Transfer Balance

In this code snippet you will see how to transfer part (or all) of the parent account's balance to a subaccount.

Example

Ensure the following variables are set to your required values using any convenient method:

Key	Description
`VONAGE_API_KEY`	The API key of the parent account.
`VONAGE_API_SECRET`	The API secret of the parent account.
`SUBACCOUNT_KEY`	The API key of the subaccount to receive the specified amount.
`AMOUNT`	The amount of balance to be transferred to the specified subaccount.

Write the code

Add the following to transfer-balance.sh:

curl -X "POST" "https://api.nexmo.com/accounts/$VONAGE_API_KEY/balance-transfers" -u $VONAGE_API_KEY:$VONAGE_API_SECRET \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json"  \
     -d $'{"from":"'$VONAGE_API_KEY'", "to":"'$SUBACCOUNT_KEY'", "amount": '$AMOUNT'}'

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

bash transfer-balance.sh

Prerequisites

npm install @vonage/subaccounts

Create a file named transfer-balance.js and add the following code:

const { SubAccounts } = require('@vonage/subaccounts');

const subAccountClient = new SubAccounts({
  apiKey: VONAGE_API_KEY,
  apiSecret: VONAGE_API_SECRET,
});

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Write the code

Add the following to transfer-balance.js:

subAccountClient.transferBalance({
  from: VONAGE_API_KEY,
  to: SUBACCOUNT_KEY,
  amount: AMOUNT,
})
  .then((balanceTransfer) => console.log(balanceTransfer))
  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

node transfer-balance.js

Prerequisites

Add the following to build.gradle:

implementation 'com.vonage:server-sdk-kotlin:2.1.1'

Create a file named TransferBalance and add the following code to the main method:

val client = Vonage {
    apiKey(VONAGE_API_KEY)
    apiSecret(VONAGE_API_SECRET)
}

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Write the code

Add the following to the main method of the TransferBalance file:

val receipt = client.subaccounts.transferBalance(
    from = VONAGE_API_KEY,
    to = SUBACCOUNT_KEY,
    amount = SUBACCOUNT_BALANCE_AMOUNT
)

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Run your code

We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''

Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.kt.subaccounts with the package containing TransferBalance:

gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.kt.subaccounts.TransferBalance

Prerequisites

Add the following to build.gradle:

implementation 'com.vonage:server-sdk:9.3.1'

Create a file named TransferBalance and add the following code to the main method:

VonageClient client = VonageClient.builder()
		.apiKey(VONAGE_API_KEY)
		.apiSecret(VONAGE_API_SECRET)
		.build();

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Write the code

Add the following to the main method of the TransferBalance file:

MoneyTransfer receipt = client.getSubaccountsClient().transferBalance(
		MoneyTransfer.builder()
			.from(VONAGE_API_KEY).to(SUBACCOUNT_KEY)
			.amount(SUBACCOUNT_BALANCE_AMOUNT).build()
);
System.out.println("Transfer successful: "+receipt.getId());

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Run your code

We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''

Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.subaccounts with the package containing TransferBalance:

gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.subaccounts.TransferBalance

Prerequisites

Install-Package Vonage

Create a file named TransferBalanceRequest.cs and add the following code:

using Vonage;
using Vonage.Request;
using Vonage.SubAccounts.TransferAmount;

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Add the following to TransferBalanceRequest.cs:

var credentials = Credentials.FromApiKeyAndSecret(VONAGE_API_KEY, VONAGE_API_SECRET);
var client = new VonageClient(credentials);

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Write the code

Add the following to TransferBalanceRequest.cs:

var request = TransferAmountRequest.Build()
    .WithFrom(VONAGE_API_KEY)
    .WithTo(SUBACCOUNT_KEY)
    .WithAmount(amount)
    .Create();
var response = await client.SubAccountsClient.TransferBalanceAsync(request);

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Prerequisites

composer require vonage/client

Create a file named transfer-balance.php and add the following code:

$basic = new \Vonage\Client\Credentials\Basic(VONAGE_API_KEY, VONAGE_API_SECRET);
$client = new \Vonage\Client($basic);

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Write the code

Add the following to transfer-balance.php:

$transferRequest = new \Vonage\Subaccount\Request\TransferBalanceRequest(VONAGE_API_KEY);
$transferRequest
    ->setFrom(VONAGE_API_KEY)
    ->setTo(SUBACCOUNT_KEY)
    ->setAmount(250);

$subaccount = $client->subaccount()->makeBalanceTransfer($transferRequest);

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

php transfer-balance.php

Prerequisites

pip install vonage python-dotenv

Write the code

Add the following to transfer-balance.py:

from vonage import Auth, Vonage
from vonage_subaccounts import Transfer, TransferRequest

client = Vonage(Auth(api_key=VONAGE_API_KEY, api_secret=VONAGE_API_SECRET))

request = TransferRequest(
    from_=VONAGE_API_KEY, to=SUBACCOUNT_KEY, amount=SUBACCOUNT_BALANCE_AMOUNT
)

transfer: Transfer = client.subaccounts.transfer_balance(request)

print(transfer)

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

python subaccounts/transfer-balance.py

Prerequisites

gem install vonage

Create a file named transfer-balance.rb and add the following code:

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Write the code

Add the following to transfer-balance.rb:

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

ruby transfer-balance.rb

Try it out

When you run the code you will transfer the specified amount of the parent account's balance to the specified subaccount.