How to Automate Balance Monitoring for your Verification Workflows

When building verification pipelines—whether you are integrating a single-identifier check or a complex risk-scoring flow—maintaining service continuity is critical. If your account balance hits zero, your synchronous request-response flow will be interrupted, leading to failed requests.

In this guide, we will walk through how to implement a proactive monitoring pattern for your account credits using the eKYC Pro Balance Query API.

The Importance of Proactive Monitoring

In a production environment, you cannot rely on manual checks. By integrating a balance query into your existing operational dashboard or as a pre-flight check in your CI/CD pipeline, you can trigger alerts before your credit supply is exhausted. This allows your team to manage top-ups or budget adjustments without service downtime.

Step 1: Understanding the Balance Query API

The Balance Query API provides a simple, authenticated way to retrieve your current credit count. It uses a standard GET request to the /v1/balance endpoint.

Request Structure

To query your balance, you must provide your X-API-Key in the request header. Here is how you can perform this check using curl:

curl --location 'https://api.ekycpro.com/v1/balance' \
--header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Step 2: Handling the Response

The API returns a JSON object containing your balance as a numeric value. Your integration logic should parse this field to compare it against a defined threshold.

{
 "balance": 9850.50
}

Step 3: Implementing a Monitoring Logic

Rather than checking the balance on every single verification request, it is more efficient to implement a periodic check. You can wrap this in a simple script that runs on a cron job or as part of your internal monitoring service:

1. Define a Threshold: Set a minimum credit limit (e.g., 500 credits).
2. Periodic Polling: Execute a GET request to the /v1/balance endpoint.
3. Alerting: If the returned balance is less than your threshold, trigger an alert via your preferred channel (e.g., Slack, PagerDuty, or email).

Error Handling

When integrating this check, ensure your code accounts for potential API errors:

• 401 Unauthorized: Check that your X-API-Key is valid and active.
• 502 Balance query failed: Implement a retry policy for this specific error to ensure your monitoring isn't interrupted by transient network issues.

Conclusion

By treating your account balance as a critical infrastructure metric, you ensure that your verification services—whether they are single-identifier checks or aggregated risk scores—remain available when you need them most. For more details on integrating these services, visit the official documentation.

This article was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed before publishing.