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    Transfer Balance

    API reference for Transfer balance

    Balance
    /transfer/balance/getRetrieve information about a balance held with Plaid

    /transfer/balance/get

    Retrieve a balance held with Plaid

    Use the /transfer/balance/get endpoint to view a balance held with Plaid.

    transfer/balance/get

    Request fields and example

    client_id
    string
    Your Plaid API client_id. The client_id is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-CLIENT-ID header or as part of a request body.
    secret
    string
    Your Plaid API secret. The secret is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-SECRET header or as part of a request body.
    type
    string
    The type of balance.
    prefunded_rtp_credits - Your prefunded RTP credit balance with Plaid prefunded_ach_credits - Your prefunded ACH credit balance with Plaid


    Possible values: prefunded_rtp_credits, prefunded_ach_credits
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    1const request: TransferBalanceGetRequest = {
    2 type: 'prefunded_rtp_credits',
    3};
    4
    5try {
    6 const response = await client.transferBalanceGet(request);
    7 const available_balance = response.data.balance.available;
    8} catch (error) {
    9 // handle error
    10}
    transfer/balance/get

    Response fields and example

    balance
    object
    Information about the balance held with Plaid.
    available
    string
    The amount of this balance available for use (decimal string with two digits of precision e.g. "10.00").
    current
    string
    The available balance, plus amount of pending funds that in processing (decimal string with two digits of precision e.g. "10.00").
    type
    string
    The type of balance.
    prefunded_rtp_credits - Your prefunded RTP credit balance with Plaid prefunded_ach_credits - Your prefunded ACH credit balance with Plaid


    Possible values: prefunded_rtp_credits, prefunded_ach_credits
    request_id
    string
    A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.
    1{
    2 "balance": {
    3 "available": "1721.70",
    4 "type": "prefunded_rtp_credits"
    5 },
    6 "request_id": "saKrIBuEB9qJZno"
    7}
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