Endpoints
Method | Endpoint | Description |
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GET |
| Retrieve all balances associated with a specific account. |
GET |
| Retrieve a specific balance |
POST |
| Create a new balance for a specified account. |
PATCH |
| Modify balance’s metadata (name, start/end date - for deposited funds, see below) |
POST |
| Add/remove funds deposited in a specific balance. |
GET |
| Retrieve all campaigns linked to a specific balance. |
POST |
| Add campaigns to a specific balance. |
POST |
| Remove campaigns from a specific balance. |
GET |
| Retrieve all changes made historically to a balance |
Balance Parameters
Attribute | Data Type | Description |
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| Balance ID Accepted values: string of int64 Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Balance name Accepted values: up to 255-char strings Writeable? Y / Nullable? N |
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| Amount of funds deposited; uncapped if Accepted values: Writeable? Y / Nullable? Y |
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| Amount of funds already spent Accepted values: 0 ≤ Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Amount of funds already spent Accepted values: 0 ≤ Writeable? N / Nullable? Y |
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| Balance start date; if time zone is not set, will considerAccount‘s time zone as default Accepted values: Writeable? Y / Nullable? N |
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| Balance end date; if time zone is not set, will considerAccount‘s time zone as default Accepted values: Default: if Writeable? Y / Nullable? Y |
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| Balance current status Accepted values: Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Timestamp of balance creation, in UTC Accepted values: Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Timestamp of last balance update, in UTC Accepted values: Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| An optional memo note that can be set in the balance Accepted values: up to 250-char strings Writeable? Y / Nullable? Y |
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| The balance type is computed based on the deposited amount: Accepted values: Writeable? N / Nullable? N
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| The type of balance that will be used based on the campaign type Accepted values: Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Billing type of the balance Accepted values: ⚠️Note:
Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Retailer this balance is scoped to. Present only on retailer budgets. Nullable? Y (null for balances without retailer budgets) |
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| Retailer purchase order number.Replacesthe removed Nullable? Y |
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| Criteo purchase order number. Replacesthe removed Nullable? Y |
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| Purchase order number. Removed since 2026.01and replaced by Accepted values: up to 32-char strings Writeable? Y / Nullable? Y |
- Writeable (Y/N): Indicates if the field can be modified in requests.
- Nullable (Y/N): Indicates if the field can accept null/empty values.
- Primary Key: A unique, immutable identifier of the entity, generated internally by Criteo. Primary keys are typically ID fields (e.g.,
retailerId,campaignId,lineItemId) and are usually required in the URL path.
Balance History Parameters
Attribute | Data Type | Description |
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| Timestamp of balance update Accepted values: Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Username who modified the insertion order Accepted values: strings in format “j.doe” Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| Definition of the type of change in a balance Accepted values:
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| Structure with the change details (from Balance History endpoint) Parameters:
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Get all Balances for an Account
This endpoint lists all balances in an account. Results are paginated usingpageIndex and pageSize query parameters; if omitted, defaults to 0 and 25, respectively. See API Response.
Sample Request
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Get Specific Balance
Retrieves the balance details of one specific balances belonging to an account. Sample RequestCreate a New Account Balance
This endpoint creates a new balance in the specified account. Sample RequestModify Balance Metadata
This endpoint modifies the metadata of a specified balance, likename, poNumber, startDate or endDate. To modify deposited funds, check the following endpoint.
Sample Request
Add or Remove Balance Funds
This endpoint allows adding or removing funds deposited in a specific balance.billByRetailerAttribute | Data Type | Description |
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| Difference amount of fund to be added/removed from balance; it cannot reduce the current amount of funds deposited to less than zero Accepted values: Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
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| New purchase order number Accepted values: up to 32-char strings Writeable? Y / Nullable? Y |
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| A memo note that should be set in the balance together with this modification Accepted values: up to 250-char strings Writeable? Y / Nullable? Y |
Get all Campaigns on a Specific Balance
This endpoint lists all campaigns on the specified balance. Results are paginated usingpageIndex and pageSize query parameters; if omitted, defaults to 0 and 25, respective - see API Response
Response Body Parameters
Attribute | Data Type | Description |
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| CampaignID, respective to the campaign(s) currently appended to the balance Accepted values: string of int64 Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
Add Campaigns to a Specific Balance
This endpoint adds one or more campaigns to the specified balance. The results are provided in a single page. In this example, a campaign had already existed on the balance before two new additions. Request Body ParametersAttribute | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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| CampaignID, required to define to which campaign(s) the balance should be appended or deleted Accepted values: string of int64 Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
Remove Campaigns from a Specific Balance
This endpoint removes one or more campaigns from the specified balance. The response contains the remaining mapped campaign IDs after removal. Request Body ParametersAttribute | Data Type | Description |
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| CampaignID, required to define to which campaign(s) the balance should be appended or deleted Accepted values: string of int64 Writeable? N / Nullable? N |
Get Balance History
This endpoint lists all changes made to a specific balance. Results are paginated usingoffset and limit query parameters; if omitted, defaults to 0 and 500, respectively. See API Response.
Additional query parameter limitToChangeTypes can be used to inform a comma-separated list of changeType values.
modifiedByUser - When a balance is updated via Criteo’s Retail Media UI, the user login name will be provided. For instance, if “Kip Heaney” updated the balance on 2023-11-07, it indicates that Kip made the change through the Criteo Retail Media UI.If a balance is updated through the Criteo API, the name of the API application responsible for the change will be shown. For example, on 2024-03-20, the balance was updated by the API application Retail Media API Application.Responses
Response | Title | Detail | Troubleshooting |
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🟢 | Call executed with success | ||
🟢 | Balance request created with success | ||
🔴 | Error deserializing request | Field xyz is not valid | Review the value of field xyz provided in the request |
🔴 | Change data capture type xxx is not supported | Change data capture type xxx is not supported | The value of
changeTypevalues defined above |
🔴 | Invalid name | Balance name should be unique. There exists balance with the specified name. Balance creation/update has been canceled | Check value of |
🔴 | Invalid deltaamount | Can not decrease funds to less than zero | Review value of |
🔴 | Invalid operation | Can only change the field xxx of a balance not billed by retailer. | Cannot edit balances not created through the API; only balances with billing type |
🔴 | Invalid operation | Can not add funds to a balance not billed by retailer. | Cannot edit balances not created through the API; only balances with billing type |
🔴 | Authorization error | Resource access forbidden: does not have permissions | One of the permission levels was not respected. Make sure that the respective API app has access to:
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