# Create a charge

Charges allow you to charge ad-hoc fees to an account outside of normal usage processing.

The charge `transaction_id` is used as an idempotency key to ensure safe retries.

## Request[​](#request "Direct link to request")

## Responses[​](#responses "Direct link to Responses")

* 201
* 400
* 401
* 422

The request has succeeded and a new resource has been created as a result.

The server could not understand the request due to invalid syntax.

401 Unauthorized

Client error