---
title: "Balance Transfer"
method: POST
path: "/users/balance_transfer"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Balance Transfer

`POST /users/balance_transfer`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.chutes.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.chutes.ai/users/balance_transfer`
- Auth: none declared

Transfer balance from the authenticated user to a target user.
Supports three authentication methods:
  1. Hotkey authentication (X-Chutes-Hotkey + X-Chutes-Signature + X-Chutes-Nonce)
  2. Admin API key (Authorization: cpk_...)
  3. Fingerprint (Authorization: <fingerprint>)

## Headers

- `X-Chutes-Hotkey` string, nullable
- `X-Chutes-Signature` string, nullable
- `X-Chutes-Nonce` string, nullable
- `Authorization` string, nullable

## Request body

- BalanceTransferRequest
  - `user_id` string, required
  - `amount` number, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- string

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-16** `23e8895b217d`: 1 breaking, 2 info
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `string` for status `200`
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2026-08-26** `8d909638091e`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-08-22** `05d9af05d87e`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/chutes/apis/chutes-api/changes/users/balance_transfer/post.md)

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