curl --request GET \
--url https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance \
--header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance"
headers = {"X-Api-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance")
.header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"credits": 1023.49,
"held_credits": 4,
"available_credits": 1019.49,
"currency": "credit",
"billing_mode": "metered"
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}Get credit balance
Returns the team’s credit balance broken down into total credits, held_credits (locked against pending generations on a charge-on-success basis), and available_credits = credits − held_credits. POST /v1/images and POST /v1/videos check against available_credits and return 402 invalid_request / balance_too_low if insufficient. Holds are released back to the available balance when a generation fails or is cancelled; they commit (debiting credits) when a generation succeeds. The response also includes billing_mode: when it is exempt, do NOT gate on balance — generations are never blocked and the numeric fields never decrement. Treat billing_mode as an open enum (unknown ⇒ non-gating).
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance \
--header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance"
headers = {"X-Api-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance")
.header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/balance")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"credits": 1023.49,
"held_credits": 4,
"available_credits": 1019.49,
"currency": "credit",
"billing_mode": "metered"
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"code": "balance_too_low",
"message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
"doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
"request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
"param": "prompt",
"reason": "wrong_view",
"detected_view": "full_left"
}
}Authorizations
Your team API key (starts with al_live_).
Headers
Optional API version pin (YYYY-MM-DD). Omit the header to receive the platform default, currently 2026-08-26.
^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$"2026-08-26"
Response
Current credit balance trio
Total credits on the team (sum of available + held).
1023.49
Credits currently held against pending generations (charge-on-success). Released back to the available balance when the generation fails or is cancelled.
4
Spendable balance — credits − held_credits. New POST /v1/images checks against this value and returns 402 invalid_request / balance_too_low if insufficient.
1019.49
Currency identifier; always "credit" today. Reserved for future fiat reporting.
credit "credit"
Billing mode. Known values: "metered" (default) — generations are charged and gated on available_credits; "exempt" — the team is never charged and never blocked, and the numeric fields above stay real but never decrement or gate. OPEN enum, typed as a plain string: new modes may be added, so treat any unrecognized value as non-gating (do not hard-code a closed set).
"metered"

