Check affordability

Confirm whether your current balance covers an upcoming request.

curl -X POST https://api.chuger.com/v1/credits/can-afford \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"service_type": "content", "quantity": 50}'

const res = await fetch('https://api.chuger.com/v1/credits/can-afford', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CHUGER_TOKEN}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ service_type: 'content', quantity: 50 }),
});
const { can_afford } = await res.json();

{
  "can_afford": true,
  "preview": {
    "service_type": "content",
    "service_name": "Content Extraction",
    "credit_cost_per_request": 2,
    "quantity": 50,
    "total_cost": 100,
    "current_balance": 18675,
    "remaining_after": 18575,
    "can_afford": true
  }
}

A thin convenience wrapper around /preview-cost that promotes the affordability flag to the top level — handy for in-app gating where you don't need the full cost breakdown.

POST https://api.chuger.com/v1/credits/can-afford

No credits are deducted by this endpoint.

All /v1/credits/* endpoints are free to call and not subject to per-minute rate limits.

Authentication

Bearer token in the Authorization header. See Authentication.

Request body

Same shape as /preview-cost:

body

service_typestring

Required

One of scrape, content, serp, prompt.

body

quantityinteger

Integer between 1 and 100. Defaults to 1.

Example

Response fields

can_affordboolean

Required

true if the current balance covers the previewed cost.

previewobject

Required

Full preview payload — identical shape to /preview-cost so a single response can drive both gating and display.

Errors

Status	When
`401`	Missing or invalid token
`422`	`service_type` missing/invalid, or `quantity` out of range

See Errors for the full reference.

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