/telnyx-account-python

name: telnyx-account-python
description: >-
  Manage account balance, payments, invoices, webhooks, and view audit logs and
  detail records. This skill provides Python SDK examples.
metadata:
  author: telnyx
  product: account
  language: python
  generated_by: telnyx-openapi-pipeline

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Telnyx Account - Python

Installation

pip install telnyx

Setup

import os
from telnyx import Telnyx

client = Telnyx(
    api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)

All examples below assume `client` is already initialized as shown above.

Error Handling

All API calls can fail with network errors, rate limits (429), validation errors (422), or authentication errors (401). Always handle errors in production code:

import telnyx

try:
    result = client.messages.send(to="+13125550001", from_="+13125550002", text="Hello")
except telnyx.APIConnectionError:
    print("Network error — check connectivity and retry")
except telnyx.RateLimitError:
    # 429: rate limited — wait and retry with exponential backoff
    import time
    time.sleep(1)  # Check Retry-After header for actual delay
except telnyx.APIStatusError as e:
    print(f"API error {e.status_code}: {e.message}")
    if e.status_code == 422:
        print("Validation error — check required fields and formats")

Common error codes: `401` invalid API key, `403` insufficient permissions, `404` resource not found, `422` validation error (check field formats), `429` rate limited (retry with exponential backoff).

Important Notes

• **Pagination:** List methods return an auto-paginating iterator. Use `for item in page_result:` to iterate through all pages automatically.

List Audit Logs

Retrieve a list of audit log entries. Audit logs are a best-effort, eventually consistent record of significant account-related changes.

`GET /audit_events`

page = client.audit_events.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)

Returns: `alternate_resource_id` (string | null), `change_made_by` (enum: telnyx, account_manager, account_owner, organization_member), `change_type` (string), `changes` (array | null), `created_at` (date-time), `id` (uuid), `organization_id` (uuid), `record_type` (string), `resource_id` (string), `user_id` (uuid)

Get user balance details

`GET /balance`

balance = client.balance.retrieve()
print(balance.data)

Returns: `available_credit` (string), `balance` (string), `credit_limit` (string), `currency` (string), `pending` (string), `record_type` (enum: balance)

Get monthly charges breakdown

Retrieve a detailed breakdown of monthly charges for phone numbers in a specified date range. The date range cannot exceed 31 days.

`GET /charges_breakdown`

from datetime import date

charges_breakdown = client.charges_breakdown.retrieve(
    start_date=date.fromisoformat("2025-05-01"),
)
print(charges_breakdown.data)

Returns: `currency` (string), `end_date` (date), `results` (array[object]), `start_date` (date), `user_email` (email), `user_id` (string)

Get monthly charges summary

Retrieve a summary of monthly charges for a specified date range. The date range cannot exceed 31 days.

`GET /charges_summary`

from datetime import date

charges_summary = client.charges_summary.retrieve(
    end_date=date.fromisoformat("2025-06-01"),
    start_date=date.fromisoformat("2025-05-01"),
)
print(charges_summary.data)

Returns: `currency` (string), `end_date` (date), `start_date` (date), `summary` (object), `total` (object), `user_email` (email), `user_id` (string)

Search detail records

Search for any detail record across the Telnyx Platform

`GET /detail_records`

page = client.detail_records.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page)

Returns: `carrier` (string), `carrier_fee` (string), `cld` (string), `cli` (string), `completed_at` (date-time), `cost` (string), `country_code` (string), `created_at` (date-time), `currency` (string), `delivery_status` (string), `delivery_status_failover_url` (string), `delivery_status_webhook_url` (string), `direction` (enum: inbound, outbound), `errors` (array[string]), `fteu` (boolean), `mcc` (string), `message_type` (enum: SMS, MMS, RCS), `mnc` (string), `on_net` (boolean), `parts` (integer), `profile_id` (string), `profile_name` (string), `rate` (string), `record_type` (string), `sent_at` (date-time), `source_country_code` (string), `status` (enum: gw_timeout, delivered, dlr_unconfirmed, dlr_timeout, received, gw_reject, failed), `tags` (string), `updated_at` (date-time), `user_id` (string), `uuid` (string)

List invoices

Retrieve a paginated list of invoices.

`GET /invoices`

page = client.invoices.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.file_id)

Returns: `file_id` (uuid), `invoice_id` (uuid), `paid` (boolean), `period_end` (date), `period_start` (date), `url` (uri)

Get invoice by ID

Retrieve a single invoice by its unique identifier.

`GET /invoices/{id}`

invoice = client.invoices.retrieve(
    id="182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
)
print(invoice.data)

Returns: `download_url` (uri), `file_id` (uuid), `invoice_id` (uuid), `paid` (boolean), `period_end` (date), `period_start` (date), `url` (uri)

List auto recharge preferences

Returns the payment auto recharge preferences.

`GET /payment/auto_recharge_prefs`

auto_recharge_prefs = client.payment.auto_recharge_prefs.list()
print(auto_recharge_prefs.data)

Returns: `enabled` (boolean), `id` (string), `invoice_enabled` (boolean), `preference` (enum: credit_paypal, ach), `recharge_amount` (string), `record_type` (string), `threshold_amount` (string)

Update auto recharge preferences

Update payment auto recharge preferences.

`PATCH /payment/auto_recharge_prefs`

Optional: `enabled` (boolean), `invoice_enabled` (boolean), `preference` (enum: credit_paypal, ach),