Checking Account Balance

Description

When requesting WebTEXT account balance, calls to the API must be made via URL:

http://www.webtext.com/api/get_balance.html

or, to use SSL:

https://www.webtext.com/api/get_balance.html

Mandatory Parameters when requesting balance.

api_id

This is your WebTEXT API id, unique to your WebTEXT account.  Issued on request by WebTEXT (support@webtext.com). Note that this is NOT your WebTEXT user name.

api_pwd

API password, as issued to you by WebTEXT.



Usage Example

This is a sample GET request, requesting the balance on a particular account 

http://www.webtext.com/api/get_balance.html?api_id=myid&api_pwd=mypwd

A successful call to the API for an account balance, will return the number of credits on the account, prefixed by the characters 'BAL:'.   For an account with 123 credits, the API will return:

 

BAL:123