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The Event object ​

Attributes ​

  • id (string) Unique identifier for the event.

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

  • changes (object, nullable) Before and after changes for the primary related object.

  • context (string, nullable) Authentication context needed to fetch the event or related object.

  • created (timestamp) Time at which the object was created.

  • data (object, nullable) Additional data about the event.

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

  • reason (object, nullable) Reason for the event.

    • reason.request (object, nullable) Information on the API request that instigated the event.

      • reason.request.id (string) ID of the API request that caused the event.

      • reason.request.idempotency_key (string) The idempotency key transmitted during the request.

    • reason.type (enum) Event reason type. Possible enum values:

      • request The event was published as the result of an API request.
  • related_object (object, nullable) Object containing the reference to API resource relevant to the event.

    • related_object.id (string) Unique identifier for the object relevant to the event.

    • related_object.type (string) Object tag of the resource relevant to the event.

    • related_object.url (string) URL to retrieve the resource.

  • type (string) The type of the event.

The Event object ​

json
{
  "id": "evt_test_65RCjj4EqW1sabcjs2Z16RCMoNQdSQkOWvfL6L5uU2K40u",
  "object": "v2.core.event",
  "context": null,
  "created": "2024-09-26T17:46:22.134Z",
  "data": {
    "developer_message_summary": "There is 1 invalid event",
    "reason": {
      "error_count": 1,
      "error_types": [
        {
          "code": "meter_event_no_customer_defined",
          "error_count": 1,
          "sample_errors": [
            {
              "error_message": "Customer mapping key stripe_customer_id not found in payload.",
              "request": {
                "identifier": "cb447754-6880-45c2-8f2f-ef19b6ce81e9"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "validation_end": "2024-09-26T17:46:20.000Z",
    "validation_start": "2024-09-26T17:46:10.000Z"
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "reason": null,
  "related_object": {
    "id": "mtr_test_61RCjiqdTDC91zgip41IqPCzPnxqqSVc",
    "type": "billing.meter",
    "url": "/v1/billing/meters/mtr_test_61RCjiqdTDC91zgip41IqPCzPnxqqSVc"
  },
  "type": "v1.billing.meter.error_report_triggered"
}

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