chargebee

Chargebee

Access the Chargebee API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage subscriptions, customers, invoices, and billing workflows.

Quick Start

# List customers
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/chargebee/api/v2/customers?limit=10')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/chargebee/{native-api-path}

Replace {native-api-path} with the actual Chargebee API endpoint path. The gateway proxies requests to {subdomain}.chargebee.com (automatically replaced with your connection config) and automatically injects authentication.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Chargebee connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=chargebee&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'chargebee'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2025-12-08T07:20:53.488460Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-01-31T20:03:32.593153Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "chargebee",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Chargebee connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/chargebee/api/v2/customers')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

Customers

List Customers

GET /chargebee/api/v2/customers?limit=10

Get Customer

GET /chargebee/api/v2/customers/{customerId}

Create Customer

POST /chargebee/api/v2/customers
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

first_name=John&last_name=Doe&email=john@example.com

Update Customer

POST /chargebee/api/v2/customers/{customerId}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

first_name=Jane

Subscriptions

List Subscriptions

GET /chargebee/api/v2/subscriptions?limit=10

Get Subscription

GET /chargebee/api/v2/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}

Create Subscription

POST /chargebee/api/v2/subscriptions
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

plan_id=basic-plan&customer[email]=john@example.com&customer[first_name]=John

Cancel Subscription

POST /chargebee/api/v2/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/cancel
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

end_of_term=true

Item Prices (Product Catalog 2.0)

List Item Prices

GET /chargebee/api/v2/item_prices?limit=10

Items

List Items

GET /chargebee/api/v2/items?limit=10

Invoices

List Invoices

GET /chargebee/api/v2/invoices?limit=10

Download Invoice PDF

POST /chargebee/api/v2/invoices/{invoiceId}/pdf

Hosted Pages

Checkout New Subscription

POST /chargebee/api/v2/hosted_pages/checkout_new_for_items
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

subscription[plan_id]=basic-plan&customer[email]=john@example.com

Portal Sessions

Create Portal Session

POST /chargebee/api/v2/portal_sessions
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

customer[id]=cust_123

Filtering

GET /chargebee/api/v2/subscriptions?status[is]=active
GET /chargebee/api/v2/customers?email[is]=john@example.com
GET /chargebee/api/v2/invoices?date[after]=1704067200

Code Examples

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://gateway.maton.ai/chargebee/api/v2/customers?limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/chargebee/api/v2/customers',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'},
    params={'limit': 10}
)

Notes

• Uses form-urlencoded data for POST requests
• Nested objects use bracket notation: customer[email]
• Timestamps are Unix timestamps
• List responses include next_offset for pagination
• Product Catalog 2.0: use item_prices and items
• IMPORTANT: When using curl commands, use curl -g when URLs contain brackets (fields[], sort[], records[]) to disable glob parsing
• IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments. You may get "Invalid API key" errors when piping.

Error Handling

Status	Meaning
400	Missing Chargebee connection
401	Invalid or missing Maton API key
429	Rate limited (10 req/sec per account)
4xx/5xx	Passthrough error from Chargebee API

Troubleshooting: Invalid API Key

When you receive a "Invalid API key" error, ALWAYS follow these steps before concluding there is an issue:

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

2. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Resources

• Chargebee API Overview
• Customers
• Subscriptions
• Invoices
• Hosted Pages