Get meter balance for a customer

Overview

Get meter balance for a customer

Returns consumed, credited, and net balance units for a customer on a specific meter.

When to use this

Use for prepaid wallets, usage dashboards, or entitlement checks before granting access.

See also

Credit wallet · Record usage event

Authentication

Merchant routes require an API key in the X-API-KEY header (see Integration overview). Use a test key against https://sandbox.api.lomi.africa and a live key against https://api.lomi.africa.

Endpoint

GET /meters/{id}/balances/{customerId}

Base URLs:

• https://sandbox.api.lomi.africa
• https://api.lomi.africa

Request

Path parameters

No path parameters beyond the URL pattern.

Query parameters

No query parameters.

Responses

Errors

Errors follow the standard JSON error format (status code and machine-readable message). Validate inputs before calling; 401 indicates a missing/invalid key, 404 a missing resource for this organization, 429 rate limiting. For safe retries on create-style calls, send an idempotency key when your flow supports it.

Example

curl -sS -X GET "https://sandbox.api.lomi.africa/meters/id_value/balances/customerId_value" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $LOMI_SECRET_KEY"

OpenAPI

• operationId: MetersController_getBalance
• Operation: GET /meters/{id}/balances/{customerId}

Full schemas and Try it: API reference. Machine-readable contract: repo apps/docs/openapi.json.