Create Meter

Define a tenant meter — what is counted, in what unit, and how a period's events collapse to one billable number.

POST/api/v1/billing/dispatch

Request

curl -X POST "<BASE_URL>/api/v1/billing/dispatch" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-CQRS-Action: CREATE_METER" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "aggregation": "SUM",
    "code": "string",
    "display_name": "string",
    "existing_meter_count": 1,
    "meter_id": "7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7",
    "unit": "string"
  }'

Authorization

Minimum role: FinanceThe caller must hold this role or a higher one.
Action: CREATE_METER

Headers

AuthorizationstringRequired
Access token of the signed-in user, as a Bearer token. It identifies the user, their role and the workspace.
X-CQRS-ActionstringRequired
Names the command to run. Must be CREATE_METER for this endpoint.
Content-TypestringRequired
Always application/json.
X-Idempotency-KeystringOptional
A key you choose that is unique to this attempt. A command repeated with the same key is not applied a second time.
X-Correlation-IdstringOptional
Your own identifier for the request. Returned in the x-correlation-id response header; generated when you leave it out.

Request body

aggregationenumRequired
No description yet.
Allowed values
- SUM
- MAX
- LAST
- UNIQUE_COUNT
SUM
Total consumption over the period.
MAX
Highest value seen — peak provisioning.
LAST
Value at period close — current state, e.g. storage.
UNIQUE_COUNT
Distinct subjects — monthly active users.
codestringRequired
Stable code producers emit and invoices print. Immutable once used.
minimum length 1
maximum length 64
display_namestringRequired
No description yet.
minimum length 1
existing_meter_countintegerRequired
Meters the tenant already has, so the ceiling can be enforced.
at least 0
meter_iduuidRequired
No description yet.
unitstringRequired
No description yet.
minimum length 1
system_metricenum or nullOptional
Set when this meter wraps one of the built-in metrics.
Allowed values
- API_CALL
- AGENT_TASK
- MEETING_MINUTES
- EMAIL_SENT
- CONTRACT_GENERATED
- ACTIVE_SEATS

Response

Status 202. The command was applied. The body reports the outcome and, where the command changes a record, that record's new state.

successbooleanRequired
true when the command was applied.
error_messagestringRequired
Empty when the command was applied.
projected_stateobjectOptional
The record as it stands after the command.
event_payloadobjectOptional
The event the command recorded.
insightsarray of objectOptional
Advisory notes about the result. Each has a code, a message and an impact number.

Errors

Every error carries an HTTP status. Where it also carries a code, branch on the code, not on the message.

400X-CQRS-Action is missing or names a command this route does not accept. Send CREATE_METER.
400DOMAIN_ROUTINGThe body is not a valid command. Check the required fields and their types.
401The access token is missing, expired or not valid.
401L1_AUTHThe caller's role is below finance or the caller has no access to this record.
403L1_POLICYA business rule refused the command. The message names the rule.
409L1_IDEMPOTENCYA command with this idempotency key was already applied.
409CONFLICTThe command would duplicate a record that must be unique.
500L3_COMMITThe command was valid but could not be saved.