> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.advinservers.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Enable or disable account credit for a service > ### Overview Controls whether this service's renewal invoices can use account credit. Send `pays_from_credit` as true or false. Credit is shared across the account and used for renewals in due-date order. Disabling it for this service leaves the balance available for other services. This service will still receive invoices on its usual schedule, which the customer must pay separately. The setting applies to future invoices. It does not move money or change invoices already paid with credit. This option is available only when `account_credit_switchable` is true in the service list. Otherwise, the request is rejected with an explanation. Returns the updated service. ### Permissions Requires the `billing.manage` (Manage service billing) permission for the selected team. Resources outside that team return 404. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://console.advinservers.com/docs/openapi.json patch /billing/managed-services/{service}/account-credit openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: API reference version: 1.0.0 description: >- Use this API to manage your team's servers, networks, backups, and other resources. ## Authentication Create an API key under **API Keys** and send it as a bearer token with every request: ``` Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY} Accept: application/json ``` Copy the key when you create it. It cannot be shown again. Revoking a key takes effect immediately. ## Permissions Give each key only the permissions it needs. Every endpoint lists the required permission. Permissions cover servers and other resources in the key's team. ## Team scope A key can access resources in the team selected when it was created. This includes servers, snapshots, backups, firewall groups, images, SSH keys, scripts, networks and addresses. Resources in other teams return `404 Not Found`. Create a separate key for each team. The key determines the team for every request. Legacy keys that had no team are assigned to the account's first owned team. ## Actions that need the panel API keys cannot do the following, even with every permission. Sign in to the panel in a browser to do them: - Create, edit or revoke API keys - Edit the IP groups that restrict API keys - End signed-in sessions - Change two-factor authentication - Change the account's email address - Accept or decline team invitations - Switch or leave a team This keeps a leaked key from widening its own access or locking you out of your account. ## Source IP restrictions A key can be restricted to one or more IP groups. Requests from other addresses are rejected. ## Requests and responses Each endpoint lists its path, query, header, and body parameters. Examples use fictional data. Single records use JSON objects. Collections use JSON arrays unless the endpoint supports pagination. Timestamps use ISO 8601 in UTC. Error responses include `message`. Validation errors also include an `errors` object for each field. Each endpoint lists its status codes. ## Audit log Every API request, including reads, is recorded in the account audit log with the key that made it. servers: - url: https://console.advinservers.com/api/v1/client security: - http: [] tags: - name: Account description: Billing contact details and account setup progress. - name: Account activity description: Actions performed in the current team by people and API keys. - name: Servers description: >- Order and list servers, read their state and resource use, open a console, and control power. - name: Server settings description: >- Rename a server, rebuild it, and change its hardware, media, resolvers and credentials. - name: Backups description: Scheduled server copies stored separately from the server. - name: Snapshots description: >- Take, restore and move server snapshots. Snapshots are kept in snapshot storage that the team buys by the GiB. - name: Firewall groups description: Reusable sets of firewall rules, and the servers they apply to. - name: IP groups description: Reusable source address lists for firewall rules. - name: Server firewall description: >- Read default traffic policies and rules managed outside your firewall groups. - name: IP addresses description: Manage floating IPs and server address assignments. - name: Private networks description: Connect servers over a private network in the same location. - name: Reverse DNS description: Set the hostnames returned by IP address lookups. - name: DDoS protection description: Configure attack filtering for server addresses. - name: Bandwidth description: Buy extra bandwidth and share it between servers or location pools. - name: SSH keys description: Public keys the account can install on a server when it is built. - name: Setup scripts description: Scripts the account can run on a server when it is built. - name: ISO images description: ISO images you have downloaded, and the servers they are mounted on. - name: Server upgrades description: Change an existing server's plan. - name: Checkout description: Choose a payment method and pay for a purchase. - name: Invoices description: View and pay account invoices. - name: Billing description: Manage service renewals, payment methods and account credit. - name: Transfers description: Move resources between teams or transfer ownership. - name: Teams description: Manage the team assigned to your API key. - name: Team members description: Invite people and manage their team access. - name: Team roles description: Define the permissions granted to team members. - name: Team activity description: View actions performed in a team. - name: Support tickets description: >- Open, read, reply to and close support tickets. Tickets belong to the account holder and are not shared with team members. paths: /billing/managed-services/{service}/account-credit: patch: tags: - Billing summary: Enable or disable account credit for a service description: >- ### Overview Controls whether this service's renewal invoices can use account credit. Send `pays_from_credit` as true or false. Credit is shared across the account and used for renewals in due-date order. Disabling it for this