:00.000Z",
  "livemode": false,
  "identifier": "idmp_12345678",
  "event_name": "ai_search_api",
  "timestamp": "2024-06-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "payload": {
    "stripe_customer_id": "cus_12345678",
    "value": "25"
  }
}