The creator’s payout balance
API reference

The creator’s payout balance

The creator's payout balance buckets — the same numbers their Payouts page shows.

View as MarkdownUpdated Aug 19, 2026
GET/api/external/balance

The creator's payout balance buckets — the same numbers their Payouts page shows.

Dollars, not cents

This endpoint returns USD dollars. The earnings and check-status endpoints return cents. Do not mix the units.

Bucket semantics: pending is revenue still inside the chargeback hold window; available has cleared the hold and pays out in the next batch; processing is inside a payout currently being executed; paidOut is the lifetime total already paid. available can be negative for agency accounts.

Authentication

Send the creator's API key as a bearer token: Authorization: Bearer dpfn_…. See Authentication & API keys.

Responses

200Balance buckets in USD dollars.
NameTypeDescription
currencystringAlways "USD".
One of: USD
pendingnumberUSD **dollars** (not cents — unlike earnings and check-status). Earnings still inside the chargeback hold window; not payable yet.
availablenumberUSD dollars. Cleared the hold — payable in the next payout batch. Can be negative for agency accounts.
processingnumberUSD dollars. Included in a payout that is currently PROCESSING.
paidOutnumberUSD dollars. Lifetime total of completed payouts.
Example response
{
  "currency": "USD",
  "pending": 120.5,
  "available": 342.1,
  "processing": 0,
  "paidOut": 1875
}

Errors

StatusBodyWhen
401{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}Missing or invalid API key.
500{"error":"Failed to fetch balance"}Balance computation failed — retry later.

Rate limiting

Every response carries the X-RateLimit-Tier header and, on limited tiers, the per-minute and per-day trios — read X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset instead of hardcoding limits. Details in Rate limits.

Code samples

curl "https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/balance" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY"

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