---
title: "Create billing checkout"
method: POST
path: "/v1/billing/checkout"
tags: ["Accounts"]
---

# Create billing checkout

`POST /v1/billing/checkout`

Creates a hosted checkout session for plan activation or balance top-up.

## Request body

- BillingCheckoutRequest — Subscription or top-up checkout payload accepted by the billing API.
  - `target_plan` 'unpaid' | 'plus' | 'pro' | 'max' | 'null', nullable — Target monthly plan for subscription checkout.
  - `top_up_usd_cents` integer, nullable — One-time USD top-up amount in cents.
  - `reason` string, required

## Response `200`

Billing checkout created.

- BillingCheckoutResponse — Billing checkout or portal response.
  - `checkout` BillingCheckout, required — Hosted Stripe checkout or billing portal session.
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `reason` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request.
- `401` — Unauthorized.
- `429` — Too many requests.
- `500` — Internal server error.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/tovuk/apis/tovuk-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/tovuk/apis/tovuk-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/tovuk/tovuk-api/versions/ef06c3a9c42b/schema)