---
title: "Start a credit pack checkout"
method: POST
path: "/v1/billing/checkout"
tags: ["Billing"]
---

# Start a credit pack checkout

`POST /v1/billing/checkout`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.recruitmcp.com`
- URL: `https://api.recruitmcp.com/v1/billing/checkout`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://recruitmcp.com/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://recruitmcp.com/oauth/token`, scopes: `billing:manage`)

Starts checkout for the credit pack on sale. Prices are listed at https://recruitmcp.com/pricing. Checkout saves the card for off-session auto-refill. Removed pack ids return 400.

Scope: `billing:manage`. Acts on the account; keys bound to a customer are refused.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string
- `RecruitMCP-Version` '2026-10-13'

## Request body

- object
  - `pack` string, required: Pack id. The only pack is topup.

## Response `200`

Hosted checkout page.

- CheckoutSession
  - `mode` 'stripe' | 'unconfigured', required
  - `url` string, nullable, required: Hosted checkout URL. Send the buyer here. Null when checkout is not configured.
  - `session_id` string, nullable, required: Checkout session id.
  - `credits` integer, required: Credits this checkout adds after payment.

## Other responses

- `400`: `invalid_request` (do not retry): A field is missing or has a value this endpoint does not accept. `unsupported_version` (do not retry): RecruitMCP-Version is not a supported version.
- `401`: `unauthorized` (do not retry): Missing bearer API key.
- `403`: `forbidden` (do not retry): This route acts on the account. Keys bound to a customer cannot use it. `insufficient_scope` (do not retry): This key does not include the scope this endpoint requires.
- `429`: `rate_limited` (retry): Per-key rate limit exceeded.

## Changes

- **2026-10-20** `ad27b35513a6`: 4 warning
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `429`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/recruitmcp/apis/recruitmcp-api/changes/v1/billing/checkout/post.md)

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