Retrieve the Balance of an External Account

curl --request GET \
  --url https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances

import requests

url = "https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "019c96a0-0ae3-70fd-95f7-e009f61233f1",
      "organizationId": "019c96a0-0a98-7287-9a31-786e0809c769",
      "ledgerId": "019c96a0-0ac0-7de9-9f53-9cf842a2ee5a",
      "accountId": "019c96a0-0adf-7ee2-baf4-93477f9c259c",
      "alias": "@external/BRL",
      "key": "default",
      "assetCode": "BRL",
      "available": "-20000",
      "onHold": "0",
      "version": 20,
      "accountType": "external",
      "allowSending": true,
      "allowReceiving": true,
      "createdAt": "2026-02-25T21:06:36.899066Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-02-25T21:06:38.864811Z",
      "deletedAt": null
    }
  ],
  "limit": 10
}

GET

organizations

{organization_id}

ledgers

{ledger_id}

accounts

external

{code}

balances

Retrieve the Balance of an External Account

curl --request GET \
  --url https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances

import requests

url = "https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://ledger.sandbox.lerian.net/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/ledgers/{ledger_id}/accounts/external/{code}/balances")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "019c96a0-0ae3-70fd-95f7-e009f61233f1",
      "organizationId": "019c96a0-0a98-7287-9a31-786e0809c769",
      "ledgerId": "019c96a0-0ac0-7de9-9f53-9cf842a2ee5a",
      "accountId": "019c96a0-0adf-7ee2-baf4-93477f9c259c",
      "alias": "@external/BRL",
      "key": "default",
      "assetCode": "BRL",
      "available": "-20000",
      "onHold": "0",
      "version": 20,
      "accountType": "external",
      "allowSending": true,
      "allowReceiving": true,
      "createdAt": "2026-02-25T21:06:36.899066Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-02-25T21:06:38.864811Z",
      "deletedAt": null
    }
  ],
  "limit": 10
}

Headers

Content-Type

string

The type of media of the resource. Recommended value is application/json.

X-Request-Id

string<uuid>

A unique identifier used to trace and track each request.

Authorization

string

Bearer JWT token for authentication. Required when PLUGIN_AUTH_ENABLED=true (enforced in multi-tenant deployments). Optional in default OSS single-tenant mode. Format: Bearer <token>

Path Parameters

organization_id

string<uuid>

required

The unique identifier of the Organization associated with the Ledger.

ledger_id

string<uuid>

required

The unique identifier of the associated Ledger.

code

string

required

The code that identifies the Asset used in the Account.

Response

Indicates that the request was successful and the response contains the expected data.

items

object[]

Show child attributes

limit

integer

The maximum number of items included in the response.

Retrieve Balances by Account Alias

Update a Balance

Getting started

Organizations API

Ledgers API

Assets API

Account Types API

Accounts API

Portfolios API

Segments API

Balances API

Transactions API

Operations API

Operation Routes API

Transaction Routes API

Metadata Indexes API

Holders API

Instruments API

Billing Packages API

Packages API

Billing Calculation API

Estimation API

Encryption API

Protection API

Asset Rates API

Error handling

Fees Engine

Retrieve the Balance of an External Account

Headers

Path Parameters

Response