service leaves the balance available for other services. This service will still receive invoices on its usual schedule, which the customer must pay separately. The setting applies to future invoices. It does not move money or change invoices already paid with credit. This option is available only when `account_credit_switchable` is true in the service list. Otherwise, the request is rejected with an explanation. Returns the updated service. ### Permissions Requires the `billing.manage` (Manage service billing) permission for the selected team. Resources outside that team return 404. operationId: client.billing.managed-services.account-credit parameters: - name: service in: path required: true description: The service ID returned by the billing endpoints. schema: type: string examples: - 7312 example: 7312 requestBody: description: >- Send a JSON object containing the fields below. Required fields are marked in the schema. required: true content: application/json: schema: examples: - pays_from_credit: false allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChangeServiceAccountCreditRequest' responses: '200': description: The record, as a JSON object. There is no envelope. content: application/json: schema: examples: - service_id: 7312 name: Standard 4 GB hostname: lambda-core.blackmesa.example.com status: Active billing_cycle: Monthly recurring_amount: '12.00' currency: USD server_id: ecc6f4f1 next_due_date: '2026-10-02' period: starts_at: '2026-09-02' ends_at: '2026-10-02' total_days: 30 days_remaining: 18 days_overdue: 0 remaining_fraction: 0.6 state: healthy autopay: true autopay_ending: false subscription: uuid: a216c52c-ccea-430f-b3bf-09aaf1025a44 status: active next_charge_at: '2026-10-02T19:15:08+00:00' ends_at: null amount: '12.00' currency: USD cancellation: null can_start_subscription: false can_cancel_subscription: true can_change_cycle: true can_cancel_service: true can_withdraw_cancellation: false immediate_refund: '7.20' pays_from_credit: true can_change_credit: true autopay_provider: paddle autopay_details: active suspension_reason: null allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillingServiceData' '401': description: >- The key was missing, malformed, revoked, or belongs to an account that no longer exists. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string examples: - Unauthenticated. required: - message '403': description: >- Access denied. Check the key's team, permissions and allowed IP addresses. Some actions, such as managing API keys, require a browser session. The response message explains the reason. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string examples: - >- This API key is not allowed to do that in this team. It needs the "snapshot.delete" permission. required: - message '404': description: >- The resource was not found in the selected team. Resources in another account or team also return 404. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string examples: - Not found. required: - message '422': description: >- A field is missing or invalid, or the resource cannot accept this change in its current state. Check `message` for details. Field validation also includes an `errors` object keyed by field name. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string description: >- A summary of the validation error or the reason the change was refused. examples: - The name field is required. errors: type: object description: Validation errors grouped by field name. additionalProperties: type: array items: type: string required: - message '429': description: >- Too many requests. The `Retry-After` header says how many seconds to wait. Limits are per account, so several keys on one account share them. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string examples: - Too Many Attempts. required: - message components: schemas: ChangeServiceAccountCreditRequest: type: object examples: - pays_from_credit: false properties: pays_from_credit: type: boolean description: The value of `pays_from_credit`. required: - pays_from_credit title: ChangeServiceAccountCreditRequest BillingServiceData: type: object examples: - service_id: 7312 name: Standard 4 GB hostname: lambda-core.blackmesa.example.com status: Active billing_cycle: Monthly recurring_amount: '12.00' currency: USD server_id: ecc6f4f1 next_due_date: '2026-10-02' period: starts_at: '2026-09-02' ends_at: '2026-10-02' total_days: 30 days_remaining: 18 days_overdue: 0 remaining_fraction: 0.6 state: healthy autopay: true autopay_ending: false subscription: uuid: a216c52c-ccea-430f-b3bf-09aaf1025a44 status: active next_charge_at: '2026-10-02T19:15:08+00:00' ends_at: null amount: '12.00' currency: USD cancellation: null can_start_subscription: false can_cancel_subscription: true can_change_cycle: true can_cancel_service: true can_withdraw_cancellation: false immediate_refund: '7.20' pays_from_credit: true can_change_credit: true autopay_provider: paddle autopay_details: active suspension_reason: null properties: service_id: type: integer description: The service id ID. examples: - 7312 name: type: string description: The name shown to customers. examples: - Standard 4 GB hostname: type: - string - 'null' description: The fully qualified hostname. examples: - lambda-core.blackmesa.example.com status: type: - string - 'null' description: The value of `status`. examples: - Active billing_cycle: type: - string - 'null' description: How often the service renews and is billed. examples: - Monthly recurring_amount: type: - string - 'null' description: The amount charged each billing cycle. examples: - '12.00' currency: type: - string - 'null' description: The three-letter currency code used for monetary amounts. examples: - USD server_id: type: - string - 'null' description: The server id ID. examples: - ecc6f4f1 next_due_date: type: - string - 'null' description: The value of `next_due_date`. examples: - '2026-10-02' period: description: The value of `period`. examples: - starts_at: '2026-09-02' ends_at: '2026-10-02' total_days: 30 days_remaining: 18 days_overdue: 0 remaining_fraction: 0.6 state: healthy anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServicePeriodData' - type: 'null' autopay: type: boolean description: >- Whether anything will be charged automatically. The tick or