Get a charge

GEThttps://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/{instance_key}/charges/{charge_id}

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Credentials

Secret key

Instance keyRemember on this device

Kept in this browser tab unless you tick Remember; don't on a shared computer. Use keys from a sandbox account to test without moving money.

Parameters

Path

charge_idrequired

Query

expand

cURL request

curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/charges/CHARGE_ID \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>'

const url = 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/charges/CHARGE_ID';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

import requests

url = "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/charges/CHARGE_ID"

headers = {"Authorization": "Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/charges/CHARGE_ID', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/charges/CHARGE_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE_KEY/charges/CHARGE_ID"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <base64 of SECRET_KEY:>")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

const url = 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/charges/CHARGE_ID';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

import requests

url = "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/charges/CHARGE_ID"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/charges/CHARGE_ID', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/charges/CHARGE_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://app.shuttleglobal.com/c/api/charges/CHARGE_ID"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Response

Charge details

{
  "charge": {
    "id": "string",
    "amount": "string",
    "alt_key": "string",
    "charge_number": 0,
    "extra_charge": true,
    "completed": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "contract": "string",
    "created": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "created_session": "string",
    "due": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "initiated": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "outstanding_amount": "string",
    "overdue_amount": "string",
    "recurring": true,
    "paid_amount": "string",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "updated": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_session": "string",
    "writtenoff_amount": "string",
    "v": 0
  }
}

GET

/charges/{charge_id}

Retrieve details of a specific charge.

You can expand the following fields:

contract
created_session
updated_session

Authorizations

basicAuth
bearerAuth

Parameters

Path Parameters

charge_id

required

string

The charge’s ID (cg_...), or the alt_key you gave it.

Query Parameters

expand

string

Fields to expand into full objects

Responses

200

Charge details

application/json

object

charge

object

A charge object representing an invoice on a contract. Contains all information about the charge including its status, amounts, and payment history.

object

string

The ID of the charge

amount

string

The amount of the charge

alt_key

string

Your supplied key for the charge (eg invoice id)

charge_number

integer

Which charge this is in a recurring contract (eg 1 for first, 2 for second)

extra_charge

boolean

If this charge was manually created

completed

string · date-time

When the charge was completed

contract

string

The contract this charge belongs to

created

string · date-time

When the charge was created

created_session

string

The session the object was created by

due

string · date-time

When the charge is due to be paid

initiated

string · date-time

When the charge was instructed

outstanding_amount

string

The amount that remains to be paid

overdue_amount

string

DEPRECATED - do not use

recurring

boolean

If this charge is part of a recurring contract

paid_amount

string

The amount that has been paid

status

string · enum

The status of the charge

Allowed values: ACTIVE PENDING COMPLETED WRITTENOFF

updated

string · date-time

When the charge was last modified

updated_session

string

The session the object was updated by

writtenoff_amount

string

The amount that has been written off

integer

The version of the record

400

Bad request

application/json

Every error has a code and a message. Some add more fields alongside them, with detail about the error.

object

code

string

The error code, for example VALIDATION_ERROR, INVALID, INVALID_REQUEST, UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN or NOT_FOUND. Program against this, not the message.

message

string

What went wrong, in words, for logs and support.

401

Unauthorised: the API key is missing or not valid

application/json

Every error has a code and a message. Some add more fields alongside them, with detail about the error.

object

code

string

The error code, for example VALIDATION_ERROR, INVALID, INVALID_REQUEST, UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN or NOT_FOUND. Program against this, not the message.

message

string

What went wrong, in words, for logs and support.

Example

{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "message": "Unauthorised"
}

404

Resource not found

application/json

Every error has a code and a message. Some add more fields alongside them, with detail about the error.

object

code

string

The error code, for example VALIDATION_ERROR, INVALID, INVALID_REQUEST, UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN or NOT_FOUND. Program against this, not the message.

message

string

What went wrong, in words, for logs and support.

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