+++ title = "AddCredit" toc = true +++
Adds credit to a given client.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | "AddCredit" | Required |
| clientid | int | Required | |
| description | string | Admin only notes for credit justification | Required |
| amount | float | The amount of credit to add or remove. Must be a positive value. | Required |
| date | string | The date the credit was added. YYYY-mm-dd format. | Optional |
| adminid | int | The active admin id to be associated with the credit record. Defaults to current admin. | Optional |
| type | string | Whether to add or remove credit. One of 'add' or 'remove' | Optional |
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| result | string | The result of the operation: success or error |
| newbalance | float | The new total credit balance |
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.example.com/includes/api.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
http_build_query(
array(
'action' => 'AddCredit',
// See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
'clientid' => '1',
'description' => 'Adding funds via api',
'amount' => '12.34',
'adminid' => '1',
'responsetype' => 'json',
)
)
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$command = 'AddCredit';
$postData = array(
'clientid' => '1',
'description' => 'Adding funds via api',
'amount' => '12.34',
'adminid' => '1',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later
$results = localAPI($command, $postData, $adminUsername);
print_r($results);
{
"result": "success",
"newbalance": "123.45"
}
Possible error condition responses include:
- Type can only be add or remove
- Client ID Not Found
- Admin ID Not Found
- No Amount Provided
- Amount must be in decimal format: ### or ###.##
- Date Format is not Valid
| Version | Changelog |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | Initial Version |