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credit_balance_too_low

The balance is below the call's cost.

HTTP 402insufficient_creditsNot retryable0 credits
HTTP 402error.type = insufficient_credits

How to fix it

Top up credits or upgrade your plan. No credits are charged on this error.

Example response

402 insufficient_credits
// HTTP 402
{
  "error": {
    "type": "insufficient_credits",
    "code": "credit_balance_too_low",
    "message": "This request costs 5 credits; your balance is 2.",
    "param": null,
    "requestId": "req_…",
    "creditsCharged": 0,
    "retryable": false,
    "docUrl": "https://scoutingapi.com/docs/errors/credit_balance_too_low"
  }
}

This error is free

Like every ScoutingAPI error, credit_balance_too_low returns creditsCharged: 0. You are never billed for a failed, empty, blocked or not-found call.

See the full error catalog or the response envelope. The canonical URL for this page is https://scoutingapi.com/docs/errors/credit_balance_too_low.