the cross in the Autopay column. examples: - true autopay_ending: type: boolean description: >- Autopay that has been turned off but has not stopped yet. Its own state, drawn between the tick and the cross. examples: - false subscription: description: The value of `subscription`. examples: - uuid: a216c52c-ccea-430f-b3bf-09aaf1025a44 status: active next_charge_at: '2026-10-02T19:15:08+00:00' ends_at: null amount: '12.00' currency: USD anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillingServiceSubscriptionData' - type: 'null' cancellation: description: The value of `cancellation`. examples: - null anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BillingServiceCancellationData' - type: 'null' can_start_subscription: type: boolean description: Whether the customer can start subscription. examples: - false can_cancel_subscription: type: boolean description: Whether the customer can cancel subscription. examples: - true can_change_cycle: type: boolean description: Whether the customer can change cycle. examples: - true can_cancel_service: type: boolean description: Whether the customer can cancel service. examples: - true can_withdraw_cancellation: type: boolean description: Whether the customer can withdraw cancellation. examples: - false immediate_refund: type: - string - 'null' description: >- What stopping this service today would put back on the account, in the currency beside it. examples: - '7.20' pays_from_credit: type: boolean description: >- Whether renewals of this service are paid out of the account's credit balance where there is one. True unless the customer has turned it off, which is what the balance does by default. examples: - true can_change_credit: type: boolean description: >- Whether that can be changed from here. False where the installation does not offer account credit at all, or cannot enforce the answer per service. examples: - true autopay_provider: type: - string - 'null' description: The value of `autopay_provider`. examples: - paddle autopay_details: type: - string - 'null' description: The value of `autopay_details`. examples: - active suspension_reason: type: - string - 'null' description: The value of `suspension_reason`. examples: - null required: - service_id - name - hostname - status - billing_cycle - recurring_amount - currency - server_id - next_due_date - period - autopay - autopay_ending - subscription - cancellation - can_start_subscription - can_cancel_subscription - can_change_cycle - can_cancel_service - can_withdraw_cancellation - immediate_refund - pays_from_credit - can_change_credit - autopay_provider - autopay_details - suspension_reason title: BillingServiceData ServicePeriodData: type: object examples: - starts_at: '2026-09-02' ends_at: '2026-10-02' total_days: 30 days_remaining: 18 days_overdue: 0 remaining_fraction: 0.6 state: healthy properties: starts_at: type: string description: The date and time for starts at, in UTC. examples: - '2026-09-02' ends_at: type: string description: The date and time for ends at, in UTC. examples: - '2026-10-02' total_days: type: integer description: The value of `total_days`. examples: - 30 days_remaining: type: integer description: The value of `days_remaining`. examples: - 18 days_overdue: type: integer description: >- Zero rather than a negative `days_remaining`, so a caller never has to decide which of the two fields to believe. examples: - 0 remaining_fraction: type: number description: The share of the period still to run. examples: - 0.6 state: type: string description: >- `healthy`, `due_soon`, `critical` or `overdue`, named on the server so every surface showing a term agrees about when one has become worth worrying about. examples: - healthy required: - starts_at - ends_at - total_days - days_remaining - days_overdue - remaining_fraction - state title: ServicePeriodData BillingServiceSubscriptionData: type: object description: The automatic payment subscription for one service. examples: - uuid: a216c52c-ccea-430f-b3bf-09aaf1025a44 status: active next_charge_at: '2026-10-02T19:15:08+00:00' ends_at: null amount: '12.00' currency: USD properties: uuid: type: string description: The uuid UUID. examples: - a216c52c-ccea-430f-b3bf-09aaf1025a44 status: type: string description: The payment provider's current status. examples: - active next_charge_at: type: - string - 'null' description: >- Null once nothing further will be charged, including for a subscription that is merely winding down. examples: - '2026-10-02T19:15:08+00:00' ends_at: type: - string - 'null' description: When an agreed cancellation actually takes effect. examples: - null amount: type: - string - 'null' description: The amount in the currency shown by `currency`. examples: - '12.00' currency: type: - string - 'null' description: The three-letter currency code used for monetary amounts. examples: - USD required: - uuid - status - next_charge_at - ends_at - amount - currency title: BillingServiceSubscriptionData BillingServiceCancellationData: type: object description: >- A cancellation the customer has already asked for and that has not taken effect yet. examples: - requested_at: '2026-09-14T16:42:09+00:00' type: end_of_billing type_label: At the end of the billing period reason: Consolidating the test chamber workloads onto sector-c-db. properties: requested_at: type: - string - 'null' description: The date and time for requested at, in UTC. examples: - '2026-09-14T16:42:09+00:00' type: type: - string - 'null' description: The type of operation or resource. examples: - end_of_billing type_label: type: - string - 'null' description: The value of `type_label`. examples: - At the end of the billing period reason: type: - string - 'null' description: The value of `reason`. examples: - Consolidating the test chamber workloads onto sector-c-db. required: - requested_at - type - type_label - reason title: BillingServiceCancellationData securitySchemes: http: type: http description: >- Your API key, sent as a bearer token. Create one in the control panel under API Keys, give it only the permissions the integration needs, and copy it when it is created. It cannot be shown again. Each key is restricted to one owned team. The key determines the team for every request. scheme: bearer ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.